Shooter Jennings - Put the O Back in Country
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Artist: Shooter JenningsEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-03-01
Music Label: Universal South
Soundtracks:
- Put The O Back In Country
- 4th Of July
- Lonesome Blues
- Solid Country Gold
- Busted In Baylor County
- Sweet Savannah
- Steady At The Wheel
- Manifesto No.1
- The Letter
- Southern Comfort
- Daddy's Farm
Music reviews of Put the O Back in Country
Music Review: Give Shooter some Time
Rating: 3 Stars
Shooter Jennings definitely lives and works under a thundercloud, being the sole offspring of Jennings and Colter. But, as other reviewers have noted, he is young, and deserves the chance to "find his pathway"...just as his parents did.
No, he is not the gifted singer that either of his parents were. Waylon was the quintessential "outlaw" simply for the sole fact that he told the A&R people to kiss off and he recorded with his own chosen producers, co-produced himself, and (holy heck!) used his road-band in recording sessions. Believe it or not, THAT was pretty rebellious in the world of Conwat Twitty and Olivia Newton-John "Nashville" in the early and mid-seventies. Waylon was a troubador and one of the best interpreters of "song" in history. Moreover, Waylon chose his OWN material, and anyone who stood in the way of such choices was toast.
But really, it was Shooter's mother who burst through the glass-ceiling even before the rest. Jessi Colter was one of the biggest-selling artists--male or female--in country music for a three/four year stretch in the mid-70s, at the height of the "outlaw" craze. In fact, Jessi outsold Waylon for a few years, after her chart-topper "I'm Not Lisa" and her follow-up crossover hits "What's Happened 2 Blue Eyes" and "You Ain't Never Been Loved." Colter was truly "country" because she wrote ALL of her songs and because she wrote from wherever she happened to be living, or experiencing. True "country" music is about the "soul" and Colter had those bases covered in spades. Like Waylon, she broke through the Nashville bondage with Willie and called her own shots. That gal sold several million albums in a three-year stretch and reporters used to ask Waylon if he was "jealous" of his wife's success. But, Waylon always stood by his woman, and she stood by him. When she gave birth to Shooter in 1978, she put her own extraordinary career on hold to be a mother and support system for Waylon, who was beginning to suffer the effects of substance abuse.
This brings us, many years ahead, to Shooter. Yes, he was a wild teen and began his career by being an outlaw to his "outlaw" parents--fronting a heavy metal rock band in LA! But after his father's tragic death (a loss for the whole world of country music), he began to grow and change like any youthful artist. He rediscovered his roots, and is still in the process of re-discovering them. This album is genuine and experimental, sincere and raucous. Shooter needs to develop his vocal stylism--his father and mother were two of the most outstanding vocalists in "country"--but he is on his way. His songwriting needs some tweaking here and there. "Fourth of July" and the title track are promising, but he is still finding a way to strike the balance that led Waylon to choose songs like "R U Ready 4 the Country" and Jessi to write songs like "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" and "Who Walks Thru Your Memory, Billy Joe?"
Shooter is off to a great start. The album is trying to find its identity, but what a great privilege to actually watch a new artist FIND such an identity. Not one track on this album is unworthy and, at his best, Shooter transcends the past and reaches levels where he becomes his own artist, with his own message. I, for one, believe him. Also, I cannot imagine that this child of Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter--two of the biggest selling, most talented artists and pioneers of 70s REAL country--could produce anything less than a winner who WILL FIND HIS WAY. I believe that Shooter has the potential to carry on his own tradition. This album gives me strong hope. It's good. It's fun. It's well-produced. It's a testimony to an artist-in-progress. I give Shooter a B+ for attitude and effort that, quite frankly, makes me listen to this CD over and over again. Isn't THAT the test of good music? Well, he passed. And his grades will be even better on his next project. Wait and see.
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