So if you somehow have made it this far and never listened to Randy Houser, I would strongly urge you to start. Why? Because he's among the best male vocalists in country music today. And one of the most underrated. For some reason he seems to fly right under the radar of a lot of country fans and that's a shame.
He signed on with Stoney Creek Record, sister label of Broken Bow Records, earlier this year and "How Country Feels" is his first single with them. If I'm not mistaken, this was released a couple of months ago and seems to be making an impression. I've seen a bunch of good comments from other fans and can't help but feel that this song could do some very good things for Randy.
Why do I think so? Well, keep on reading and I'll tell you.
First of all, this was written by Vicki McGehee, Wendell Mobley and Neal Thrasher - three great writers who have all written some pretty big hits. In country music, it all comes back to the lyric and there are some really good lyrics in here. "How Country Feels" was a great title for this song because that's what this song is about - how country feels and more than that, how it looks and how it sounds. This isn't a song that tells you that the country is awesome; it shows you. And in doing so, avoids becoming just another one of "those" songs.
So how does it do that? Well, it does that by involving just about all of the senses and the way it does that is one of my favorite things about the songs. Let's look at the first verse: "You were raised on an asphalt farm/ Ain't never heard a rooster crow/ Never walked barefoot by a river/ Felt the mud up between your toes". And later on, "You ever watched the sun go down/ from the bed of a pickup truck". Sound. Touch. Sight. A lot of songs try to paint a nice picture, this one creates more of an experience. Nice lyrics.
I don't really have too much to say about the music other than it fits the lyric and has a nice groove to it. Solid playing and production. I'd consider this song to be very radio friendly and it's one that might just give you an urge to roll the windows down and crank the music up. More than likely catching yourself singing along in the process.
As far as the vocal, to go back to what I was saying in the introduction, Randy is one of the strongest male singers in country music. He sounds really good in this, it's a great vocal and he does a really good job in selling it. The thing about Randy is that as good as he sounds on here, this is just a hint of what he's capable of vocally. He has such a rich tone to his voice and I love voices like that.
All in all, I feel like this is a very strong single that might just get him the recognition he deserves. The video of this will be debuting soon. In the meantime, they've posted the trailer for it on his website www.randyhouser.com . Looks like it should be a good video for a really good song. I urge all of my readers to go to iTunes and download it if you haven't already.
Thanks, as always, for reading!
He signed on with Stoney Creek Record, sister label of Broken Bow Records, earlier this year and "How Country Feels" is his first single with them. If I'm not mistaken, this was released a couple of months ago and seems to be making an impression. I've seen a bunch of good comments from other fans and can't help but feel that this song could do some very good things for Randy.
Why do I think so? Well, keep on reading and I'll tell you.
First of all, this was written by Vicki McGehee, Wendell Mobley and Neal Thrasher - three great writers who have all written some pretty big hits. In country music, it all comes back to the lyric and there are some really good lyrics in here. "How Country Feels" was a great title for this song because that's what this song is about - how country feels and more than that, how it looks and how it sounds. This isn't a song that tells you that the country is awesome; it shows you. And in doing so, avoids becoming just another one of "those" songs.
So how does it do that? Well, it does that by involving just about all of the senses and the way it does that is one of my favorite things about the songs. Let's look at the first verse: "You were raised on an asphalt farm/ Ain't never heard a rooster crow/ Never walked barefoot by a river/ Felt the mud up between your toes". And later on, "You ever watched the sun go down/ from the bed of a pickup truck". Sound. Touch. Sight. A lot of songs try to paint a nice picture, this one creates more of an experience. Nice lyrics.
I don't really have too much to say about the music other than it fits the lyric and has a nice groove to it. Solid playing and production. I'd consider this song to be very radio friendly and it's one that might just give you an urge to roll the windows down and crank the music up. More than likely catching yourself singing along in the process.
As far as the vocal, to go back to what I was saying in the introduction, Randy is one of the strongest male singers in country music. He sounds really good in this, it's a great vocal and he does a really good job in selling it. The thing about Randy is that as good as he sounds on here, this is just a hint of what he's capable of vocally. He has such a rich tone to his voice and I love voices like that.
All in all, I feel like this is a very strong single that might just get him the recognition he deserves. The video of this will be debuting soon. In the meantime, they've posted the trailer for it on his website www.randyhouser.com . Looks like it should be a good video for a really good song. I urge all of my readers to go to iTunes and download it if you haven't already.
Thanks, as always, for reading!
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