The Best Singles of 2009: Easton Corbin - "A Little More Country Than That" (#29)

In July of 2009, a sweet little proclamation song came out and at first blush it felt exactly like a George Strait song but upon further listen it wasn't George but Easton Corbin with his debut single. It quickly became one of our favorites.

The melody has lots of steel guitar and fiddle,, the voice is laid-back and real while the lyrics are sweetly romantic.  These are the ingredients which have given George Strait a long career in country music and if one didn’t actually pay attention to the voice a bit more on “A Little More Country Than That,” they may actually think that the song is the newest George Strait single.  Well, it ain’t George Strait under this ole hat, in fact the man’s not wearing a hat at all.  It’s a newcomer by the name of Easton Corbin.  The young Florida native spent three short years in Nashville before finding a label in Nashville.  In what might be seen as a coincidence, Easton signed with Mercury Nashville, a sister label to George Strait’s longtime home MCA Nashville. 

Written by Rory Feek (of Joey + Rory), Don Poythress and Wynn Varble, “A Little More Country Than That” sounds like a great ‘statement song,’ particularly for a singer who couldn’t sing anything but country music with that sweetly twangy voice.  On this single which was released in July of 2009 but is still rising up the country single charts,  Easton proclaims everything that he is to the girl he’s going with the reminder that he’s a little more ‘country’ than those things.  This saccharinely sweet lyric and melody might’ve not worked in the hands of some other artists but for those very same reasons it works here and it also instantly became one of the year’s best singles and gives us hope that Easton Corbin will take the reins from George Strait if and when George Strait retires, thus ensuring country radio keeps a laid-back vocalist with a sweet twang on its airwaves.

Listen to the song by clicking here.

Check out the lyrics to "A Little More Country Than That" by clicking here.

you can support Easton Corbin by purchasing this single at Amazon | iTunes.

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