BNA's trying the Texas thing again with Wade Bowen (this time with Sea Gayle Records on board as well). Not unlike Green, Bowen already has a stack of indie releases to his name (and, crossing over even further, he co-wrote Green's excellent "Don't Break My Heart Again"). Unlike with Green, however, it seems that the powers that be are letting him do his thing instead of setting him up to be the next superstar. His voice is a fine blend of Green's Three Days-era grit and Radney Foster's calm coolness, as he sets the framework for a sturdy song about Saturday night in a bar. But this isn't a night of celebration. Instead, the narrator's heartbroken (always a fine go-to topic for a country song), shrugging off the party around him and asking, "so why does everybody love Saturday night?" The production never gets in the way, letting a couple clean, uncompressed guitar lines carry the song's easy, moderate tempo.
Texas music is so often a hard sell outside of its state of origin, but I do get the feeling that the walls surrounding the state are starting to crack. Sunny Sweeney's roped in a couple hits, so why not have another act or two do the same? A little more variety is always a good thing. Right?
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