Steve
Young
A Little North of Nowhere
A Fool’s Dream 4:48 Trembling Heart
3:52 It’s a Good Thing 3:51 Guity by my Eyes 4:00
The Great North Road 4:16 Waiting
for my Heart 3:39 Whisky & Wine 4:05 Hard Times in a Beautiful Place
3:20 The Greatest Love Song 4:01
Beautiful Tonight 4:05 My Son 4:36
Well, I haven’t written a review in
a while with good cause. I found out the wife had been cheating on me for
something like 3 years. So, I kicked her ass out. But now, I got to get a job
to pay for my daughter and get some shit paid off. Just the first song hits the
tone/feeling perfectly.
A Fool’s Dream,is a slow tune that kind of fits
exactly how I feel. “She isn’t around when the going got tough,” I would
consider this more blues than country. It has a lonely blues guitar and I
believe a blues harp. It is a slow ballad with very deep lyrics. This is a song
you really have to listen to a few times to get the lyrics and you may even
just have to be in that mood.
It’s a Good Thing, is a lot more upbeat. It begins
with some vocals that really demonstrate his talent as a singer. The thing I
have really noticed is he is an incredible lyricist. I like the upbeat tempo
and tone. The bridge is really nice. This song will change your mood and get
you moving. The chorus is really catchy, you’ll find yourself singing it after
the song is over. Whereas, the first song was more blues this is more pop
country.
Whisky & Wine,I really picked out because I liked
the title. It’s kind of like the balance of good and evil. This song is Steve
Young and Hannah Paris, so I am imagining it’s a duet. This song opens up with
a nice riff and a blues harp. I was right, “There’s no wine in Heaven, no
whisky in hell.” There is a nice keyboard, it’s not a duet though. I really
like the backup singers they really harmonize beautifully. And, once again you
have some really nice guitar solos.
And, Beautiful Tonight, I
really wanted to check out to see if it was a cover of that Clapton song. As it
begins, it is slow with a single acoustic and that blues harp. Steve Young
comes in and the guitar riff picks up almost like the standard reggae riff.
It’s definitely not a cover. This is another song that is upbeat and really
gets you moving side to side. When the electric guitar comes in, it just glides
along with background strumming. This is probably a great song to pull out on a
date. I mean it’s one of those tunes that even the worst dancer could find his
feet.
Overall, I really liked this album.
It has though blues songs for when you are down, and the happy ones to pick you
back up. I think Steve Young is an extremely talented lyricist and vocalist. I
would recommend that anyone thinking about it take a listen and see for yourself.
I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.
Jeremy Frost for Country Music News International Magazine & Radio Show