Artist: | Big Bob Young |
Album: | Hard Way To Make A Dollar |
Year: | 2008 |
Label: | Man Around The House |
Order-#: | 6 34479 83540 7 |
© 2008 / Bruno Michel
The words go deep and talk of real life - not the one filled with sunshine and bright lights but the one full of tears, illness, and difficult situations. In Somewhere Tonight parents are worried about the whereabouts of their teens. Hard Way To Make A Dollar tells the working class reality at the example of a waitress. You work your butt off everyday and you still make it barely through the monthly bills. But life is not only filled with darkness. There's sometimes also fun. Young tells this in Green Country Stomp.
The CD booklet contains all the lyrics and - even better - a short note of Young what inspired him to the song. This helps the listener to feel into the story and so there's additional significance. Through the many events in his life, Young is not afraid of expressing his belief in songs as he does in Stand Up.
A CD that's certainly different from the current mass productions and that reminds me of some texan songwriters: Straight forward, honest and sometimes inconvenient. Let's hope that Young gets his well deserved attention. His fanbase is certainly growing with this album.
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