The Bottom Line
A solid debut from an excellent new artist.
Pros
- "Backwoods Boy"
- "Long Black Train"
- "Good Woman Bad"
Cons
- A few overproduced numbers.
Description
- First album from great new voice Josh Turner.
- Absolutely traditional country music.
- Eleven tracks.
Guide Review - Long Black Train - Josh Turner
Josh Turner does what so few so-called country music singers are doing right now... he's singing country music. The real thing, plain, hardcore, country music. This young man is the one-hundred-percent real deal.Even the few more mainstream tunes, such as "I Had One One Time" and "Unburn All Our Bridges," on this debut disc aren't too bad, although I hope he sticks with the real gritty country he does so very well, and leaves this overproduced junk by the wayside once he gets his name established.
There's no doubt this South Carolina native has what it takes. If he continues to follow those who inspired him, such as old Hank and Johnny Cash and Randy Travis, he's going to stay in really good company. Keepin' it this country, the boy can't go wrong.
