| High on the Hog - Kevin Fowler | |
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Reviewed by Jennifer Webb
Kevin Fowler is well known around Texas and its radio stations and I really want to get the word out about his music so that folks from all over the world will know about this true Texas talent. He can write, he can sing, and he can play his guitar, but if there was one sentence I could say to sum it all up for you, I would say that his music is definitely fun to listen to.
The albums kicks off in true Kevin Fowler style with the two-step tune, "There's A Fool Born Everyday," which is a song about hanging on when it was really time to move on. Once he does hit the road, he doubts it will take his girl a long time to find another man to date, because there will always be guys that are too stupid to realize she is using them and that she will toss them aside when she has taken everything she wanted.
On the slow "Not Lovin' Anymore," Kevin sings about deep heartache felt after an emotional breakup and how the next girl that is interested in him better watch out because she does not have a chance. He was taught not to let his guard down, but he did and now he is regretting the relationship altogether and says that he would be a fool to try another one. The whole arrangement of the song is rather simple, yet conveys the aching emotion more so than a highly produced song out of Nashville would.
The first single from the album is "The Lord Loves A Drinking Man," and is sure to be a radio and crowd favorite with its lines ranging in topics from coming home from a night of drinking and talking in tongues, to starting a new religion that is full of drinking and dancing "in the Church of Hank Williams." The song is already becoming popular on Texas radio stations, as it has hit number ten on the Texas Music Chart.
Missing a love that has been lost is the topic of "She Ain't Bad But She Ain't You." Even though he thinks the girl he has now is decent enough and is more than is deserved, there is no way, in his eyes, that she could never compare the one that slipped out of his grasp. Instead of living life in the present, he dreams about the past, and more than likely, he will end up losing this girl too because of the fact that he does not pay nearly enough attention to her as he should.
"Tall Drink Of Water" was on Kevin's first solo album, One For The Road, and it is about how refreshing it was to find a new girl to give every single bit of his attention to. He loves everything about her and wants to get to know her a little bit better. Though he loved all of the women he has dated, thick or built like a stick, he just has to talk to that girl that is long and lean and knows how to swing.
The title cut, "High On The Hog," is an up tempo tune about how he was desperately searching for the perfect love, and he felt very down in the dumps because he just knew it would never happen. Once he met her, he just knew she was the one for him because she had him feeling like "he's the top dog" and "like he's died and gone to Heaven," and things are looking up for his life.
I was wondering if Kevin Fowler could step up his songs, yet have the same fun music as he had on Beer, Bait, & Ammo, and he certainly has with "High On The Hog." Along with the fun tunes, there are some slow ones that show more emotion than what you might hear elsewhere on radio. With mostly all songs written or co-written by him, it has to make you wonder just what he will come up with next. In the meantime, I will be listening to this album and having a good time feeling like I was there in the studio having a blast right along with him.
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Album cover courtesy of Tin Roof.
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