Billy Don Burns - Heroes, Friends, and Other Troubled Souls

Pros

• "Haggard & Hank"
• "Runnin' Drugs Out of Mexico"
• "I Was There"

Cons

• None.

Description

• Thirteen bare-bones country songs, filled with gritty realism and true life pain.
• Featuring Tanya Tucker, Willie Nelson, and Hank Cochran.
• An amazing piece of work, extraordinary in scope, spectacular in talent.

Guide Review - Billy Don Burns - Heroes, Friends, and Other Troubled Souls

Billy Don Burns has been around the honky-tonk for a lot of years. The Arkansas native has gone through the darkest forests that life could put in front of them and has emerged rougher, leaner, and possessed of a talent so enormous it's a wonder a single body could possess it. With "Heroes, Friends & Other Troubled Souls," Burns pays solid tribute not only to his own hard road, but to other heartsore folks who traveled it before him

Burns pays tribute to Haggard and Cash, Williams and Paycheck, and manages to do so without mimicking any of them. His sound is wholly unique, remarkably powerful, with lyrics that penetrate to the soul and haunting melodies. Every song is a tremendous work of art, aimed at those troubled souls he writes for, such as the harrowing "Tired & Troubled Soldiers" or searing "Full Blow Addict." No, it's not feel-good country. It's honest and often harsh, but so brilliantly constructed and performed it'll blow you completely away.

There are artists out there who remember that country music is supposed to be the music of pain, music steeped in agony that's aimed to make a "troubled soul" realize that their lives aren't being lived alone, and others know what they're going through. Maybe radio doesn't recognize that, but anyone who does should give Billy Don a listen.