Album Info

The Guitar Song

Country - 2010

It’s rare when new traditional “hat-acts” play outside the box, which is why Jamey Johnson’s fourth studio LP is a... more

Tracklist

1

Lonely At the Top

3:13 min
2

Cover Your Eyes

3:44 min
3

Poor Man Blues

3:31 min
4

Set 'Em Up Joe

2:47 min
5

Playing the Part

4:29 min
6

Baby Don't Cry

3:27 min
7

Heaven Bound

2:39 min
8

Can't Cash My Checks

7:17 min
9

That's How I Don't Love You

3:55 min
10

Heartache

5:20 min
11

Mental Revenge

4:21 min
12

Even the Skies Are Blue

3:55 min
1

By the Seat of Your Pants

6:28 min
2

California Riots

6:21 min
3

Dog In the Yard

3:25 min
4

The Guitar Song (feat. Bill Anderson)

3:24 min
5

That's Why I Write Songs

4:05 min
6

Macon

4:18 min
7

Thankful for the Rain

2:59 min
8

Good Morning Sunrise

3:56 min
9

Front Porch Swing Afternoon

4:39 min
10

I Remember You

4:50 min
11

Good Times Ain't What They Used to Be

3:04 min
12

For the Good Times

4:01 min
13

My Way to You

5:21 min

About The Guitar Song

It’s rare when new traditional “hat-acts” play outside the box, which is why Jamey Johnson’s fourth studio LP is a must-hear. The Guitar Song is a double concept album boasting 25 tunes. The first half is Johnson’s Black Album, where he bequeaths downtrodden honky-tonk songs. “Lonely At the Top” plays like an old saloon-serenade as Johnson lampoons those who complain about success. He turns Mel Tillis’ “Mental Revenge” into an acoustic front-porch dirge, while his own “That’s How I Don’t Love You” and “Heartache” are deeply darkened laments that make Ryan Adams’ ballads sound like Katrina & The Waves. The second half comprising Johnson’s White Album vibrates with upbeat twang-rock. It opens with the beer-joint boogie of “By the Seat of Your Pants” before the hilarious “California Riots” recalls David Allan Coe’s “Willie, Waylon And Me.” “Macon” is a lighter-hoisting, Skynyrd-esque Southern rock anthem that’s sure to get good ol’ boys taking their shirts off and yelling at Johnson’s live shows.