Larry Jon Wilson might not be as well-known today as some of the guys he ran with in Nashville back in the seventies (Townes Van Zandt, Kris Kristofferson,…) but that doesn’t mean he didn’t know how to write a mean country song.
After an absence of 28 years, Wilson is back doing a Johnny Cash. This self-titled album is filled with songs stripped down to the bare minimum of acoustic guitar, the occasional fiddle and Wilson’s impressive booming voice spinning colourful stories. And it’s all he needs to make this an impressive and authentic album that holds up when compared to Cash’s “American Recordings” or Kristofferson’s “This Old Road”.
Score: 7.5 out of 10
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