Lately it seems as if anyone who's ever dressed as a cowboy for Halloween can put out a country album. The charts are becoming so saturated with pop-country acts that the real country artists, the ones who paved the way, are getting little airplay. Where's Alan, George, and Wynonna? Every once and a while a fresh honest country-lovin' voice comes along; someone who could actually tell you who Hank Williams or Patsy Cline were and knows more that "Ring Of Fire" from the Johnny Cash catalogue.
Oklahoma native Shane Wyatt's debut album, The Last Cowboy, is at once new and current as it is traditional. His song writing is real and meaningful, carried on simple melodies you might find at the local county fair band shell. Honest and unpolished, Wyatt seems to take the what-you-see-is-what-you-get attitude to heart.
My favorite track is "She Could Do Better" which tell the story of a love lost to another who is not worthy. I think we can all relate to a friend who has been in a relationship that everyone can see is wrong, but them. In it he sings "She’ll never make you happy, aw ‘cause you just can’t be pleased, so I’ll love her from a distance, and pray someday she sees."
The rest of the tracks are striking in their honesty as well. "Whole Lotta Love" and "The Big Bad Dog" are sure to get toes tapping and the title track might tug at some heartstrings. With the way things are going in country music, Wyatt may end up living up to his disc's name...but I hope not!
Sergio del Limónar
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