Jeff Bates

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Artist: Jeff Bates
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-04-08
Music Label: Black River Music Group
Soundtracks:
  1. I Can't Have Nothing Nice
  2. Lonesome
  3. One Thing
  4. A Country Girl Can
  5. Riverbank
  6. Chevy Don't Let Me Down
  7. Don't Hate Me for Loving You
  8. My Wave
  9. Some Days
  10. He Wasn't Like Us
  11. Dead or Alive
  12. Country Man
  13. Somebody's Falling

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Free Music Review: Excellent!
Hit: 5 Stars

Jeff Bates generally isn't on the tip of your tongue when you rattle off your favorite country artists. Unfortunately, he slips through the cracks. Like right now for instance, he's lost in the shuffle while George Strait releases an album and while exciting new acts like Lady Antebellum and James Otto have new discs out as well.

I made a point to purchase this album without previewing any of the tracks. I just know that Jeff Bates won't sell out, or go pop, or put out garbage. He's too passionate about the music he loves, and is too country for that!

His first single off the album, "Can't Have Nothin' Nice" is a mid-tempo, tough luck song that sets the tone for who he is.

My two favorite songs on the album are "Riverbank," which is dedicated to his father (I believe), and "Country Man". "Riverbank" is a very well written song that conveys a ton of emotion about losing loved ones, and yet it still makes me want to go fishing. Now that's country! These two songs are one of many that are well written.

That's one of the patterns of this disc I believe. Pretty much everything has been said in country songs (or of any genre for that matter). The hallmark of a good or great song, is saying it in a better way, or in a way that stands out.

Of course the subject within "Country Man" (pretty self-explanatory) has been said over and over again. But there's something different about the way he puts it, that makes you really love the song.

My other favorites include "Don't Hate Me For Lovin' You" (sounds a lot like Darryl Worley's "Awful, Beautiful Life" musically), "Dead or Alive", and "He Wasn't Like Us" (an ode to our Lord-- much like Josh Turner's "The Way He Was Raised").

This is an excellent album. It is mostly upbeat, but even the slower tunes are excellent. I detected a bit of a Chesney vibe with the kick drum (it's a pretty distinctive sound), but Bates makes sure he doesn't cross those lines! Bates co-writes almost all of the album, and his voice is just incredible. You shouldn't miss this one.

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