My Kind of Country (Sba2)

Van Zant - My Kind of Country (Sba2)

My Kind of Country (Sba2)
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Artist: Van Zant
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-10-09
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
  1. Train
  2. These Colors Don't Run
  3. Goes Down Easy
  4. That Scares Me
  5. My Kind Of Country
  6. The Hardest Thing
  7. It's Only Money
  8. We Can't Do It Alone
  9. Friend
  10. It's All About You
  11. Headed South

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Free Music Review: A Perfect Merger
Hit: 5 Stars

As one reviewer put it here, Van Zant didn't reinvent themselves, country music came to them. This is an amazing story of what one genre of music is willing to except and promote, versus the stale, often generic rock and pop world that would have put a band like Van Zant out to pasture years ago. In fact, AOR radio has done that to this duo, who are seperately part of southern rock royalty. And no wonder. They can sing, play and write. Admittedly there's some extra pedal steel, where in southern rock, it might only be present in B-side or a deep album cuts. Even more interesting is that Donnie Van Zant is allowed to sing! In .38 Special, Donnie was the John Oates of the band, getting the non-single album cuts. Donnie's voice fits quite well with brother Johnny who has the best laugh in recorded music history. One listen to "Goes Down Easy" and you'll get my point. "That Scares Me" is more traditional country with it's laments of parenthood without perspective. These boys are totally okay being every cliche of southern life. Football, Jesus, an occasional adult beverage, bass boats, patriotism, NASCAR and any other steroetype you can conjur up. The verdict is there's nothing inherently wrong with any of this. In fact, if you want to be from the south, you need to act like southerners. And Van Zant is firmly confident in their southernhood. What you'll also get on "My Kind of Country" is fine production value, twin lead guitars, killer drums and instrumental accents like banjos, steel guitar and layered acoustic guitars. You won't find a more polished piece of honky tonk than this project.

One final element that makes this project commendable is repentance. These boys now seem okay in their own skin, they understand where they've been and where their headed. Whether it be a non-stop tour bus, or a past filled with guilty pleasure, the Van Zant brothers know they need to make a clean break with their past and leave an example of changed lives in their wake. This is a great illustration of how decadence can be turned around for good. You can't deny the force this kind of music has compared to most of today's rock and half of today's country. Great production, great material and a soon to be platinum sophomore country album. Look for "Goes Down Easy" to become a bar classic.
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Brothers Johnny (Lynyrd Skynyrd) and Donnie (.38 Special) Van Zant have made a home for themselves at the intersection of Southern rock and contemporary country, all but blurring the boundary. Between the roaring road song that opens the album ("Train") and the weary road song that closes it ("Headed South"), Van Zant balance down-home party rockers such as "Goes Down Easy" and "It's Only Money" with the more serious balladry of "We Can't Do It Alone" (a spiritual sequel of sorts to "Get Right With the Man"), "That Scares Me," and "The Hardest Thing." Though the title song is little more than a banjo-laced string of country clichés and "These Colors Don't Run" is a patriotic bumper sticker, this solid sophomore effort should win the brotherly duo more country fans. --Don McLeese

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