Top Ten Albums of 2012
9. Junior Brown- Volume 10
My brother-in-law tried to get me to listen to Junior Brown for years, calling him the "Jimi Hendrix of Country Music." I guess I have always resisted country music as it was pretty much force fed to me on the car radio for much of my youth. However, some of it has stuck, and there is such a deficit of what I consider to be real country music available today.
Junior Brown brings in a classic country sound, but everything about him is original, including the axe he plays in concert. He carries his one of a kind "Guit-Steel" which is part traditional guitar and part slide guitar all rolled into one. It allows him to be free on stage and create some definite original works of art. If you want to get a taste of Junior's chops, I advise you to see his rock medley and judge for yourself.
Volume 10 is everything I have described above as he delivers with his trademark musicianship blended with some great witty lyrics. "Hang Up and Drive" will undoubtedly get an AMEN! from most of us who have been behind the person who refuses to, but needs to put down their cell phone while behind the wheel. "Phantom of the Opry" is a slower song and a clever play on words and even features a call out to "Scooby Doo and those meddling kids."
"The Apathy Waltz" almost has a bluesy jazz feel to it, and "Almost to Tulsa" is a nice instrumental piece covering a variety of genres. I must confess that I've never seen Junior Brown live, but I'm told it is something to behold. One last little tidbit, thought he has spent most of his life in Texas, I'm proud to count Junior Brown as a fellow Hoosier.
Brian Richardson
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