Colt Ford embodies the curious experience of growing up in the new south. Traditionally country but now with hip-hop and R&B influences finding their way onto the farms. Colt Ford is still more hillbilly then Kid Rock or Uncle Kracker so the hip-hop crowd might not be as receptive as country radio. With a slow southern Georgia drawl he delivers songs that could be heard blaring from the trucks at the good ole mud bog.

Collaborating with respected country artist sure helps to legitimize his music. Guest like Jamey Johnson and John Michael Montgomery help to keep the trailer court references from sounding a bit redundant. However I love the fact that there is a country ballad about meeting at the waffle house to talk Colt out of killing his cheating wife who slept with the sheriff. Just listing to a song like this will make you feel a little bit hillbilly. On the song “Never Thought” about how the cowboy life could be a lonely one. Colt shows he does have some depth and can write a solid country pop song. “No Trash in My Trailer” is a hillbilly pride anthem that is a send up of all things that outsiders would consider trashy but to Colt and his friends they are the things that make them who they are.

Overall this is a good album. Sometimes the mash up of musical styles works and sometimes it falls short. But it is an entertaining album and I have listened to it so much that I find myself speaking with my own southern drawl. So ya all would really be doin’ yourselves a favor if you cracked open a cold one and put on this here record for your enjoyment.

Rating: 3 1/2 out of 5 Stars

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