Corey Smith’s live album is a twangy, upbeat cross of country and rock n’ roll; the indie singer-guitarist is also a bawdy, yet thoughtful lyricist. The tracks on this album are marked with playfulness and reflect personal experience.
One such track is a rhythmic song called “Party,” in which an enthusiastic swarm of fans can be heard chanting the tune’s catchy chorus: “party…party…party!” You can imagine several tracks of this album were recorded in a country bar of some sort, brimming with loud, drunken Corey Smith fans, not unlike the thousands who’ve caused his live performances to sell out.
He’s a soulful, homegrown rocker who, in fact, began his career performing in Georgia bars and at college parties. It’s hard not to picture him guitar-strapped, singing ballads at a rustic weenie roast.
Nor at all is it hard to notice his brazenness. “F--- the Po-Po” pays tribute to dirty cops of his youth, and “Let Me Love You on a Back Road” encapsulates a four-wheeled, “hot and heavy” fantasy. Having said that, this album is certainly not for the fainthearted although Smith’s southern, limp vocals may be of interest, for he also began his career as an acoustic performer. Think Elvis Presley... no, Lynyrd Skynyrd or some other southern rock band.
The quick, snappish vocals on “Drinkin Again” are quite impressive, as are the guitar strings which are played just as swift. This piece is sung in one breath it seems; the lyrics run over each other as they do in a rap song. Fans are sure to embrace this album with the same energy.
-Tillman
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