It's always a treat to see (and hear!) our great Country Music legends release new music.  Artist's like Ronnie Milsap, Don Williams, Randy Travis, Ricky Skaggs, Rosanne Cash and others continue to record and release fantastic country music.  Give a listen to the late Ray Price's final album 'Beauty Is...' and you'll hear some of the smoothest and finest country music of the year.

Plus, the 'newer' artist's that are keeping it real country fit in so great with the classic's by folks like Waylon, Willie, Conway and the Hag.

Let me introduce you to one of those new (at least to me!) artist's.

His name is James Carothers, and while so many songs these days are, uh, questionable as far as being 'country', there's no doubt about this guy.  Give a listen to his new single below, and you might find yourself hearing a little Jamey Johnson, a dash of Travis Tritt and some 'Ol Waylon as well.  And for those of us that love true country music, there's nothing wrong with that!

 

 

Now then, who is this James Carothers?  Well, the following is from his website, www.jamescarothers.com

 

In the style of the legends of genuine Country music, James Carothers delivers stirring and hardhitting songs of real life on his latest album, HONKY TONK LAND. With a gutbucket baritone that brings to mind such singers as Waylon Jennings and Jamey Johnson, Carothers takes us to a time when Country songs of life's triumphs and struggles filled the airwaves and provided the soundtrack of our lives.

A native Southerner (Selmer, TN) who now lives with his young family in Los Alamos, NM, James is a favorite in the honky tonks and casinos of the Southwest and
throughout the Midwest, where his smoky morning-after vocals leave audiences clamoring for more. Recognized by some of the music industry's top media pundits as a star in the making, he also plays lead guitar ala Vince Gill in addition to singing. Carothers himself wrote all the songs on HONKY TONK LAND, except for "Trouble in Paradise," the tale of a dying marriage written by his father, Jim, a recorded songwriter himself.

It's going to be fun to see if James 'keep's it country' and we're looking forward to more James Carothers music!

 

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