![]() Outside of the bass, nothing here feels necessary or makes a meaningful contribution to the mood, and while the resulting atmosphere is bluesy and captures the narrator’s prior melancholy, its dark, foreboding tone doesn’t reflect the narrator’s newfound lovestruck joy at all. ![]() It’s one thing to stay out of the singer’s way, however, and another to be sidelined so much that you don’t add anything to the mix. Producer Dave Cobb seems to favor sparse, simple arrangements when working with Stapleton (why get in the way of his critically-acclaimed voice?), and the production here is no different: You’ve got a few guitars (an acoustic one for the verses, a slick electric one to provide some simple atmospheric stabs are a barely-there solo, and a deep-voiced axe that opens the song and fills time between vocal parts), a prominent bass that does more to carry the melody than anything else, and a methodical percussion from a real drum set. While I will credit him for putting his own spin on the track, the result is a plodding bore that doesn’t get its message across as effectively as Jones’s version. Four years later, “Tennessee Whiskey” is a zombie that refuses to die, and beyond Stapleton’s vocal prowess, I don’t really see why. Stapleton generated a ton of buzz when he covered the song with Justin Timberlake on the CMA awards, but that was back in 2015, and at the time Mercury Records (which still seems to have no idea what to do with Stapleton) released “Nobody To Blame” as a single instead. That song? “Tennessee Whiskey,” a Dean Dillon/Linda Hargrove tune that was covered by both David Allan Coe and George Jones (the latter being the definitive version) in the early 1980s. I can’t say the same for Chris Stapleton: After the snorefest that was “Millionaire,” Stapleton fell off my radar completely, and hadn’t entered my mind at all this year until a song from his Traveller album suddenly reappeared on the airplay charts. I labeled Kane Brown a forgotten man in my review of “Homesick,” but at least I remembered he existed. Because, yes, his voice is just as smooth as Tennessee whiskey.Is there such a thing as waiting too long? Because Chris Stapleton’s about to find out. Check out this one of Brett Young’s “In Case You Didn’t Know” that he posted in early 2018:Īnd if you just can’t get over his voice (like pretty much everyone else online), you’ll want to purchase the CD he has out now, too! It’s available through his official website for just $10. Now, you can follow along as he frequently uploads covers of country songs with and without his daughter singing along on Facebook. As you could tell from their Urban cover, she has amazing talent, as well. He also shared his love of singing with his daughter, who has transitioned from video recorder to on-screen talent herself. ![]() In case you needed a reminder, here’s the reason he became a viral sensation in the first place: ![]() In the meantime, he’s been leveraging his internet fame wisely and gained quite a following in the process. (He also wanted to try out for “American Idol,” but at the time there was an age limit, and he was too old.) He also revealed on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” that despite not being selected for “The Voice” once before, he received a call asking him to take part in the audition process again. One day I was just singing around the house, and she was like, ‘Wait a minute, you can really sing.’ And I started singing in the choir.” I was 10 years old, and I’d always try to sneak up when the choir started singing, and my mom, she’d be like ‘Sit down, boy.’ She’d keep me in line. “I’ve been singing my whole life,” he told DeGeneres. He even made it to “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” to talk about how he first developed a love for music, which he says began in the church. Thanks to his viral song, he’s been able to take great strides to achieve his musical goals. Thankfully, Dayla recorded this song, too, in a Facebook video.Ĭlearly, these two have gotten quite good at singing in the car, but Jones is looking to do much, much more than that with his career. Together, the father and daughter sang Keith Urban’s “Blue Ain’t Your Color.” Their rendition couldn’t be more beautiful. In 2017, Jones returned with another singing-from-the-car hit that put his daughter’s vocal abilities on display too. She posted the video to her YouTube channel, and it quickly amassed over 38 million views. Kris Jones became a viral sensation when his daughter, Dayla, filmed him singing “Tennessee Whiskey” in a Home Depot parking lot.
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