Justin Moore[Enhanced]

Review Country Standard Time Jeffery B. Remz There are a lot of male singers out there today in country covering the same turf - Jason Aldean, Randy Houser and now Justin Moore among others. Their music may be steeped in country at some level, but the direction that they follow is far more rooted in rock. Arkansas native Moore has a few quality songs among the 10, but he never succeeds in carving out his o Moore falls victim to the host of other would be country poseurs who try to invoke the names of the forefathers in the belief that merely saying the same is good enough for inclusion in the same breath. When Moore sings "Hank It," he is playing rock with a bit of a country vibe, but chances are quite strong that Hank would not have done it this way. David Allan Coe's name is cited in the hit single, title track. Moore bears nothing to the music of the rugged Coe. However, the mention of Sweet Home Alabama sounds way more on target. He also covers the same tried-and-true pleas for the little man (Good Ole American Way) with the jingoist line "I still believe in the good old American way," but folks like Alan Jackson have done it way more effectively. Moore follows that up with I Could Kick Your Ass apparently showing his tough side. The production by Moore's mentor, Jeremy Stover, sounds a bit too clean and perfect, doing little to separate himself from his compadres. The big sound predominates time and again along with a big voiced delivery. A little more subtlety on both counts (rapping on Back That Thing Up doesn't quite do it) would have gone a long way to making this a more idiosyncratic set of music. -- Country Standard Time Country newcomer Justin Moore Jack Bernhardt From Poyen, Ark., population 272, country newcomer Justin Moore describes his music as a blend of Alabama and Lynyrd Skynyrd. It's an apt description of the Deep South-Southern Rock sound on his self-titled Valory Music debut. Lyrically, the album is a tedious combination of self-centered declarations, lightweight ethnography and tough-guy bombast. At his best, Moore sings intimately about the small-town life he lived and loved before following his dreams to Nashville. In his current single, "Small Town USA," he sings, "A lot of people called it prison when I was growing up/But these are my roots, and this is what I love." Moore writes knowingly about hunting, fishing, family, dating in the backwoods, and family values (the latter two often contradict one another), and his full-throttle vocals leave no doubt that he believes in what he sings. "Backwoods" paints a picture of a "Rifle in a gun rack hanging in the back glass/Buck knife on my belt, ain't no land for sale 'round here." At his worst, Moore boasts with a swagger suitable for Jerry Springer, "I Could Kick Your Ass." And in "Good Ole American Way," emotion trumps perception as he rails against changes to the life and community he wishes would remain unaltered: "I watch 'em shut the factories down/Then the foreigners flood into town/They take what's left for half the pay." -- The News & Observer, August 16, 2009 Jenna Tanner, Malvern, Ar. Our friend Jenna hit her Twitter page running the other night from the Justin Moore CD Release Party. If you didn't already know that his album dropped that day then you were certainly informed if you followed Jenna! Sounds like she had a TON of fun and it sounds like if you haven't already picked up Justin's CD you better! Justin was introduced by DJ, Chad Herritage from Little Rock's favorite country music station, KSSN96. Justin's band starting playing the introduction to the opening song, a familiar sound to most of the crowd which had them roaring with excitement. Justin then ran on stage singing "Back That Thang Up". As he did sing every song off of his new album, self-titled "Justin Moore", after the first few songs the band left the stage and Justin performed a few acoustic songs, beginning with "Grandpa", following his speech he gave on what this song meant to him, finding out his grandpa had cancer, and recently found out that Grandpa is now free of cancer. Justin also informed us that this is his favorite song off of the entire album. I must say this was a very heart-wrenching song that brought tears to my eyes as well as others around me. After the mini acoustic set, the band came back on jamming out to a couple more from the album. Justin told the crowd "I usually have to explain this song before I sing it, but with this crowd of familiar people, I know I don't have to!" He then began singing a song that isn't on the album, called "Simply Guns". Justin began to introduce some of his good friends from Music City, such as his manager, producer, and writers including Jeremy Stover. He gave all of them hugs after introducing them, and was telling us about what he missed the most about his hometown and "he even misses being able to piss off of his front porch if he wanted to". After much chanting by the crowd, Justin began to sing "S
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