Just as you can’t define funny, you really can’t describe that musical something that points an Americana artist toward popularity. Some guys with guitars have it. Others seem to try really hard, but…
Whatever that ingredient Andrew Combs, whose new release Worried Man is set for October 30th release, has it. Right
from the twangy and rollicking “Devil’s Got My Woman” – with just the right flavoring of crying steel and slightly corny lyrics to make it feel like an old-time favorite – to the more Memphis rock-oriented, keys-filled title track, Combs has the sonic magic down.
It’s just gritty enough, just classy enough, just loud enough, just rollicking enough, just slow enough, just…well, you get the idea.
In a world full of pretenders, the Texas bred, Nashville based Combs is the genuine article, telling interviewers that late nights and hot coffee fuel his writing muse. Sure, that sounds like just another poseur, wanting to be all Merle and Guy -- but one listen to the 11 tracks on this album and you will be a believer. He’s not Merle or Guy, but give him time – something tells us this “Worried Man” is going to make his own mark in country soul rock Americana. He’s got it.
NANCY DUNHAM
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