​Hayes Carll (from the album You Get It All

​Hayes Carll (from the album You Get It All available on Dualtone Music Group) (by Bryant Liggett)
Hayes Carll’s call-it-as-he-sees-it narratives remain a refreshing blast in the Country music realm. A true straightshooter, his latest You Get It All reminds us he has way more in common with Country forefathers and the Outlaws from 1970’s Austin and East Nashville than anyone on Music Row. His lyrics, found in spikey bouncers or sad narratives, are always a refreshing, and necessary, dose of reality and if we pay attention to those words like we should we’ll all be better for them. 
So, what if he bums out the religious on “Nice Things” when referring to God as a woman while he reminds us that humans squander most of what’s good. It’s true, we can’t have nice things and we need to hear that. “Any Other Way” calls out the big, beautiful universe with ‘supper in the oven and a cold drink in my hand’ as he hypes up naps and dancing, acknowledging humanity’s differences in the slowed down, trippy, void of twang Blues cut “Different Boats”. “To Keep from Being Found” is an NRBQ inspired Roots rocker while “Help Me Remember” and “If It Was Up To Me” prove Carll can slow things down and nail a weeper, the latter loaded with wishful lyrics and delivered like a dream. Hayes Carll is a heck of a songwriter both inside and outside of the Country canon. His lyrics could stand alone in a book of poetry or short stories, but fortunately for our ears, they’re delivered with a kick ass band. (by Bryant Liggett)
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