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    Son of a Preacher Man

    John Rich - Son of a Preacher Man

    03/24/2009 | Warner Bros / Wea 

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    All Music Guide Review

    Son of a Preacher Man isn't meant as Big & Rich without Big Kenny: it's designed to be a piece of rabble-rousing populism, songs for and about the common man. John Rich started down this path with his 2008 campaign tune "Raising McCain" as ground zero, dishing out puns over a set of pounding arena country, and he ramps it up tenfold here, lamenting the implosion of the auto industry on "Shuttin' Detroit Down," shoehorning Jesus into two different songs, and celebrating the Greatest Generation on "The Good Lord and the Man," asserting that "we'd all be speaking German, living under the flag of Japan" if we'd lost World War II. Pro that he is, Rich manages to carve out moments that showcase his skills: the title track strikes a nice, relaxed Marshall Tucker Band vibe and the closer, "Drive Myself to Drink," is a fun big-band send-up. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

    Son of a Preacher Man Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Shuttin' Detroit Down
  • 4:01

  • 2
  • Trucker Man
  • 3:09

  • 3
  • The Good Lord and the Man
  • 3:38

  • 4
  • Another You
  • 3:51

  • 5
  • Preacher Man
  • 3:34

  • 6
  • I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love
  • 3:42

  • 7
  • Everybody Wants to Be Me
  • 3:27

  • 8
  • Turn a Country Boy On
  • 3:19

  • 9
  • Why Does Somebody Always Have to Die
  • 5:31

  • 10
  • I Thought You'd Never Ask
  • 3:28

  • 11
  • Drive Myself to Drink
  • 3:28

    • Son of a Preacher Man Notes

    John Rich, half of the multiplatinum duo Big & Rich, makes his major-label debut with Son Of A Preacher Man. An artist, award-winning songwriter, and producer in his own right, the Texas-born Rich picks up a solo career he began in the late 1990s before teaming with Big Kenny. Now that he's helped launch numerous other starts, including Gretchen Wilson, and even as he continues with Big, the spotlight finally sets on John Rich.

    Credits of Son of a Preacher Man

    • Jonathan Yudkin
    • Banjo, Mandolin, Violin, Octophone, String Arrangements, Viola, Composer, Cello, Strings, Fiddle, Bass


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