By Joshua Wallace<\/p>\n
Pat Reedy has sound that puts him right within the traditional, honky tonk and outlaw crowds. It has everything you would expect from a classic 70\u2019s country album right down to the working class musician attitude that Reedy carries. That\u2019s All There Is is Reedy\u2019s third album and first new release on the Muddy Roots record label. This is a good starting point for new fans of Pat Reedy and for those that dig in, it is bound to be one that sticks with you.<\/p>\n
An immediate favorite of mine is \u201cNashville Tennessee at 3am\u201d which both praises and bemoans the current scene in Nashville, TN with it\u2019s overabundance of tourist and wannabe outlaws. Nashville still has some appeal because that is where the subject of the song and Reedy choose to be. Another immediate favorite is \u201cConversations With Jesus\u201d. It is always refreshing when an artist isn\u2019t afraid to approach religion and does it in a refreshing way. \u201cConversations With Jesus\u201d finds the main character of the song having a near death experience and Jesus tells him all of the things wrong with his life from his approach to religion and politics to cursing.<\/p>\n
\u201cFunny Thing About A Hammer\u201d also has some great songwriting that displays Reedy\u2019s working class sensibilities in a great tune about blue collar workers. The album\u2019s lead single \u201cBloodshot Heart\u201d is a perfect introduction to this record. It\u2019s an upbeat honky tonk number that\u2019s bound to have boots moving on the dance floors in East Nashville and beyond. Another good track is the ballad \u201cWedding Ring\u201d which features some great fiddle playing.<\/p>\n
There are several songs about working in the coal mines on this album. None are more apparent than \u201cCoal Train Blues\u201d which drives home the working class musician theme which runs through this album. Coal mining songs are a long tradition in country music almost as big as trucking songs and \u201cCoal Train Blues\u201d is a great addition to that.<\/p>\n
I highly recommend checking out this album as I think it will be great for fans of real honky tonk and outlaw country. Pat Reedy is a working class musician doing things his own way. This is his first original release on Muddy Roots records and I highly recommend checking it out. Reedy is going to be a name to look out for as his music stands up against the legends and contemporary artists doing honky tonk and outlaw country. If you\u2019re going to Muddy Roots 2018, I highly recommend checking out his set during the festival. That\u2019s All There Is (And There Ain\u2019t No More) is available everywhere on April 6th with an album release party April 7th at the American Legion Post 82 in Nashville, TN. You can read more about Pat Reedy And The Longtime Goners HERE<\/a><\/p>\n Favorite Tracks :Bloodshot Heart, Conversations With Jesus, Nashville Tennessee at 3am, Funny Thing about A Hammer, Wedding Ring<\/p>\n Pat Reedy & The Longtime Goners – That\u2019s All There Is (And There Ain\u2019t No More) (2018)<\/p>\n <\/b><\/p>\n Bloodshot Heart<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Lucky I\u2019m Alive<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Nashville Tennessee at 3am<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Wedding Ring<\/p>\n<\/li>\n You Don\u2019t Have To Tell Me Again<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Fare The Well<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Same To Me<\/p>\n<\/li>\n That\u2019s All There Is (And There Ain\u2019t No More)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Conversations With Jesus<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Funny Thing About A Hammer<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Pennsylvania Hills<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Coal Train Blues<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Joshua Wallace Pat Reedy has sound that puts him right within the traditional, honky tonk and outlaw crowds. It has everything you would expect from a classic 70\u2019s country album right down to the working class musician attitude that Reedy carries. That\u2019s All There Is is Reedy\u2019s third album and first new release […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":23255,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n