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By Joshua Wallace<\/span><\/p>\n I will admit, Paul Cauthen\u2019s 2016 debut album My Gospel was difficult to get into at first. It took me some time, but it warmed up to me and now I look forward to anything he releases. His newest album is the Have Mercy EP. A seven track release that showcases his various influences from Johnny Cash to Elvis Presley to Jerry Reed. It\u2019s still funky and still damn good. Let\u2019s dig into some of these tracks.<\/span><\/p>\n I love the sentiment of the track \u201cResignation\u201d. It\u2019s not about quitting your job, it\u2019s about dropping out of live for a bit and heading to the bar for a drink to forget about all of your troubles for the day. You\u2019re resigning from everything and leaving the world behind. It\u2019s also all set to the funky kind of tune you\u2019d expect from Paul Cauthen. I dig it.<\/span><\/p>\n Probably my favorite track on this album is \u201cMy Cadillac\u201d. This one just has Jerry Reed and Elvis written all over it. It\u2019s as if the King went funky, in a good way. It seems like it\u2019s about just causing trouble with your friends in an old cadillac. It\u2019s an all around fun track and the best one on the record. Another favorite is the love song \u201cTumbleweed\u201d. I love how he takes the imagery of a tumbleweed and compares it to a woman here. There is a bit of a western influence going on in this track. I can see this one being a single.<\/span><\/p>\n Finally, I love the song \u201cIn Love With A Fool\u201d. I have always heard Elvis in Paul Cauthen\u2019s voice and this song just does it for me. It sounds like it could be a 70\u2019s Elvis cut, and Paul\u2019s vocals echo the King perfectly. The song itself is about loving someone who is on the road all the time and how strong they have to be and how much of a fool they have to be to love someone like that. It really is a great tune.<\/span><\/p>\n If this is a bridge between My Gospel and whatever comes next for Paul Cauthen, I am looking forward to the next chapter. This is a strong release and fans of My Gospel will not be disappointed. The Have Mercy EP is available everywhere fine music is sold today.<\/span><\/p>\n Favorite Tracks : Resignation, My Cadillac, Tumbleweed, In Love With A Fool<\/span><\/p>\n Paul Cauthen – Have Mercy EP (2018)<\/span><\/p>\n By Joshua Wallace I will admit, Paul Cauthen\u2019s 2016 debut album My Gospel was difficult to get into at first. It took me some time, but it warmed up to me and now I look forward to anything he releases. His newest album is the Have Mercy EP. A seven track release that showcases his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":23039,"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-9228","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