ELECTRIC RODEO - SHOOTER JENNINGS
Shooter Jennings’ sophomore release is far less sophomoric than his debut last year. These 11 songs showcase a confident artist very comfortable in an outlaw’s boots. The title cut busts lose with a Texas rock ass-whuppin’ that pretty much sets up what’s to follow on the pounding “Little White Lines” (a vice Daddy Waylon was well familiar with) and the raging epic “Bad Magick.” “Gone to Carolina” is a mighty fine ballad, and Jennings cops to his dad’s tastes and vocal tricks in “Some Rowdy Women.” “The Song Is Still Slipping Away” is ragged but very right, the soulful “It Ain’t Easy” is starkly honest, and “Alligator Chomp” is like Tony Joe White on acid. Overall, “Electric Rodeo” is a defining statement about how good this Shooter guy really is.
