Hard Worn Out Country

"Between Jennings and Jones" sings Jamey Johnson on his 2nd major label album, and that's where you'll find him. Combining Jennings' concept albums of the mid-70's and Jones' The Battle, That Lonesome Song is a wearying look at Divorce and Country music, all of which Johnson is deep in. More a songwriter than singer, his deep baritone is lived in enough to pull off the album's best songs, the 6 minute "High Cost of Living" and the bitter "Mowin' Down The Roses". If this album were released on a small label, it would be on the Americana charts. Being on a major label, I fear, its going to get lost. There isn't anything resembling a hit single for today's mainstream radio stations. But this is hardcore Country that the major's rarely touch anymore.