Yail Bloor Wrote:
billy g Wrote:
I went back and re-read the old Daniel Romano thread to see if I could find any negative remarks on Romano by you and didn't. Your opinion of him change somewhere along the way? I think Cap'n and Stu have probably passed me as the board's biggest Romano cheerleaders but I still like him. He does get a little "paint by the numbers" in his songwriting and does camp it up a little but I think that's probably just his personality. See him live and tell me he's not the real deal. His George Jones covers were really impressive.
I haven't seen him live, true, but yeah, somewhere along the way I grew tired of Romano.
Come Cry With Me just never clicked and something about the way he carries himself irritates me. *shrug*.
Well, I don't share your opinion but I can understand it.
Come Cry With Me isn't half the album that
Sleep Beneath the Willow is and it's a fine line between aping the past and honoring it. I can sort of see the path of paint by the numbers songwriting --> songs from formula not heart ---> not real deal ---> also has goofy personality/schtick = clown. I was wondering initially whether you meant clown in a completely derogatory way even because if you hadn't I might have been inclined to agree.
Ultimately, he's redeemed for me by: (a) he really knows his country music and clearly loves it, and (b) he's a great performer both live and on record.
And while we're heaping scorn on either of these guys, let me say I hate how much Sturgill gets annoyed by the Waylon comparisons. While I get that he wants to be considered his own artist, the comparisons are a huge compliment and the songs which are the most Waylon like are his best ones.
