(Scroll down this page.) Then, earlier this month, Arthur made Daddy B. Nice notes:My first comments on Arthur Young's debut album came earlier this year (before there was even an album) in regard to "Catfishing," a song from the just-minted A TRUCKER'S BLUES that Arthur previewed on a Facebook page around the time he published his 4-song EP, FUNKY FORTY. Listen to Arthur Young singing "Funky Forty" on YouTube.Īugust 21, 2020: NEW ALBUM ALERT! Buy Arthur Young's new A TRUCKER'S BLUES album at Amazon.ĭaddy B. Nice's "Best of 2020" awards.īest Debut: "Funky Forty" and "Stroking" by Arthur Young
Nice’s Top 25 Songs of 2020 #3 Song of 2020 2 (Country Boy Noise) album on Spotify.įebruary 6, 2021: Daddy B. Listen to Arthur Young's new A Trucker's Blues, Vol. 2 (Country Boy Noise) album on YouTube.īuy Arthur Young's new A Trucker's Blues, Vol. Listen to all the tracks from Arthur Young's new A Trucker's Blues, Vol. In "Good Booty Judy" every verse is an opportunity for Young to riff on similes, metaphors and catch-phrases from everyday life.īecause that girl got her good hands on me."Īrthur Young genuinely revels in making ordinary life special.
Lyrically, we haven't seen a songwriter this enthused and engaged and in love with his craft since Luther Lackey (who unfortunately dropped by the wayside). In "Drunk Man" you might focus on the strength of the melody, in "Love Cost," you might focus on the powerful and convincing vocal, in "Wife On The Side" you might focus on the witty juxtaposition of "wife" and "girlfriend". Whether you focus on the musical compositions, the lyrics or the delivery (instrumental track and vocals), you are transported and entertained. Enthusiasm, wit and "man-shoe"-sized experience mingle in an intoxicating potpourri of talent. He occupies that hard-to-define middle ground of southern soul, where modest and unassuming tempos and melodies rise like oven-baked bread to a delectable fruition. Young is a worthy successor to the legendary Tyrone Davis and more recently the beloved O.B. Ronald "Slack" Jefferson from the Jeter Jones "family" is the producer, and he must lick his lips every time Young brings him a new song with lyrics that many another artist would commit felonies to author. If anything, Young's sophomore album is even stronger than his celebrated first. 2 (Country Boy Noise) should send any doubters scurrying back to their burrows. Nice notes: If there was any doubt that Arthur Young is one of the finest singer/songwriters to come down the pike in many years, his new album A Trucker's Blues, Vol. 2 (Country Boy Noise) TRACK LIST:ĭaddy B. 2 (Country Boy Noise) album at Amazon.Ī Trucker's Blues, Vol. March 1, 2021: NEW ALBUM ALERT! Buy Arthur Young's new A Trucker's Blues, Vol. and Arthur Young is now the #17-ranked southern soul artist on Daddy B Nice's new Top-100 Chart-The New Generation. March 1, 2022: "Funky Forty" is now the 17th-ranked southern soul single. Nice's Top 100 Countdown: The New Generation (Chart In Progress) "Cowboy Stay" follows Bird's debut album from 2021, Unscripted, which hit the iTunes Top 10 upon its release.Arthur Young (New Album Alert!) - Southern Soul Music Artist - Southern Soul RnBĪrthur Young (New Album Alert!) Daddy B. The kind of love so profoundly complete that even the quintessential cowboy would want to hang it all up and stay." Allowing you to see parts of yourself that were either hidden, walled off or previously not a part of your conscious identity. "Finding that one person who enters your life with the kind of energy, connection and love that causes a complete transformation in your own identity. "'Cowboy Stay' speaks to how transformative love can be," Bird explains. The song's use of dreamy, surreal color evokes a Kacey Musgraves album scheme, and creates a complex juxtaposition of a gruff cowboy narrative against sweet aesthetics.īut at the heart of it, the song is about love so profound that it makes a person want to change their way of life, the singer notes. Dressed in classic cowboy getup, complete with hat, boots and lasso, Bird performs the song in front of a futuristic, multi-toned pastel backdrop. The song's music video, premiering exclusively with Taste of Country, offers a similar amalgamation of tastes.
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