Categories : Country + Western, Music Reviews.
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Rating: 3/5 Released: 2006 Reviewer: Trent Depue |
Johnny Berry possesses the deep baritone that made Johnny Cash so popular, and he uses this fully to his advantage in stylizing himself after the country great. Fegenbush Farm is Berry’s sophomore release and shows great promise for this independent musician from Kentucky.
Fegenbush Farm is real country, presented in a time when “real country†is designed to appeal to eighteen year olds. To this end, true country fans will revel in its simplicity and commitment to the genre. Tracks like ‘Mean Eyed Cat’ and ‘Big Black Hole’ are the most reminiscent of Johnny Cash, the latter having a guitar lead similar to ‘Folsom Prison Blues’ while the former almost tricks you into singing “I went down, down, down, and the flames went higher†when it goes to the chorus. When Berry is not trying to intentionally imitate Cash, songs like ‘Roanoke on the Run,’ with its fun organ backing, best demonstrate his creativity.
The album changes pace frequently keeping the listener interested as Berry plays a multitude of country styles, from slower paced love songs, to the up beat, toe tapping numbers that, whether country fan or not, just makes you want to dance. And although the style of music limits the albums popularity to strict country fans, Berry seems to not care, forgoing the ever growing pop-country market to make the music he loves.
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