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| Personnel Biff Watson acoustic guitar James Mitchell Brent Mason electric guitar Paul Franklin steel guitar Larry Franklin fiddle Gary Prim piano Wurlitzer organ keyboards Eddie Bayers drums John Wesley Ryles background vocals Audio Mixer John Kelton Recording information Sound Stage Studios Nashville TN The Sound Kitchen Franklin TN Photographer Jim Wright Many country singers want you to believe that they re hell-raising cowboys bent for whiskey and wild times come Friday night but Easton Corbin is clearly not one of them Or at least he isn t on his second album 2012 s All Over the Road while Corbin sounded like he had the makings of a modern-day honky tonk hero on his self-titled debut here he comes off like the nicest guy in Nashville well-mannered and well-meaning throughout If Corbin has a vice it s women since every song on the album has him singing about some girl who gets him so excited he can hardly drive the title tune looks too pretty to break up with That s Gonna Leave a Memory broke his heart after a summer romance Hearts Drawn in the Sand or stays stuck in his mind even after she dumped him Only a Girl Despite it all Corbin is no Lothario and the bitterest he gets is refusing to tell his ex how she can get in touch with him Tulsa Texas All Over the Road sounds slicker and more streamlined than Corbin s debut and while this plays a bit more like traditional country than the typical Nash-Vegas act producer Carson Chamberlain was clearly aiming for something more radio-friendly for this album and that s just what he got But despite the added polish Corbin has a solid voice and a genuinely likable personality and though a lot of these tunes would have sounded annoyingly sugary in the wrong hands he brings a Regular Guy tone to this music that s just what they need and it s worth noting that the two simplest and most heartfelt songs on this set A Thing for You and This Fe |
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