Editor’s Note: I have this little Friday feature called Honky-Tonk Friday that this week will take place on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Any complaints: you can kiss my ass (said with a Southern drawl)!
Dave Insley’s new record, West Texas Wine, is a confident 10 track slab of honky tonk, Willie Nelson Texas country and americana flavored rock. There’s songs about dear old mom, drinking and carousing, truck driving and everything else you’d expect from a real country record. The songs, like most good country songs, all have a bit of a twist though.
For example “Exit 93″ uses a “chuga chuga chuga” rhythm and a bit of talk-singing to tell the tale of a family shattered by a crash near Exit 93. However, the dad who dies in the crash, lives on in heaven driving trucks for Jesus! On the whole, the songs on West Texas Wine are a jovial mix performed amid a perfect concoction of guitar, pedal steel and occasional flourishes of violin. Purchase the new record by contacting Dave through his site here.