Comments on: Sunny Sweeney - “Ten Years Pass”

By: todd

todd — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:38:48 +0000

I pretty much have to second Dustin J’s original comment and say her nasally whine is not my thing, I mean you don’t have to be a spectacular vocalist for me to like it but some of her other stuff I could not listen to because of her voice. But I have to say she is a vey talented girl and this song is her best vocally in my opinion

By: ccf

ccf — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:29:55 +0000

Twang is a big part of country music.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:27:03 +0000

Matt B., From what I could tell, Sbux was going for more of an adult contemp. strategy with them. The Low Stars had the theme song to that lame show “What About Brian”. As for The Thorns, Mullins keeps plugging away, but I havent heard much from Droge or Sweet recently. I wish they would put together another record as The Thorns.

By: Matt B.

Matt B. — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:00:52 +0000

Kelly,

I have the Thorns (Shawn Mullins, Pete Droge, Matthew Sweet) record and I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the Low Stars record. I would second their great harmonies. In fact, I was surprised that the Low Stars weren’t promoted to country by their Starbucks Label.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:40:13 +0000

Have you checked out The Thorns (supergroup) or Low Stars? I like great harmonies also…

By: Dustin J.

Dustin J. — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:20:08 +0000

I’m a vocals/harmonies kind of guy. :) The Oaks & the Statlers were two of my favorites when I was a kid. Loved those four-part harmonies!

In the 90’s, I was a fan of Southern Pacific, Restless Heart, BlackHawk, Little Texas, The Buffalo Club, Ricochet, and the short-lived band known as Burnin’ Daylight (Marc Beeson, Kurt Howell, & Sonny Lemaire).

Today, I find myself listening to bands such as Sixwire, Crossin’ Dixon, and One Flew South (an outsnading vocal band on the newly resurrected Decca Records whose sound resembles that of CSN&Y, the Eagles, America, Poco, Orleans, Firefall, Pure Prairie League, etc)

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:35:57 +0000

Thats cool, I can understand developing a taste for something different than what you were raised on or what seemed cool a long time ago. I still wonder though, what group/artist exemplifies your current taste in music, country or otherwise?

By: Dustin J.

Dustin J. — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:31:48 +0000

Hey Kelly… I guess I’ve just kind of “moved on” from the twangy stuff I grew up listening to. I’ve never really been a big fan of the twang, even 20+ years ago… the Oak Ridge Boys, the Statler Brothers, Alabama, and George Strait are traditional sounding without the twang, IMHO and that’s what I grew up listening to.

So, you won’t find me listening to too much Sunny Sweeney. Honestly, even artists like Ashton Shepherd and Sarah Johns are a little more twangy than what I really like. (I have a ton of respect for both and think both are amazingly talented… but again, I guess it’s just not my forte) :)

By: Ben J

Ben J — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:21:39 +0000

Whenever I hear this I sing “this Texas Toast, it tastes the same” and then I wonder, do they call Texas Toast “Texas Toast” in Texas?

Anyhoo, it’s a good song but I can see how it lags behind some of the other songs on her album the first few listens. It took a while but it’s really grown on me. After listening to the cd nonstop for the last 13 months her original stuff are now my favorite songs on the album now.

Watch out for her new stuff though. She’s got a couple news songs that are stellar, “Contrary & Western” being one of them.

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:20:34 +0000

I’ll start off by saying I absolutely love Sunny Sweeney! Sunny’s occasional performances on the Grand Ole Opry stage are some of the best live music to come from that stage these days, and especially when she sings “…Honky Tonk Angels” to honor Kitty Wells. As for Sunny’s Big Machine label connection, Sunny released her “Heartbreakers Hall of Fame” as an independent artist and I think the album was out for almost a year before Scott Borchetta decided to add her to the roster and re-release the CD under his label with absolutely no changes. Her singles thus far have only been pushed to my knowledge to “Americana” format radio stations (outside of Texas anyway).

I was a bit shocked when Sunny announced weeks ago that “Ten Years Pass” was the next single as I don’t think its one of the best cuts on the album. The cuts I like best are “Here Lately”, “Lavendar Blue”, and Audrey Auld-Mezera’s “Next Big Nothing”, all of which I find musically addicting.

If Top 40 mainstream country radio cared at all about artistry and the heritage of country music these days Sunny might have a chance, but they don’t so she won’t. As long as Sunny remains a stalwart twangy champion of traditional country and honky tonk music (and I hope she does), Top 40 rock-pop-country muzak stations will not be opening their doors in spite of the Big Machine connection.