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Long Black Train
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Long Black Train
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The centerpiece of this debut album by South Carolina native
is its lead track, the
-sounding
which could be a
song out of the 1940s. Penned by
, the song rolls death, temptation, and redemption into the metaphor of a funeral train, and sung in
's deep voice, it rolls across
radio like nothing else on the scene, the ominous breath of hellfire in the lyrics conjuring up the ghost of
. It is also a hard act to follow, and although there are some strong songs here, nothing else on this record comes up to the level of
has a deep, commanding voice full of a kind of intimate sadness, and that alone carries songs like
setting them apart from what passes for Nashville sincerity these days, but there is simply too much filler here, and with
as the lead cut, everything else seems like a long breath being exhaled. ~ Steve Leggett