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Jason Allen is a Texas singer-songwriter with a great voice and a big heart - if this collection of songs is any indication, and I suspect it is. Like any Nashville hopeful, he includes some pop-country songs, mostly of the lovin' variety (love won, love lost) and a nostalgic remembrance of small-town boyhood ("Wouldn't It Be Nice") - they're smoothly, confidently done and belong on the charts.

But the really good stuff on the album are his tributes to a several musical traditions, from Cajun ("Make Up Your Mind") and Delta blues ("John Boat Blues") to honky-tonk ("Hold 'em Up") and a two-stepmore… dance tune that makes you want to jump up and grab a partner ("Costin' to Stay in Austin").

There's also a great Buck Owens style song ("Your Heart Turned Left") and a rip-roarin' guitar picking number ("Chicken Pluckin'") featuring virtuosos Randy Cornor and Redd Volkeart. Allen even finds room for some south-of-the-border drama with his "Devil's Destiny," about a murderous bull. At the last, he goes all the way back to his roots, singing and playing old-time gospel song duets with Wesley Sligar (who I gather from the notes is his dad-in-law).

A definite go. If you like country and enjoy new talent, you can't go wrong with this up-and-comer.

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Jason Allen - Wouldn't It Be Nice (2004) Retail CD

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