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<\/a>What do you get when you pull a country music singing lady up from Motown? Jill Jack, that\u2019s what you get. Jill has opened for a number of great touring acts over the years, like Bob Seger, Dan Fogelberg, Kim Richey, Will Kimbrough and Loretta Lynn. She has a strong classic country western voice and writes quite a few of her own songs. She calls on the accordion playing talents of Mark Iannace for this production giving it a distinctive Cajun flavor.<\/p>\nThe disc opens up with the rousing country gospel styled, \u201cWhere Were You\u201d, featuring a nice lead by guitarist, Brian Chester White. Jill gives encouragement to the lovelorn with \u201cAmelia\u201d in a country rock style featuring a fine B3 organ support. All of the lyrics point to an East Texas lady\u2019s unjust treatment on \u201cRed Dirt Girl\u201d complete with promises not kept.<\/p>\n
Jill lets loose with a seriously Cajun version of Randy Weeks\u2019 \u201cCan\u2019t Let Go\u201d that really rocks piano and accordion solos. Jill questions her lifestyle as a musician on the Dylan-esc blues\/folk\/Cajun anthem, \u201cRoad Take Me Away\u201d featuring a very nice guitar solo. \u201cThis Town\u201d is a country pop tune that deals with breaking away from the ties of a small home town.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>\u201cCrazy Is As Crazy Does\u201d, a Jill Jack composition, mixes that soulful Motown sound with the country western sound better than any other cut on this disc. \u201cYou and Me Against the World\u201d is the most classic country song on the disc, with a fine Telecaster solo. Jill closes the disc out with an introspective acoustic and slightly bittersweet version of Jackson Brown\u2019s \u201cThese Days\u201d, about risking one\u2019s feelings in relationships.<\/p>\n