Tennesse Jet is a quite amazing act in the country music scene. He is producing very rocking, powerful, but also very modern country song. On 4th September 2020, he released his third album, The Country.
Tennessee Jet – About The Artist
The civil name of Tennessee Jet is TJ McFarland. Out of his real name, the artist substituted the initials by Tennessee and Jet in line with the main character of the movie Giant once he moved from Oklahoma to Nashville. His debut single was Driftin’ in 2013. His first big song was What Kind of Man in 2015, which had over half a million Spotify streams. The song has been part of his self-titled debut album, which Tennessee Jet released in 2015. His second album Reata got quite good reviews, but the artist could not keep up with his former success. The more, TJ was back in the charts in 2018, when he published Waymore’s Blues alongside Cody Jinks in 2018.
Tennessee Jet – The Country – Track by Track
Ten ten track album lasts 39 minutes.
1. Stray Dogs
I like when an albums starts with a song, which catches you, which already makes you feel comfortable – especially if you are not too much into the music of an artist. Stray Dogs does a perfect job here. A nice guitar-driven country track, very classic sound. Feelgood song to me, for sure.
2. The Raven & The Dove
The Raven & The Dove is a very different song. The steel guitars are the dominating instrument of this significantly slower track. The song is not a feelgood one maybe, but song you will love to listen to.
3. Johnny
Johnny is a track for (electric) guitar lovers. It overall feels more like an alternative rock track than country music – but then, there are these country elements as well. I like rock, I like metal, I like country – so Johnny just feels like a great mix to me.
4. Pancho & Lefty
The album is changing so much between different sounds, different styles of country music, also very different instrumentations. Pancho & Lefty for example introduces a longer harmonica part. There is a also a female voice part, Elizabeth Cook, who is joining on this song with a lot of other musicians, who support Tennessee Jet on The Country, Paul Cauthen and Cody Jinks.
5. Off To War
Off To War almost feels like a Bob Dylan song to me. Very intimate tunes in here – one of these tracks which make you calm down and simply listen. The interlude is violin and harmonica – lovely!
6. Hands On You
When I listened to the first tunes of Hands On You, I just had to smile. You are just coming from an intimate song like Off To War, you are calm and quiet – but already in the very first second, the electric guitars and drums wake you up. Careless treatment of your customers, Mr Jet – but if you do it as good as he does it on that album, there is simply no need to complain!
7. Someone To You
Someone To You is a very classic country sound – the track could easily be a 1970’s or 1980’s one. Very melodic – it may still feel too old-fashioned for some of you. I personally just enjoy the variety of sounds on this album.
8. The Country
Track #8, the title song. The song is more in this Bob Dylan style I mentioned before. The song is clearer, stronger, though. There are just some acoustic guitars in the background. This time I am prepared for some very different tunes in the ninth track – but I try to enjoy these lovely 4:23 minutes as long as possible.
9. She Talks To Angels
This time, the contrast is not too huge. A fiddle song, very rhythmic. I first thought of the Swedish country-pop song Cotton Eye Joe (by Rednex) a bit – but finally, it is too melodic, too much content for that comparison. You may still dare a sunset dance on She Talks To Angels while you listen to it. The finish of the song is a bit confusing to me, though.
10. Sparklin’ Burnin’ Fuse
This final song starts very slow and intimate. Even though there will be some more instruments over the curse of the song, it is finally a very personal, intimate finish of this ten song collection.
Tennessee Jet – The Country – Spotify
Here is the Spotify widget of The Country:
Tennessee Jet – The Country – My View
Wow, that is lovely! The Country offers such a lovely variety of tracks – and I practically like them all. Great talent – and working together with the right people you give the right musical “flavor” to the tracks – just leads to a great product. Well done – and of course a Top Pick!
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Kylie Morgan – P.S. EP


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Tiffany Woys – All About Love EP


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Conner Smith – Didn’t Go Too Far EP


Noah Guthrie – Blue Wall


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Tristan Harders’ Twilight Theatre – Drifting Into Insanity


Rachel Bradshaw – Rachel Bradshaw EP


Carolyn Miller – Thank You EP


Spell Songs – Spell Songs II: Let The Light In


Johannes Scheurich – Mehr Davon


Al Lewis – Moving On Moving Past EP


Emma Longard – Quieter Pt. 2 EP


Incredible Pack – Time For Decisions


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Lordi – Humanimals (from: Lordiversity)


Roxette – Joyride (30th Anniversary Edition)


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Lucinda Williams – Have Yourself A Rockin’ Little Christmas (Lu’s Jukebox Vol. 5)


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Alex Diehl – Die Songs, die ich nie schreiben wollte EP


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Michael Heppes – Achtung Leben


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Emily Scott Robinson – American Siren


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Dave Hause – Blood Harmony


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Ryan Kinder – Room To Dream


Clay Walker – Texas To Tennessee


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Ida Mae – Click Click Domino


Sarah Straub – Tacheles EP


Gary Kemp – INSOLO


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Lauren Jenkins – Miles On Me, Part 1 EP


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Riley Green – Behind The Bar EP


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Meghan Patrick – Heart On My Glass


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Kylie Morgan – Love, Kylie EP


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Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real – A Few Stars Apart


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Emma Longard – Quieter Pt. 1 EP


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Thomas Rhett – Country Again: Side A


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Klee – Trotzalledem


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Brett Kissel – What Is Life?


Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band – Dance Songs For The Hard Times


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Canaan Smith – High Country Sound


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Kaylee Bell – The Red EP (EP)


Hayden Joseph – Different


Nino de Angelo – Gesegnet und Verflucht


Willie Nelson – That’s Life


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Cassadra Jenkins – An Overview On Phenomenal Nature EP


Carly Pearce – 29 EP


Lainey Wilson – Sayin’ What I’m Thinkin’


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Korpiklaani – Jylhä


Aaron Lee Tasjan – Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!


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Jimmy Weber – Black & Blue Heart


Willie Jones – Right Now


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Chelsea Berman – Can You Just Not EP


The Dead Daisies – Holy Ground


Petric – Flashbacks


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Aaron Watson – American Soul


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Steve Earle & The Dukes – J.T.


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Russell Dickerson – Southern Symphony


Granger Smith – Country Things, Vol. 2


Miley Cyrus – Plastic Hearts


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Ward Davis – Black Cats and Crows


Kameron Marlowe – EP


Chris Stapleton – Starting Over


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Orianthi – O


Joe Bonamassa – Royal Tea


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Trace Adkins – Ain’t That Kind Of Cowboy EP


The Struts – Strange Days


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Saltatio Mortis – Für Immer Frei


Kelsy Karter – Missing Person


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Jason Nix – Money on You EP


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The Nude Party – Midnight Manor


Terri Clark – It’s Christmas … Cheers!


Van de Forst – Unconditional


Hardy – A Rock


Lauren Alaina – Getting Over Him EP


miu – Corona Tapes EP


Josh Turner – Country State of Mind


Jim “Kimo” West – More Guitar Stories


Lindsay Ell – Heart Theory


Lori McKenna – The Balladeer


Ronan Keating – Twenty Twenty


Taylor Swift – folklore


Kansas – The Absence of Presence


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Donna Missal – Lighter


Jonny Houlihan – Hey Girl EP


Eric Paslay – Heartbeat Higher EP


Kyle Nix – Lightning On The Mountain & Other Little Stories


Bob Dylan – Rough and Rowdy Ways


Gabby Barrett – Goldmine


Lady Gaga – Chromatica


Kip Moore – Wild World


Jaime Wyatt – Neon Cross


Florida Georgia Line – 6-Pack EP


Steve Earle & The Dukes – Ghosts of West Virginia


Travis Denning – Beer’s Better Cold EP


Hailee Steinfeld – Half Written Story EP


Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen – Hold My Beer, Vol. 2


Dramarama – Color TV


Kenny Chesney – Here and Now


Hot Country Knights – The K Is Silent


Tim Dugger – Signs Of A Good Time EP


Drake White – Stars EP


The Washboard Union – Everbound


Twinnie – Hollywood Gypsy


Julia Cole – Honey Child EP


Joe Satriani – Shapeshifting


Maddie & Tae – The Way It Feels


Sykamore – California King EP


Ashley McBryde – Never Will


Brett James – I am Now EP


Made in Bolka – About the Rise of a Floorball Club


Delta Rae – The Light


Kelsea Ballerini – Kelsea


The Shires – Good Years


Lauren Alaina – Getting Good EP


The Cumberland River Project – The Cumberland River Project (Album Review)


Böhse Onkelz – Böhse Onkelz (2020 Album)


Heinz Rudolf Kunze – Der Wahrheit die Ehre


Ozzy Osbourne – Ordinary Man


Seven Spires – Emerald Seas


Carly Pearce – Carly Pearce


The Cadillac Three – Country Fuzz


Richard Marx – Limitless


Celeste Kellogg – Keep It On Repeat EP


Richie Kotzen – 50 for 50


Redeye Caravan – Nostrum Remedium


Cody Hibbard – Memory and A Dirt Road


Little Big Town – Nightfall


Dustin Lynch – Tullahoma


DeWolff – Tascam Tapes


Pete Wolf Band – 2084 (Album Review)


Cassadee Pope – Stages (with Track by Track Commentary)


Björn Heuser – Kopp voll Dräum (Nashville Recordings)


Luke Combs – What You See Is What You Get (Review)


Luke Combs – This One’s For You – The Record-Breaking Album


Miranda Lambert – Wildcard


Jon Langston – Now You Know EP


Old Dominion (Album Review)


Sylvia Aimee – Superhero EP


Chris Janson – Real Friends


Chris Knight – Almost Daylight


Brantley Gilbert – Fire & Brimstone


Sturgill Simpson – Sound & Fury


Tarja – In the Raw


Sheryl Crow – Threads


Tanya Tucker – While I’m Livin’


Tyler Childers – Country Squire


Willie Nelson – Ride Me Back Home


Bruce Springsteen – Western Stars


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Kiddo Kat – Piece of Cake (Album Review)
Musical History
These are all articles, in which I dealt with events and places influencing musical history:


American Jazz Museum (Kansas City)


Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum Nashville


Husavik Eurovision Exhibition


Royal College of Music Museum


National Blues Museum (St. Louis)


RCA Studio B Tour Nashville


Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum (Nashville)



Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Various Artists)


Gallery of Iconic Guitars at Belmont (Nashville)


Glen Campbell Museum


Willie Nelson and Friends Museum Nashville


National Museum Ras Al Khaimah


Ryman Auditorium Self-Guided Tour


Museum at Bethel Woods – The Original Site of the 1969 Woodstock Festival


Patsy Cline Museum (Nashville)


Johnny Cash Museum (Nashville)


Rokksafn – The Icelandic Rock’n’Roll Museum (Reykjanesbaer)


Scala Museum Milan


Icelandic Punk Museum (Reykjavik)


Museum Luciano Pavarotti House


Munich Olympic Tower and Rockmuseum


rock’n’popmuseum Gronau


Venice Music Museum


The Grammy Museum Los Angeles


Rhythm! Discovery Center Indianapolis


Sun Studio – The Birthplace of Rock’n’Roll


Tina Turner Museum (West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center)


Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum


Elvis Presley’s Graceland – The Exhibitions


Elvis Presley’s Graceland – The Mansion


Memphis Music Hall of Fame


Elvis Presley Birthplace (Tupelo MS)


Gateway To The Blues (Tunica, MS)


A Musical Trip to CMA Fest 2019 (Day 6 – 5th June 2019)


A Musical Trip to CMA Fest 2019 (Day 5 – 4th June 2019)


A Musical Trip to CMA Fest 2019 (Day 4 – 3rd June 2019)


Bate Collection of Musical Instruments (Oxford)

