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Gary Allan History
Gary Allan is Nashville’s best-kept secret. And maybe
that’s because this, Orange County, California-born
cowboy surfer who still makes his home in
Huntington Beach, finds his frequent touring takes
him far from Music Row.
The musical influences on See If I Care, his fifth
album, also travel a great distance, but remain true to
Gary’s roots. Gary’s love of country idols like Merle
Haggard, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Willie
Nelson, Buck Owens and Lefty Frizzell are blended
with an appreciate for fellow So Cal rockers like the
Blasters, X and Jane’s Addiction to create his own
unique style. The aching torch ballad “Tough Little
Boys,” could be Allan’s biggest hit yet. The single
comes on the heels of his recent #1 hit, “Man To
Man,” from 2001’s Gold-going-on-platinum Alright
Guy, which also had a #3 smash in “The One.” HE
recently introduced “Tough Little Boys” into his live
shows and was stunned by the instant response it
evoked.
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It’s a song that comes, like all of Allan’s best work, straight from the heart to his audience.
“Kids can bring you to your knees no matter how tough you are,” says the veteran singer. “I
don’t really like sappy songs, unless they’re done sincerely and honestly.”
The new album, produced by Allan with longtime collaborator Mark Wright (Lee Ann Womack,
Brooks and Dunn), features many of the same musicians he’s played with previously,
including keyboardist Steve Nathan, drummer Chad Cromwell, electric guitarists Brent Rowan
and Michael Rhodes, acoustic guitarist John Willis, with Dan Dugmore and Robby Turner on
steel.
The production leaves in the rough edges, especially on the raucous honky-tonk of guitarist
Mike Henderson’s rowdy “Drinkin’ Dark Whiskey” and the south-of-the-border Tex-Mex
accordion strains of “Guys Like Me.” Allan shows his gentler side on the plaintive, Roy Orbison-
by-0way-of Chris Isaak blues of the Jamie O’Hara-penned “See If I Care,” and on Brice Long,
Odie Blackmon and Byron Hill’s sensuous “Nothing On But The Radio,” with its sawing fiddle
and weeping steel guitar.
Other standouts include Pat McLaughlin’s “Songs About Rain,” a name-check of tunes like
“Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again” and “Rainy Night In Georgia” that Allan sings in
what he calls his “best Tom Petty imitation.” He co-wrote “You Don’t Know A Thing About Me”
with Jamie O’Hara and Odie Blackmon, and it’s as close as you’ll get to a personal revelation
from Allan. His moving, semi-autobiographical version of Jesse Winchester’s “A Showman’s
Life” reminds you that this young veteran started performing in clubs with his father and older
brother Greg when he was just 12, writing songs by the time he was 14 and turning down
record contracts at 15. From the very start of his career, being true to himself has brought Allan
to the brink of stardom. His dad Harley “smoked, drank and played bars,” introducing him to the
music of his icons. As a youngster Allan’s father took him to see artists like Merle Haggard,
Ernest Tubb, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings. He also spent time branding cattle on the
family ranch in Lancaster. This is no rhinestone cowboy, folks. Gary Allan is the real deal.
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After releasing a pair of albums on Decca (‘96’s Used Heart For Sale included the Top 10 country single, “Her Man” and ‘98’s It Would Be You), he signed to MCA Nashville for ‘99’s Smoke Rings In The Dark. The platinum album produced two hit singles in the title-track and “Right Where I Need To Be,” helping to establish Gary as a heartthrob with the likes of People and Country Weekly calling him “country music’s sexiest star.”
Now, it appears the stars are finally aligned for Allan. “I’m proud of this album,” he says. “I think we walk the line between commercial success and critical acclaim. It’s made our career start slower, but I think we’ll be around a lot longer. I feel like, in the past, with each record, something’s gone wrong. But with this album and the last one, it’s the first time I haven’t felt that. I think we’re going to get our best shot. Everything is coming together for us.”
See If I Care reveals Gary Allan as a sturdy traditionalist who’s not afraid to embrace the future, a man who unabashedly mixes country with rock. A “Tough Little Boy” who has grown into an impressive guy. |
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