South Carolinian James Scott Bullard has said, ‘All my songs are about making bad decisions.’ While one could speculate about the nature of the bad decisions, they’re clearly good fodder for songs, as he proves on the single ‘Jesus, Jail or Texas’, taken from his forthcoming album Full Tilt Boogie. The title refers to the ways the narrator’s exes might get away from him … while he’s ‘one more drink away from getting over you’.
Bullard makes country music that will appeal to fans of Johnny Cash and also to those whole like their honkytonk. This is straight-up entertaining fare – musically and lyrically – and I could take a whole album of it. Luckily, there’s one on the way.
Listen to the song here.