Fight Like Hell (Big Machine, 2016)
Tucker Beathard
Reviewed by Dan MacIntosh
Football also runs in Beathard's family, so when he uses a pigskin analogy for "30 - 10 Tennessee," he's simply writing what he knows. "Momma and Jesus" also applies wisdom every Southern boy knows well: both mom and The Savior won't ever give up on even the most wayward child.
Beathard has pointed to Steve Earle as one of his big artistic inspirations, and he sings with a similar Earle-like edge throughout. He's obviously grown up on rock and roll, but he'll never get the country out of his blood (or voice). "Fight Like Hell," this EP's title track, encourages with an 'us against the world' lyric. It's tough, though, to picture Beathard as an underdog. Nevertheless, Beathard has done his name proud with this initial effort.
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