Pardi unveils 14 songs on new disc
Pardi had a hand in writing seven of the songs. Lauren Alaina sings with Pardi on "Don't Blame It on the Whiskey," a song in part written by Miranda Lambert and Eric Church. "Heartache Medication" is the follow up to Pardi's "California Sunrise," which featured the hits including "Dirt on My Boots," "Head Over Boots," "Heartache on the Dancefloor" and "Night Shift."
The track listing on the upcoming release is:
1. "Old Hat" (Jeff Hyde, Matt Jenkins and Ryan Tyndell)
2. " Heartache Medication" (Jon Pardi, Barry Dean and Natalie Hemby)
3. "Nobody Leaves A Girl Like That" (Bart Butler, Marv Green and Jimmy Yeary)
4. "Ain't Always The Cowboy" (Brandon Kinney and Josh Thompson)
5. "Me And Jack" (Jon Pardi, Rhett Akins, Bart Butler and Luke Laird)
6. "Don't Blame It On Whiskey (Featuring Lauren Alaina)" (Eric Church, Michael Heeney, Luke Laird and Miranda Lambert)
7. "Tied One On" (Bart Butler, Chase McGill and Jamie Paulin)
8. "Oughta Know That" (Jon Pardi, Bart Butler and Luke Laird)
9. "Tequila Little Time" (Jon Pardi, Rhett Akins and Luke Laird)
10. "Buy That Man A Beer" (Clint Daniels, Justin Lantz and John Pierce)
11. "Call Me Country" (Jon Pardi, Bart Butler and Driver Williams)
12. "Just Like Old Times" (Jon Pardi, Jeff Hyde and Michael Heeney)
13. "Love Her Like She's Leaving" (Bart Butler, Dean Dillon and Jessie Jo Dillon)
14. "Starlight" (Jon Pardi, Bart Butler and Jeffrey Steele)
Pardi will headline back-to-back nights at the Ryman Auditorium, where he will kick off his headlining Heartache Medication Tour in Nashville on Oct. 1 and 2. Riley Green will be the opening act.
More news for Jon Pardi
- 10/27/23: It's Xmas in October with Pardi plus Judds tribute, Flatland Cavalry, Springsteen deluxe
- 10/24/23: Pardi officially joins the Opry
- 10/02/23: Pardi announces first Xmas disc
- 04/29/23: Pardi receives huge surprise at Stagecoach - an Opry invite
- 03/20/23: Pardi, Mr. Saturday Night, returns to action
- 02/21/23: Pardi becomes a dad
- 09/22/22: Pardi announces fatherhood is at hand
- 09/02/22: Pardi, Kristofferson release new discs
CD reviews for Jon Pardi
You know from the first notes of Jon Pardi's "All I Want For Christmas" that this is going to be good album as it starts off with a steel guitar intro. Later, there is also a twin fiddle solo. These elements reveal how this track is a true country version. It's also executed well, which makes this old holiday warhorse of a song somehow sound fresh and new. It's one of 12 winners and proves once again what a gift Pardi is to us all.
The content is consistently secular, ...
Jon Pardi's "Mr. Saturday Night" sounds as though most of its stories take place on the weekend at an idealized country honky tonk. Many of these drinking holes also feature swinging doors and jukeboxes. They don't seem like citified bars, but they perfectly fit Pardi's enjoyable neo-traditional song cycle.
Although the drums pound much harder on the single "Last Night Lonely" than they do on truly traditional country music, Pardi incorporates far more fiddle ...
Jon Pardi may sing about heartache medication with this collection of songs, but his focus on arrangements filled with traditional musical elements (fiddle, steel guitar and twangy electric guitar) is joyfully medicinal for anyone sickened by so much mainstream country music that lacks many (if not all) of these essential country instruments.
These songs read as well as they sound, though. For example, the drinking song "Me and Jack" begins with a thumping, Johnny Cash-inspired country groove. ...
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