Jeff Bates releases new single
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 – Jeff Bates released a new single from his new self-titled album "Riverbank." The song, which Bates co-wrote with Kirk Roth and Robert Arthur, recalls time he spent with his father.
"Daddy would take me back through the woods to the river," Bates said. "Sometimes we'd set out hooks and catch these huge catfish. We'd take them home and clean them, and Mama would fry them up for supper. Those were some of the best times of my life. Just Daddy and me on the riverbank."
The first single was "Don't Hate Me For Loving You." Its companion music video continues to air on both CMT and GAC and has spent 5 weeks at number 1 on CMT Pure Country's "Pure 12-Pack."
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CD reviews for Jeff Bates
In this time of faux outlaws, Jeff Bates is a refreshing real deal. His back story reads like a Johnny Cash song - abandoned as a baby, raised by sharecroppers, Bates has endured three marriages, a drug habit and some time in jail for grand larceny. But that's nothing compared to the crime against esthetics that his art director is guilty of - picking a CD cover photo that's a dead ringer for Garth Brooks' ill-fated alter ego Chris Gaines.
Bates' music doesn't ...
David Allan Coe just might think Jeff Bates' second CD is the perfect country and western al-bum, since he�s got songs about Mama (�Mama Was a Lot Like Jesus�) and prison (�That�ll Get You Ten�) and prisoners who want to drive trucks (�One Second Chance.�) It�s true Bates doesn�t have much to say about trains or getting drunk, but maybe the fact that he�s actually been behind bars will give him enough outlaw extra credit to make up for that lapse.
It�s all academic because Coe�s crowd is ...
Jeff Bates has a heck of a story - given up for adoption, he grew up in Mississippi, worked on an oil rig and as a carpenter, and even spent time in jail on drug charges before getting his first cuts as a songwriter and, eventually, his own record deal - but more importantly, he has a heck of a voice. With his deep, powerful baritone, he's an aural dead ringer for Conway Twitty, and the singer isn't afraid to exploit the resemblance - not, as Jerry Seinfeld would say, that there's anything wrong with that. ...
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