Do you remember where you were when you first heard Merle Haggard or Joe Nichols orAlan Jackson? Well, that’s the feeling I felt the first time I heard Jacob Lyda sing his national debut single “I’m Doing Alright.”  Co-written by Lyda and Paul Overstreet (“Some Beach” “On The Other Hand” “Love Can Build A Bridge”), “I’m Doing Alright” (Listen Here) is the kind of song that finds a man taking a one step and day at a time as lives his life.  He speaks of the simple things that help him get through the day, particularly with the comfort of ‘the love of my life by my side’ so no matter what people may think, he is doing alright and happy with the direction his life has taken.

It’s as simple as a piece of cornbread but this is the kind of song that has helped people get through what they think are problems with their lives and realize that they don’t need to have new this or new that to keep up with the Joneses if they just learn to be happy with the good things they DO have in life.  And for the narrator, Jacob Lyda, that’s enough for him.  The melody is sweet and instantly warm, just like Lyda’s vocal.  Like Easton Corbin, Jacob Lyda seems to have the kind of neo-traditionalist voice that just feels like it was meant to be played all over the radio dial. 

While being signed to a smaller label makes the chance for success on the charts all the tougher, if anyone can get around that small fact, it’s a a talent like Jacob Lyda, particularly with a song as strong as "I'm Doing Alright."

You can support Jacob Lyda by purchasing this single at Amazon.

You can get a different song as a free download from Jacob by clicking here.