Blessed with a natural twang that works well with uptempo tunes and that's exactly what "Red" is. Written by Adam Craig, Derek George and Tim Owens, "Red" has a Southern Rock melody which is married to a lyric about the narrator's country roots. Yes, this means "Red" means "redneck" but it's more about being from a place and lifestyle than a specific location. Vocally Bowers reminds me of a younger Chris Cagle and like Cagle, he's able to connect with a lyric, even if he didn't write it (he's the writer of "Let's Not Let It" from Randy Houser's How Country Feels album).
"Red" is ready for country radio and certainly fits current sounds of the charts and it's more than a paint-by-numbers effort about dirt roads and trucks and that hopefully is enough to break through. It's a genuine statement from an artist born into the lifestyle he sings about on "Red."
Listen to Ash Bowers' "Red" here:
Ash Bowers - Red by RoughstockCountry
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