UK REACTION to COLTER WALL - SLEEPING ON THE BLACKTOP!! | The 94 Club | WALL WEDNESDAYS

[@michaelclay755]

I have seen Colter live when he was on tour with Cody Jinks & he sounds just like this live. One of the best shows I’ve ever been to when he was only 24 at the time! Colter will be a true legend one day with that voice.

[@relikcg]

Love this kid so much, he gives me a real old school outlaw style, similar in some way to some of johnny cash's work. Real talent. Great vid bud - Ian

[@bugvswindshield]

"cowboy poetry"

[@BigAlGoodwin]

He's singing about the travels from town to town playing music, and all the typical folks you see in the bars and on the road

[@carylee7118]

A black top is what they call the darker pavment on a side road in smaller Southern towns. I'm from alabama, if you get directions from an older person they may say, go up though the next light, then take a right on the 2nd blacktop. So he's homeless, traveling musician, and drunk. Torchered. Anyway, that's my take on it. I play as well and love this guy and his travis picking and that damn voice makes the hair on my arms raise up. Btw, you have a stellar outlook yourself. Nice choice of words and honesty. Probably shouldn't be over looked. I bet you write good stuff too. Like to hear it.

[@johnlaffey2318]

Some more slang used was Coyote meaning smuggler and Nickajack an area in Eastern Tennessee and Alabama. I would like to suggest Caroline for a Colter song.

[@keithjones5309]

Caroline is my fave off that first EP.

[@johnlaffey2318]

It is such a pretty song with Belle.

[@josephsullen4744]

A nickajack is a poor country person

[@natashadavis2959]

@@josephsullen4744 I think both uses are true. East Tennessee is Appalachia Country.

[@josephsullen4744]

@@natashadavis2959 yes, but in the context of the song I believe he's used it to refer to people . I doubt the high-heeled lady would be spitting on a geographic region .

[@nauvoogamefarm8835]

Not sure who’s will be done, you can call me a sinner for a wondering why...... Swear I seen your face elsewhere before, just as familiar as a bottle and a glass..... Straight blues! 💪🔥

[@will8939able]

Country, I've heard described, tells a story. I worked in a library for a number of years, and I've always been fascinated by people who can paint a picture with words. You can learn to write a proper sentence, but you can't learn what Colter has.

[@OliWilford]

I have this saying I use a lot 'You get better at storytelling with every story you tell' - It applies a lot to our favourite songwriters! But you're right, I don't think you can necessarily be taught these things.

[@will8939able]

@@OliWilford I am from the American South. In the South, storytelling is really a rich tradition/heritage. There are definitely things that I'd like to not claim, about the South, but I will the tradition of storytelling.

[@devondailey5690]

Yo you nailed it with that list lol

[@stevim2595]

This song is so much fun live! Everyone stomping on the hardwood floor! It’s something else!

[@bugvswindshield]

Well done good sir. Well done. Colter has been doin' the whole cowboy thing, wranglen' cows. Even on horseback during the Covid break. He must have been busy because theirs some new songs out now. Oh and the "black top" is asphalt. A cheap way to pave a road/ parking lot.

[@OliWilford]

Thanks for that brother! Appreciate your comments as always. I need to follow him on social so I keep up to date with him. He's very quickly becoming one of my favourites.

[@noahhuffman7973]

Hey man new subscriber here love Colter! You should listen to the brewery session of Kate McCannon great ballad to react to the song will really throw you for a loop.

[@OliWilford]

Hey brother! I actually did review that one. It took off and got over 17k views. If you haven't seen it, it should show up top of my most popular list on my homepage. Let me know if you can't find it and I'll send you a link!😀

[@FirstOfTheMagi]

Lot of good country popping up in recent years. Living in the southern US, I've had to listen to the terrible country that was dominant for so long. My cousin has been relaying these new and refreshing country artists like Tyler Childers, Sturgill Simpson, Colter Wall, Marcus King, Cody Jinks, etc.

[@hollyharvey1986]

Same. I quit listening to anything that was put out in the early 2000s but I am loving this new stuff!

[@medarby3066]

Billy Strings 'dust in a baggie'

[@medarby3066]

Hank III and shooter Jennings started the throwback sound in early 2,000s.

[@medarby3066]

Listen to Hank III's cover of 'Atlantic City' Hank Jr's biological son and Hank Sr's biological grandson.

[@skullyjones3548]

Always happy to see your reactions brother

[@OliWilford]

Appreciate that brother!! Today is a good day. We hit 1000 subs!

[@skullyjones3548]

@@OliWilford Congratulations!! You definitely deserve it and you will be blowing up very soon i guarantee it

[@girlsrock64]

Nice review. Excited for Matt Heckler. Weird looking dude, but one hell of a fiddle player.

[@lordtechsan]

You should listen to the recorded version of this. It’s the rare exception when I prefer the studio version over acoustic.

[@OliWilford]

You're not wrong! That was something special.

[@misscocolove14]

I have only heard the studio version of this, it’s a little different, but probably my current favorite of his!

[@OliWilford]

I need to check out the studio version for sure!

[@devondailey5690]

Please try Seminole wind by John Anderson

[@andyj2597]

Have a look at Ryan Bingham, Ever Wonder Why, This Depression, Wolves, Snow Falls In June are great songs.

[@OliWilford]

I have added his name to the list. If I don't manage to get to him this week, I'll take a look next week for sure. Cheers brother.

[@scrapeteel920]

ZACK BYAN HEADING SOUTH. YOU'LL FREAKIN LOVE THIS GUY.

[@jimboheadspace1788]

Reading through initial comments, I see where Coulter has taken his experience as in itinerant musician and to make this ditty. While the downside to this lifestyle is evident, he also gets to be the bad boy that women are drawn to. Most guys would love to try this lifestyle, sowing wild oats, if only for a time. Colter's song, 13 Silver Dollars, takes another look at this topic, and is a much superior song.

[@Weekend_Washouts]

Almost 1k subs!

[@OliWilford]

We did it brother!!! Currently sinking a beer to celebrate!

[@Weekend_Washouts]

@@OliWilford woohooo! I'll crack one to the honor with ya!

[@OliWilford]

I love to see it brother! I really do. Thanks for joining the celebration.

[@Indianadawg]

What’s the song in the intro?

[@shrib-tvyt7288]

Check out some Ralph Stanley real, old school maybe fire in the blood or death

[@OliWilford]

If I don't manage to get to him next week, I'll try for the week after!

[@beatnpotatoes]

This is not modern country music. It is more ol timey country western.

[@rcs3511]

Couldn't if they wanted to...country is country pop. This is not that.

[@funnymidgetman93]

Modern country music is still good. You just need to look off the beaten path a bit.

[@OliWilford]

Yeah, that's what I was getting at brother! It's just not what you hear on the radio.

[@rustyshackleford735]

Modern country is crap...by and large. The mainstream of country on the radio is utter BS, colter isn't doing modern country, he's giving a modern take on classic country.