★★★★★
Waylon Albright Jennings was named after his famous father, the country star to whom labels such as "maverick" and "outlaw" were liberally stuck like Post-it notes on a Nashville dive bar's fridge. He even got to play his dad in the Johnny Cash biopic Walk The Line, but Shooter's own maverick credentials veer far from any kind of honky-tonk hierarchy...
- recordcollectormag.com
2013-07-18
★★★★★
To varying degrees, aren't we all subject to the inner voice of our ancestors' hopes and dreams? Does not the young gunslinger set out in hopes of meeting or exceeding the example set by his father? And if that parent's legacy is comprised in large part by international fame and glory for their life's work, isn't it likely that the child may face some identity issues of their own as they mature into adulthood...
- www.glidemagazine.com
2013-06-01
★★★★★
????? To varying degrees, aren't we all subject to the inner voice of our ancestors' hopes and dreams? Does not the young gunslinger set out in hopes of meeting or exceeding the example set by his father? And if that parent's legacy is comprised in large part by international fame and glory for their life's work, isn't it likely that the child may face some identity issues of their own as they mature into adulthood...
- www.glidemagazine.com
2013-06-27
★★★★★
Entertainment One For his fifth LP, Shooter Jennings leaves the paranoia of his 2010 space-twang epic Black Ribbons in the rearview as he cuts closer to the creative cloth woven by his legendary old man than ever before. Family Man still finds the NYC transplant speaking for the 99 percent, as songs like the Tom Morello-assisted "The Long Road Ahead" and "Southern Family Anthem" showcase...
- www.relix.com
2012-03-15
★★★★★
Shooter Jennings had a hit on country radio during the summer of 2004 called "Fourth of July" and while his music never really changed that much while signed with Universal Records South from 2004 to 2009, that would be the only certifiable radio hit of his career...
- www.roughstock.com
2012-03-15
★★★★★
So who is Shooter Jennings if he isn't Waylon's son? He hopes you don't ask--mentions "my dad" in the first verse of his third album, and before long also namechecks Johnny, Merle, Hank, and Audrey in case you missed the point. Shooter has himself a rockin' band, and he can write a little--"Old Friends" male-bonds with some warmth and "She Lives in Color" female-bonds with some warmth...
- www.robertchristgau.com
2011-03-14
★★★★★
On his debut, Put the O Back in Country, Shooter Jennings strained to be colorful and came off mostly like an asshole. This time, the braying redneck seems more comfortable in his skin, if stuck in generic outlaw mode. Happily attached to his roots, he imitates dad Waylon Jennings on "Some Rowdy Women," echoes Ronnie Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd for the sunny "Gone to Carolina" and shares the mic with swamp rocker Tony Joe White on "Alligator Chomp (The Ballad of Martin Luther Frog Jr...
- www.blender.com
2010-08-22
★★★★★
Shooter Jennings, the son of late country legend Waylon, has jammed with Guns n' Roses and dated Sopranos hottie Drea de Matteo. But he's no rock star; in fact, his debut paints him as exactly the opposite—just a good ol' boy, as much of an outsider in Nashville as he is in L.A. While that's not entirely true?after all, it sure wasn't a pretty singing voice that got him his record deal—freewheeling romps like "4th of July" are charmingly unfussy...
- www.blender.com
2010-08-22
★★★★★
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- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-10
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