Name: KMAG YOYO (& Other American Stories)
Brand: Lost Highway
SKU: 21623975
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KMAG YOYO

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Album: KMAG YOYO (& Other American Stories)
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Stomp And Holler Album Version	More Info...	3:07
2)	Hard Out Here Album Version	More Info...	3:32
3)	Chances Are Album Version	More Info...	3:52
4)	Grand Parade Album Version	More Info...	3:13
5)	KMAG YOYO Album Version	More Info...	4:19
6)	Another Like You Album Version	More Info...	3:20
7)	The Letter Album Version	More Info...	3:25
8)	Bye Bye Baby Album Version	More Info...	3:19
9)	The Lovin' Cup Album Version	More Info...	3:57
10)	Bottle In My Hand Album Version	More Info...	2:59
11)	Grateful For Christmas Album Version	More Info...	3:55
12)	Hide Me Album Version	More Info...	3:10

Album: KMAG YOYO (& Other American Stories)
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Stomp And Holler Album Version	More Info...	3:07
2)	Hard Out Here Album Version	More Info...	3:32
3)	Chances Are Album Version	More Info...	3:52
4)	Grand Parade Album Version	More Info...	3:13
5)	KMAG YOYO Album Version	More Info...	4:19
6)	Another Like You Album Version	More Info...	3:20
7)	The Letter Album Version	More Info...	3:25
8)	Bye Bye Baby Album Version	More Info...	3:19
9)	The Lovin' Cup Album Version	More Info...	3:57
10)	Bottle In My Hand Album Version	More Info...	2:59
11)	Grateful For Christmas Album Version	More Info...	3:55
12)	Hide Me Album Version	More Info...	3:10

Performer Notes

Personnel: Scott Davis (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, baritone guitar, mandolin, accordion); Ricky Ray Jackson (electric guitar); Kenny Smith (drums, percussion).
Audio Mixer: Brad Jones .
Recording information: Alex The Great, Nashville, TN; Cedar Creek recording, Austin, TX; Wire Recordings, Austin, TX.
Photographer: James Minchin III.
If it weren't already apparent that the Texas singer/songwriter archetype had become an established subgenre of country music, a listen to Hayes Carll's fourth album, KMAG YOYO (& Other American Stories) ought to confirm it. Carll, a 34-year-old Texas native, plays in honky tonk, country-rock, and country-folk styles so familiar that it's often possible to sing older songs to the music he and his band perform, whether it's the Hank Williams-style "Hard Out Here" or the title song (a military acronym for "Kiss My Ass Guys, You're on Your Own"), set to the tune and headlong tempo of Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues." Of course, Carll sings in a wheezy country twang, and his lyrics suggest the barstool wit of an engaging loser. Since he has no interest in doing anything new or different with the musical style, the question is, how well does he function within the tradition of, say, Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt and Jerry Jeff Walker? And the answer is, often quite well. "KMAG YOYO" itself is sung in the voice of a contemporary teenage G.I. trying to make his way through the Afghanistan morass any way he can; "Another Like You," a duet with Cary Ann Hearst, finds clever ways to set up an opposites-attract one-night stand; "Bottle in My Hand" hauls in a couple of Carll's peers in Corb Lund and Todd Snider to further investigate honky tonk issues; and "Grateful for Christmas" is an affectionate and amusing spoken word take on a family holiday gathering. These are the album's best songs, but the rest are good, too, and the whole is a worthy addition to the ever-growing catalog of sly Texas country-rock. ~ William Ruhlmann

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (p.60) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Carll unreels road-damaged stories with a boozy twant....It's the tender songs that hit the hardest."

Uncut (magazine) (p.85) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[H]e's best on rabble-rousers like the rightly pissed populism of 'Stomp And Holler'..."