Outlaw country artist Whitey Morgan follows-up 2015’s Sonic Ranch with Hard Times and White Lines – another great set of songs about breaking laws, breaking hearts, drinking, drugs, and hard living. Not much has changed for Eric Allen (aka Whitey Morgan) and the guys since their last album, but there is no need to “fix what ain’t broke” as they say. Allen’s Waylon Jennings-esque dusky baritone and polished songwriting skills still take center stage on Hard Times and White Lines. Album highlights include: the pensive “Honky Tonk Hell”; a resonant cover of Dale Watson’s “Carryin’ On”; the toe-tapping “Bourbon and the Blues”; a cover of ZZ Top’s “Just Got Paid”; the heartbreaker “Hard to Get High”; and the twangy anthemic closer “Wild and Reckless.” With a decade under their belt Whitey Morgan and the 78’s are tighter than ever, making Hard Times and White Lines one of their finest albums yet. – Written by JFelton
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