Sonny Burgess (occasionally referred to as Sonny Burgess Has Still Got It, per its back cover) is an album by the American musician Sonny Burgess, released in 1996.[2][3]
Burgess supported the album by touring with Rosie Flores.[4]
Production
Recorded in Nashville, the album was produced by Garry Tallent; he allegedly sought control over all aspects of the recording sessions.[5][6]Dave Alvin, Steve Forbert, Radney Foster, and Bruce Springsteen, among others, contributed to the songwriting.[7][8]Scotty Moore and the Jordanaires appear on "Bigger Than Elvis".[9] Springsteen's contribution, "Tiger Rose", had not yet been recorded by him; he had to sing the lyrics over the phone for Tallent.[10]
The Washington Post wrote that "Burgess is still a rousing rockabilly performer, with a raspy baritone growl and a stinging guitar sound."[7] The Orlando Sentinel thought that "'Hell Yes I Cheated' is the kind of country slow-dance they don't write often enough anymore... Burgess' economical guitar is particularly eloquent on Steve Forbert's 'Catbird Seat'."[14]
Stereo Review determined that, "unlike myriad rockabilly nostalgists, Burgess is the real thing—and more often than not, he'll give you chills."[15] The Lincoln Journal Star noted that the album "lacks the out-of-control feeling of his early music," but praised "the hard-country confessional ballad 'Hell Yes I Cheated'."[13] The Chicago Tribune concluded that, "where younger practitioners accent the 'rock' in rockabilly, Burgess restores the music's loping country rhythms and backwoods drawl."[16]
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^Kiviat, Steve (May 31, 1996). "Sonny Burgess". Washington City Paper. Archived from the original on December 27, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
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^Burke, Ken; Griffin, Dan (August 27, 2006). The Blue Moon Boys. Chicago Review Press. Archived from the original on December 27, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
^ ab"Rousing Burgess". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
^ abMusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 174.
^McGuinness, Jim (7 June 1996). "A Fifties Rocker Is Back". Lifestyle/Previews. The Record. p. 4.
^Morris, Chris (Aug 17, 1996). "Flag Waving". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 33. p. 61.
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