Kurt Fortmeyer - One More Night in Nashville

Fans of Guy Clark, Jerry Jeff Walker, Kris Kristofferson, and David Allan Coe should enjoy 'One More Night In Nashville', the latest release from this North Carolina native currently residing in the hills northwest of Nashville. From the twin fiddle kickoff of the opening track '(I Got My Heart) Broke In' to the last lonesome harmonica bend of the closer 'I've Been There', Kurt takes the listener on a colorful and emotional meander through an eleven song set of what can be loosely categorized as (not today's) country music...four solo writes and seven co-writes with Nashville newcomers and old-timers, including hit writers Rich Fagan and Dave Gibson, and the Grammy-nominated Jeff Batson. For fans of hardcore honkytonk music, Kurt sets up the bar with his tribute to the Georges 'Dickel, Strait & Jones' and the sly '(A Man Can't Live On) Beer Alone'. If busted relationships are your thing, the ragtime/New Orleans/blue yodel 'Better Hearts Than Yours' takes a light-hearted poke at an ex. 'A Thing Of The Past' will make you yearn for a love gone by, while the bluegrass song done Kentucky Headhunters-style 'You Done Done It Now' offers up a darker solution. The Bob Seger-meets-Pete Seeger-on-Jimmy Buffett's-houseboat vibe of the economic protest 'Not In My Backyard', the sad sentimental song about Grandpa 'Inside That Box', the mad not-so-sentimental one about Dad '(All You Taught Me How To Do Was) Drink', and the struggling songwriter's lament of the title track round out the CD. Recorded by Pat Lassiter at River Front Recording in Madison, Tennessee with some of the best players from some of the best road bands (Tracy Lawrence, Gary Allan, Montgomery Gentry, Michael Martin Murphey, Blake Shelton, The Trey Ward Band) in Nashville, 'One More Night In Nashville' mentions nary a tailgate, a dirt road, a riverbank, a pair of cut-off Daisy Dukes, or any women called 'girl'. This is country music for grown-ups of all ages.