![]() “I feel like the country music I listened to trained me that this is what we do when we’re lonely or going out. Rather than just drink and drown, the new album from the unrepentant Cali-tonker acclaimed by The New York Times, Cowboys & Indians, Variety, Rolling Stone, NPR and the Los Angeles Times explores what drives those hardcore Friday and Saturday nights. Just as he’s still throwing the good timing party – the tumbling “Workin’ On A New One” that punctures swearing off hangovers, or the double break-up “New Place To Drink” with its signature ‘90s Brent Mason guitar licks – he’s found the undertow to those throwdowns. That attitude tempers “Last Night Lonely,” the straight-forward walk-up that suggests a man worth keeping, or the slow fiddle-laced late-night encounter “Neon Light Speed.” On the Strait-invoking “Day I Stop Dancing” pledge of love eternal, Pardi demonstrates alternative ways to signal devotion. I’m someone in a relationship a woman can trust to be there and support her.” “They know it’s gotta have some backbone and some grit, but I’m also not just a tough guy. “I’ve been writing so long in town, the writers all know me,” says Pardi. If it’s not always easy, it’s reality – and that reality is what forged Haggard or Johnny Cash’s place in the music. ![]() Pardi Country, beyond plenty of drinks and the whirling fiddles, has a toughness to it it’s a guy’s guy take on working hard, loving hard and facing the consequences like a man. California’s got its own kind of country, kinda like Texas – and when the dust settles, really, they’re cousins.” With this music, it’s what I was born and raised on, what all my memories are made of. “It’s who you are, not something you’re trying to be. “The true sound is not having the band play something you think you want, but play what’s your sound,” he laughs. Along the way, David Ball, Keith Whitley, Brooks & Dunn, the Eagles, Buck Owens, Gary Stewart, Merle Haggard and the Red Dirt vanguard of “Ragweed, Charlie Robison, Chris Knight and Randy Rogers” inform the songs.įrom the breezy, falling-in-love California shimmer “Santa Cruz,” the erotic slink of denial “Your Heart Or Mine,” the open plains tough guy surrender “Hung the Moon,” or the romping “Fill ‘Er Up,” Pardi moves through all the gears of country and Western with an ease unseen in today’s Nashville. Saturday Night digs beneath the surface in new ways as it returns the genre to an era of buckle-polishing dancefloor encounters, yowling bar-room revelers and the occasional strong, silent type ballad. When people just eat music every week for the next TikTok craze, those who love real music keep listening.”Ī classic old school country record, Mr. It taught me to make something that stands the test of time – which means slowing down. “You count the days ‘til you can get it then when it’s finally out, you live inside every note. “I always remember when a Strait record came out, I was so excited,” Pardi begins. ![]() For the 37-year-old showman, who takes his time to create a true album, music that matters should never be rushed. Saturday Night, 14 songs steeped in losing, a little loving and what’s in between, the California-born and raised honky tonker considers a recording three years in the making. So many neon songs we turned down – and there’s still plenty of neon on here – but it’s gotta be something different and say something more.” “It isn’t all drinking, and partying, and cowboy stuff. “The thing that makes a Jon Pardi song isn’t what you think,” cautions the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music award-winner. ![]()
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