Comments on: Mark Chesnutt, “She Never Got Me Over You”

By: chesnuttisoverrated

chesnuttisoverrated — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:11:16 +0000

I once loved Chesnut. I owned every CD he released from 1990 to 2002. But looking back, I think Chesnutt made some entertaining music, but very little of his music stands the test of time.

The first half of the “Too Cold at Home” CD is strong (the second half is filler) and the entire “Longnecks and Short Stories” CD is very good.

After 1993, his music went downhill. At the time, I still enjoyed it. But today I believe that only his first two albums stand the test of time.

By: Occasional Hope

Occasional Hope — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:25:05 +0000

Thanks to Paul for that information – I always liked Wade Hayes.

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:20:22 +0000

I’ve actually felt Tracy Lawrence’s voice has lost some spark from his stint in the nineties. To me, Mark Chesnutt has suffered most from choosing weak songs. He’s had a lot of great songs, but many misses as well. I think Hayes has a very good voice, but I feel the same about his songs, though Chesnutt’s much longer career has netted him many more good songs, of course. I have Hayes first album and can’t say that I was impressed by it, over all.

By: Paul Dennis

Paul Dennis — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:14:16 +0000

Speaking of Wade Hayes, he’s just released a new album. If the track samples are any indication, it’s a good one. Patty Loveless sings harmony

Available at http://www.wadehayes-woww.com/index.html

By: Paul Dennis

Paul Dennis — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:12:32 +0000

Kevin – I was not denigrating Chesnutt, but I think you are grading on a curve – he’s not one of the all-time great vocalist.

I do agree with your comment and I have all of Mark’s CDs (I’ve also seen him live on several occasions) but he came to the forefront as the “New Traditionalist” movement was beginning to run out of steam. I would rank him behind Tracy Lawrence and Wade Hayes and just ahead of Tracy Byrd and Joe Diffie among the post 1990-group

I regard Chesnutt as good-to-very good and I have liked most of his recordings

By: Kevin J. Coyne

Kevin J. Coyne — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:35:01 +0000

I agree. One of the best traditional male vocalists of his generation.

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:18:13 +0000

I think Chesnutt is a pretty great singer.

By: Paul Dennis

Paul Dennis — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:24:32 +0000

It’s a very good song off a very good CD. Chesnutt is not a great singer but he has his moments and this is one of them

By: Occasional Hope

Occasional Hope — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:09:02 +0000

It’s a lovely song and recording.

By: J.R. Journey

J.R. Journey — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:38:19 +0000

There used to be a bootlegged version of Keith Whitley’s original demo floating around the internet. When Mark Chesnutt appeared on Ralph Emery’s new RFD-TV show a few months ago, I was lucky enough to get through during the call-in segment and I asked him how he came to record this song. He told me Hank Cochran suggested he record the song and played it for him on his guitar. Mark added that he was blown away by the tune and didn’t found out until later that it was a Keith Whitley co-write.

Great song and nice review.