Comments on: Single Review: Big & Rich feat. Gretchen Wilson, “Fake ID”

By: Noah Eaton

Noah Eaton — Mon, 23 May 2011 19:21:14 +0000

Big & Rich became everything they were challenging in Nashville with “Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace”. It’s truly depressing listening to, especially when directly preceding a listen of “Horse of a Different Color”.

I know Big Kenny’s surgery is the main reason they went on hiatus, but I thought at the time it had as much to do with the fact that “Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace” was not well received and sold poorly, despite producing their largest radio hit to date. That they got the memo, and needed to take some time to set their priorities straight and re-charge their creative batteries.

If this lead release is of any indication, they’re more blind to what they’ve become……….a commodified shadow of their former selves………than I initially thought.

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 23 May 2011 11:40:45 +0000

Wow, lol; “Country music” just gets worse everyday, doesn’t it? And I own & love Big&Rich’s “Save a Horse” album.

By: Erik North

Erik North — Sat, 21 May 2011 23:44:57 +0000

You know, I’d really like to like Gretchen Wilson; she has shown some flashes of extreme talent, if not necessarily brilliance. But how is she going to be able to show her full potential if she is still hooked up to Big and Rich’s Muzik Mafia trailer, which ran out of gas two or three years ago?

If this record isn’t a career killer for her, it’s still too close for comfort (IMHO).

By: Casey

Casey — Sat, 21 May 2011 17:41:08 +0000

At least John Rich will have something new to sing at the finale of the Celebrity Apprentice!

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 21 May 2011 16:50:23 +0000

…will trade a fake country song for a fake id!

By: Kevin John Coyne

Kevin John Coyne — Sat, 21 May 2011 14:07:50 +0000

If anyone ever writes a book about how country stars didn’t act their age in the early 21st century, this will be good for a solid chapter.

By: Ben Foster

Ben Foster — Sat, 21 May 2011 12:01:34 +0000

I’d have to agree. This is awfully one-dimensional, besides being a bit too loud.

By: Occasional Hope

Occasional Hope — Sat, 21 May 2011 08:31:05 +0000

The intro’s not bad, but mostly this is a mess. But I was never a B&R fan anyway.