Jack White and his Third Man record label have been based in Nashville for some years, so it’s surprising that this is their first straight country release.
Margo Price experienced little interest in her troubled tales from the city’s mainstream music industry, even pawning her wedding ring to pay to self-record this album in Elvis’s old haunt, Sun Studios.
That’s just one colourful story of many that she details in a pure voice over a deceptively jaunty backdrop. There are drink problems on Hurtin’ on the Bottle and a stint in jail on Weekender. She even touches on the loss of her first child on the starkest slice of autobiography, Hands of Time.
It sounds like she’s been out of luck for a long time. This fabulous collection should change that.
(Third Man)
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