Get the latest gossip
Zach Bryan’s ‘The Great American Bar Scene’: All 19 Tracks Ranked
Guests on the set include Bruce Springsteen and John Mayer.
Perhaps in a dig at the mainstream country world he eschews, he sings “that sh-t just ain’t my scene/I like out of tune guitars.” He’s worried about his friend but encourages them to “stay walkin’ that line.” The shuffling title track opens with Bryan on harmonica, recalling his antecedents Dylan and Springsteen (he even references the latter’s “State Trooper” in the lyrics), in this cinematic tale of a loser who can’t seem to win at cards, life or love. As he grows weary of the road life of a touring musician (“Mama, I made a million dollars on accident/I was supposed to die a military man… but I’ve got folks who like hearing me rhyme”), he yearns for home.
Or read this on Billboard
