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Like Earle & Merle...

boyer barner | Nashville, TN | 09/07/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I've been a fan of Trent Summar's live shows for nearly 10 years. He writes great songs (The Dope Smokers song is destined to be a cult classic and will go over great when he opens for Willie Nelson this month), has great players (though the band is based around twangy rock guitars and driving bass, don't be surprized to see a fiddle player hop in) and KNOWS how to entertain while on stage (if Mick Jagger was from a small town in Tennessee, he'd dance just like Trent). So, I of course was looking forward to his album, and like the live show, it's an experience that leaves me satisfied. The cuts range from dance-a-billy numbers like New Money to the lonesome side of town barroom two-step waltzer, Starletta. If you're a fan of old country or newer stuff, this album rides the center of those two "genres" and also will keep your rock and roll bones happy. Do you like Earle? Do you like Merle? If you said yes to either, you're gonna like this album."

Way Rockin' Country

Lee Armstrong | Winterville, NC United States | 09/22/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This CD rocks hard and doesn't stop. "Paint Your Name In Purple" is a scorching rocker as Trent wails, "One of these days I want to make you my wife." "It's always sunny, my jokes are funny 'cause I got new money," he rocks out on the second track. Electric guitar slices angrily through "Too Busy Missing You," "I don't give a damn for someone new cause I'm too busy missing you." The New Row Mob doesn't slow down until track 4. They take Albert Hammond's schlock pop song "It Never Rains in Southern California" and transform it into a moving country ballad. "I'm underfed and underloved," Trent sings. They don't slow down long however! "I'm Country" is a rural rocker with a great vocal rebel attitiude, "I grow my own." The boys work up a sweat on "Colene," "You treat me like a dog while I treat you like a doggone queen." More rockin' on "The Beat Don't Ever Stop." They slow for a breath on the great country weeper "Starletta," You grew up free, and you grew up wild as a second generation flower child." "Metal, Stone, Glass & Wood" pops as if it were Fred Eaglesmith's progeny. An aching ballad, "Be So Blue," is good for a tear in your beer. "Lookout Mountain" winds up rockin', "I'm a cultured man, seen 7 states, like the strawberry wine, eat a chicken fried steak." Trent Summar & New Row Mob is hard rockin' country. The songwriting is consistently strong, and the cover is an amazing transformation. Don't miss out!"

Mob Rules!!!

mistersipi | Nashville, TN USA | 09/22/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Trent Summar comes from a world of muscle cars, Bar-B-Que, waterbeds, double-wide trailers, above-ground swimming pools, and ZZ Top on a honky-tonk jukebox. If you've never been to this world...he can take you. This is one of the finest alternative country discs to come out of uptight Music City. May there be more. Hick rock at its best."