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Sounds So Good

Ashton Shepherd
1 disc

1. Takin' Off This Pain
2. Sounds So Good
3. Lost in You
4. I Ain't Dead Yet
5. Not Right Now
6. Old Memory
7. Pickin' Shed, The
8. Regular Joe
9. How Big Are Angel Wings
10. Bigger the Heart, The
11. Whiskey Won the Battle
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): B0010039-02
Credits

Producer Buddy Cannon
Engineer Chuck Ainlay; Tony Castle
Ashton Shepherd: B. James Lowry (acoustic guitar, 10-string guitar); Chip Young (acoustic guitar); John Jorgenson, Kenny Greenberg (electric 6-string guitar); Dan Dugmore, Scotty Sanders (steel guitar); Scott Vestal, Dave Talbot (banjo); Joe Spivey (mandolin, fiddle); Randy McCormick (piano, Hammond b-3 organ, Wurlitzer organ, synthesizer); Gary Prim (piano, Hammond b-3 organ); Kevin Grantt, Larry Paxton (bass guitar); Chad Cromwell (drums).
Personnel: Buddy Cannon (acoustic guitar).
Young country singer Ashton Shepherd makes her debut with the appealing SOUNDS SO GOOD. The Alabama native has a tough, bluesy edge to her voice that belies her tender years on flinty traditional country songs such as the sassy "Takin' off This Pain" and the power-of-music yarn of "The Pickin' Shed." More tender material like "How Big Are Angel Wings" and the stark ballad "Old Memory" show a more vulnerable but equally strong side to this compelling young talent.
Critic Reviews

Entertainment Weekly (p.75) - "[The songs] nicely split the difference between radio-friendliness and pure country tradition." -- Grade: B+
Blender (Magazine) (p.78) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[U]tterly distinctive....A thousand great modern Nashville acts distilled to one river-wide voice, heavy on the whiskey and light on the moralizing, with heartbreak keening on the back road..."