JORDAN ROWE

                                                           FT. LAINEY WILSON

                                                           "Mama Ain't Jesus" 

                                                            River House Artists

Layers are so very important for any new artist who is breaking on the scene if/when they are given to us in the proper fashion; And if you’re looking for a blueprint for how to deliver them properly, then you need to look no further than Jordan Rowe.

He’s been teasing the release of his album Bad Case of the Good Ole Boy with songs that have shown all the different sides as to who he is as an artist; From the radio friendly “I Didn’t Sleep Last Night,” to the gritty, autobiographical title track “Bad Case of the Good Ole Boy,” to now the softer side of his arsenal with “Mama Ain’t Jesus.”

Rowe enlists his co-writer Lainey Wilson (“Things A Man Oughta Know”) as his duet partner on this song, which helps add another dynamic to this amazing tribute to mother’s as she uses the built-in classic country style of her voice to add a perfect harmony.

The opening verse sings through a list of accolades that make mama so special: her willingness to always give someone another chance, bringing her Bible with her everywhere she’s been, hardly ever getting mad, etc.

The chorus then sees him imagining what she will be like when the time comes that she is called up to heaven:

“I bet she’ll walk them streets of gold with a silver medal

While the good Lord comes back down to get us, she’ll fill in

I ain’t been yet, but I’ve got a glimpse of heaven

Cause mama ain’t Jesus, but she’s a close second.”

In the second verse, I love how Rowe very cleverly pushes us to crack open our own Bible’s when he sings the line, “She ain’t scared of anything, got that from first John 4:18,” and the follows it by admitting, “I didn’t know it either, she made me look it up.”

Some will say that “Mama Ain’t Jesus” would have made a perfect release for Mother’s Day, and while there is a lot of truth to that statement, shouldn’t mothers be praised 365 days of the year and not just on one?

(Review Written By: Jeffrey Kurtis)

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