JASON ALDEAN - Whiskey Drink - Broken Bow Records

Following the double punch of his latest smash hits, “Try That In A Small Town” and “Let Your Boys Be Country,” multi-platinum superstar Jason Aldean now continues delivering pieces of his Highway Desperado album to country radio with his newest impacting single, “Whiskey Drink.”

Having already been landing strong with his exuberant fanbase since the November release of the album, the cut (now single), co-written by John Edwards, John Morgan, Kurt Allison, and Tully Kennedy, sticks tightly to the familiar flash of sound that’s defined Jason’s most current output.

“Hey, whiskey drink, I know it's been a while, I gotta talk to you, gotta catch you up,” he sings on the opening line of the song, setting in motion the one-on-one, conversational tone between he and his always reliable vice amid the aftermath of a heartbreaking split that’s left him wounded and reeling within the antagonizing, torturous thoughts of where she’s at and who she’s with.

Travelling his loneliness through a stark confession that he lays on the shoulder of his favorite, unbiased listener, Aldean metaphorically shakes his head in disbelief when he tallies, “you won’t believe the things I said, the way she left; The way the leavin' all went down,” leading straight to the then pleading dynamic of the chorus:

“Come on, kick in, whiskey drink
I don't wanna think, think, think
About who she's with or where she is
Or how bad I miss her now
Come on, cigarette
Yeah, smoke out that regret
Pour it straight and strong, make her memory gone
Before you let me leave
Come on, whiskey drink, oh
Come on, whiskey drink”

With the tone that he delivers the opening line of the second verse, “Yeah, tell me, Jack,” obviously speaking straight to a bottle of Old No. 7 but said in such a fluid way that it feels as if he’s calling his trustworthy friend by their first name, he adds an ultra-intriguing personal touch to the conversational flow.

By never really defining exactly what all went down between him and his now ex, the lyrics skillfully stay open to the interpretation of the listener, hitting on a strong connectible factor that allows them to add their own story to the essence of the lyric as Aldean strikes country radio with a song that will surely result in the same type of charting success that we’ve seen from his last two releases.

(Review Written By: Jeffrey Kurtis)