BRAD HUDSON, "Next New Heartache," Pinecastle. 12 tracks
Brad Hudson was one of those child prodigies in bluegrass, picking and singing from a young age.
He's worked at Dollywood _ Dolly Parton's theme park _ and in the bands of Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road and Jeff & Sheri Easter.
Now, he's the lead singer and Dobro player in the band Sideline.
And Hudson has recorded his first solo album for Pinecastle _ "Next New Heartbreak."
It kicks off with "Ramblers Song," a hard-driving song about a man who proclaims that he'll never settle down and likes to move from town to town.
Dolly Parton joins Hudson on her "Appalachian Memories," a song about Southern people going north in search of the Promised Land _ but never finding it.
"I Wonder What You See In Your Dreams" has a similar theme _ a man watching the woman he loves go to the city to marry someone else.
The title track finds the singer hurting and waiting to be hurt again.
"Truckers Blues" finds a truck driver missing his wife and waiting for a chance to stop to eat and call her.
"Smoky Mountain Strong" is a tribute to the area devastated by a forest fire in 2016.
"The Day My Daddy Cried" is a song about a man who never cried _ until the day his wife died.
Loretta Lynn's "World of Forgotten People" is a ballad about people who are lonely and hurting.
Jeff & Sheri Easter and Hudson's grandmother, Betty Swinson, join him on the gospel song, "Beulah Land."
And there are a couple of instrumentals _ "Hugging The Hound" and "My One And Only (Crystal's Song)," the latter written by Hudson for his wife.
Can't find it in stores? Try www.bradhudsonmusic.com/store.
