Songs We Wish We'd Written II

Three-time Grammy nominee Pat Green announces the release of SONGS WE WISH WED WRITTEN II, due in stores May 8, 2012. The album marks Greens first release on his new record label Sugar Hill Records and is the follow-up to his 2001 collaboration with friend Cory Morrow, Songs We Wish Wed Written. Nearly a decade after releasing the first tribute/collaboration with Morrow, Green has sold over 2 million albums, earned three Grammy nominations, released a string of Top 10 hits and created a well-earned reputation for bombastic live shows.

Texan Pat Green may look like the country boy next door, but he has a rocker's heart, and he's another in a long line of those maverick musicians who seem to keep popping up out of Texas, artists like Waylon Jennings and Joe Ely, who blur genres, build bridges, and damn well know a good song when they hear it. Green released an album of cover songs, Songs We Wish We'd Written, in 2001, and it sold impressively as an independent release, which springboarded Green to major-label land. Long a huge draw in Texas, Green has yet to springboard to that level in the rest of the country, and being termed a southwestern Bruce Springsteen may or may not help him make that leap. Meanwhile, he's delivered a second volume of Songs We Wish We'd Written a little over a decade later, this time on Sugar Hill Records. It's an interesting set list, and the best tracks here, which include the fine version of Joe Ely's "All Just to Get to You" that opens things, the secular pop gospel glow of Warren Haynes' "Soulshine," and a surprising re-imagining of Tom Petty's "Even the Losers," which starts out as a piano ballad and then blooms into a fully orchestrated one (and it works even when it seems like it shouldn't, shifting the focus to Petty's defiantly wise lyrics), all show why Green is so popular in his home state. Yeah, he's willingly treading water here, simply tipping his hat to songs he loves, but the last time he put out an album like this, he got noticed by larger labels. This guy really deserves a wider audience, and while this probably won't deliver that, it would be a delight to hear Green perform any of these songs live. ~ Steve Leggett, Rovi

Performer	Pat Green
Music genre	Country, Contemporary Country
Music subgenre	Texas Country
Music release type	Release
Media format	CD
Original release date	2012
Edition	Standard
Language	English
Is collectible	N
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Series title	Pat Green - Songs We Wish We'D Written II [CD]
Awards won	Three-time Grammy nominee
Track listing	All Just to Get to You,Streets of Galilee,Jesus on a Greyhound,Even the Losers,Austin,If It Weren't for You,Soulshine,The World I Know,If I Had a Boat,I Am Too
Record label	Sugarhill
Number in series	2
Track name	All Just to Get to You, Streets of Galilee, Jesus On a Greyhound, Even the Losers, Austin, If It Weren't for You, Soulshine, The World I Know, If I Had a Boat, I Am Too, My Hometown (Bonus Track)
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N