And we are thankful that he did. Jackson, full of drive and motivation when times seemed hardest, reinvented himself from a rock bass player to a country music singer/ songwriter. The result is astonishing. He plays a mix of classic and modern country and draws from influences including Steve Earle, Don Williams and Tom Petty. Drawing from his roots in gospel and alternative rock, Jackson’s songs are catchy, harmonic, and distinctively unique.
“Lonesome Radio†is an album of completely original music. The sound is incredible, the composition and melodies phenomenal, and Doyle’s voice is uniquely reminiscent of the country all-stars from the 1970s. Though not lyrically deep, overly layered, or extremely complex, this album brings back the classic country clichés, charming melodies, and foot-tapping hooks that seemed to be lost decades ago. The songs are of people and experiences, love and loss, success and failure, lying somewhere between the lines of fact and fiction.
Jack County’s first album is just a taste of the creativity and ability that began inside a shoe salesman from Florida. Like Tom Petty sings, "He’s a self made man. He did it on his own.†And for Jackson Doyle, that's not a bad thing.
