Ugh. This
Southern Rock Tribute to Toby Keith has all the redneck but none of the Southern rock to fuse together with
Keith's original material.
Keith is a fairly controversial figure for all his beer-drinking, hell-raising patriotism and outspokenness on numerous topics befitting a country music superstar, but this set of cuts by the studio-made "Rebel Pride" is anything but a tribute. Instead, it's a watering down of charm and a caricature attempt at an album of pretty great songs by the original artist. Turgidly loose, rhythmically erratic, horribly sung and sonically awful, this one is best left to those who know the real difference between Southern rock and just plain bad rock. ~ Thom Jurek