There’s never been any doubt that Jim Lauderdale is the answer to the old country music question, “who’s gonna fill their shoes?” Twenty years ago, Jim Lauderdale released Country Super Hits Volume 1 (2006), reminding us then, with his warm baritone vocals, his honky-tonk ballads, and his wry lyrics, that he could deliver country songs on par with the Louvin Brothers, George Jones, and Hank Williams. Now, on his 38th album, Country Super Hits, Volume 2, Lauderdale presents a bouquet of shuffles, waltzes, and country weepers that feature the singer’s take on the joys and sorrows, the closeness and loneliness, and the wholeness and the brokenness that mark our relationships.
ALBUM REVIEW: Jim Lauderdale Returns As the King of Broken Hearts on ‘Country Super Hits, Volume 2’
