Search - Big Kenny :: Live a Little

Ta Ta Ta TA!

Kolby Manning | Sanford, NC USA | 05/10/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I am basically going to give you all the information you need if you want to buy this CD.



Yes. This CD IS by Big & Rich's Big Kenny Alphin. The CD is very good, but you have to listen to it a few times before you actually like it enough to start getting the songs stuck in your head.



Yes. John Rich DOES sing some background vocals on the CD, but you can't really tell. However, after you listen to the CD, you won't care that you can't hear him.



I will warn you, however, that this CD is a long long way from Horse Of A Different Color, so only buy it if you are a Big & Rich Fanatic (know all the words to all their songs; have the Super Galactic Fan Pak; Listen to them all the time; have a great understanding of Kenny's craziness and what he is about; watch anything that they appear on and when they come up on the screen you yell, "Hey! That's Big & Rich!"). You absolutely have to LOVE Big & Rich and like ALL the songs on Horse Of A Different Color. If this describes you, you will LOVE this CD.



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Interesting

Erin | Calgary, Alberta Canada | 08/11/2005

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Well, it's certainly an interesting CD. Would I encourage you to buy it? Sure, if you're a Big & Rich fan, or if you have esoteric tastes in music. There's definintely nothing 'Nashville' about this CD, and one can certainly understand why his label chose to shelve the disc. There's nothing that leaps out as a potential single, and the CD seems oddly unfocused, hopping from the psychedelic 'Candy Coloured Glasses' to the Spanish influenced 'Rhumba' and nearly every genre in between, but the entire CD is oddly engaging. You can definitely hear the germ of Big & Rich in the several songs that feature John Rich on background vocals.All in all, an interesting pre-stardom look at one half of Big & Rich, and one that I would recommend for fans of the duo."

I've been waiting for this release for five or six years now

R. Stroud | Behind you!! | 03/01/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Before he was Rich, he was just plain Big. This is Big Kenny's effort from 1999 or so and it was scrapped before wide release by Hollywood Records. Now Hollywood has seen fit either to recognize Kenny's talents or to capitalize on his Big & Rich fame (or both) by finally letting Live A Little see the light of day and the dark of the inside of a grateful nation's CD players.



Keep the history of this record in mind when you listen to it. It sounds a bit dated, like it would have had some radio hits five years ago alongside Fastball, Sugar Ray and other alt-pop from that time. "Candy Colored Glasses" was a bonafide radio hit at at least one station (WWCD-FM in Columbus, OH) and it could work again now. Same with "Somewhere Under the Sun."



The rest of the songs foreshadow what would become the Big & Rich sound - this record sounds like Alternative Rock Without Prejudice - with hints of soul, country, swing, latin and straight-up rock music.



If you're really into Big & Rich as a country band, you might be disappointed by this one. But if you like B&R for their unique approach and can judge this one on its own merits, pick it up."