"That's Not How It Is," my favorite Toby Keith song, from Unleashed: Keith could be really sexy and really funny – this unhappy one's not funny, but he keeps his wits about him, matter-of-fact when the facts are sad. The singing is two-thirds smooth to one-third gruff, the gruffness being used to suggest a reserve of warmth that has nowhere to go.
I wrote a little more about this here.
I wrote a little more about this here.
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