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Photo by Andy Goodwin We're a week away from the release of Robbie Fulks and Linda Gail Lewis's collaborative album, Wild! Wild! Wild! , and we can listen to a new song from it today. "I Just Lived a Country Song" is a Robbie Fulks sung ballad about how he grew up listening to his father's outlaw country like Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, and how his life ended up mirroring those songs. He sings about starting out playing bars at 16, not being able to remember the early 90's, and the ups and downs of the honky tonk bar lifestyle. It's one of the very few songs about being a musician that actually works since it's still about universal themes about regrets and struggle. Plus, he isn't one of those country artists playing arenas across the country, so his tales of living a hard life in the music industry has some legitimacy.  You can watch the lyric video for "I Just Lived a Country Song" below. Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewi...

Photo by Andy Goodwin This is a pairing I didn't even know was possible, and now that I know it exists I've become obsessed. Robbie Fulks is basically a modern alt-country legend. He's been releasing great music for so long and so consistently that it's quite easy to take him for granted. Linda Gail Lewis is the younger sister of Jerry Lee Lewis. Honestly, I had no idea she existed or was making music or her own, but now that I have discovered her, I'm diving deeply into her back catalog. The duo did a few songs together on her 2016 album Heartbreak Highway (What can I do, What can I say , and now they're joining up for a full album together later this year. "Wild Wild Wild" sounds like exactly what you expect (and want) it to sound like. It's the down home alt-country of Robbie Fulks mixed with the vintage rock n roll you want from a member of the Lewis clan, especially Jerry Lee's younger sister. Robbie Fulks and Linda Gail Lewis might ...