Jerry Joseph cares about two things: music and truth, and the nine tunes on Baby, You’re the Man Who Would Be King take no prisoners, they burn with an intensity lacking in much of what passes for music these days.
Thanks to Patterson Hood and The Drive-By Truckers, Jerry Joseph has created nothing short of a masterpiece. This is a candidate for Album of the Year. Period.
Who the hell is Jerry Joseph? Well, Patterson Hood and Jason Isbell have gone on record saying he is one of the best songwriters and performers ever, and are such believers that they backed him up on his newest album.
