to the guy who quoted LSM magazine, shut up. you have no idea what texas country is if you think selling out is the point. the point is to play country, not scratching pop-country. pop-country is selling out. the randy rogers band got a big record deal and their 3rd cd sounded just like the other two; meaning they didnt sell out. pat greens new stuff, however, sounds nothing like the pat green that got the record deal. he plays bad music, he sold put, that doesnt discredit the music he made before that we all love still. so shut up you jackass

I want to know what happened to the Pat Green I saw in concert every year for 6 years? I stopped going after a show I sad at Billy Bob's Texas in which he sang only new songs, and then tried to sinf Songs about Texas but was too drunk to remember past the second line! Not to mention the terrible, Nashville-style pop-"country" he plays now. Come back to Texas...remember when you gave up on Nashville a long time ago?

i agree with zach... hes (pat) not there yet but will soon be. if you want TEXAS country play some OLD pat green like the album Here We Go [LIVE] or 3 Days. the OLD pat green is some of the BEST music EVER. and ill stand by that till the end, but the new stuff is just nash-trash.

I for one dont think the dude "sold out". i think he grew up. i dont think he's made his decisions based on money. i think he has matured. the problem with that is this version is over polished and watered down. take a guy like mike mcclure who's music has gotten better with maturity, pat greens has gotten worse. i heard "let me" on the radio for the first time the other day and just assumed it was someone out of nashville. so thought it may not quite be rascal flatts yet, he's only a stepping stone or two away

the person saying he is traitor should not be allowed on this website. we are here to promote not belittle. in the newest issue of LSM magazine, there is an Ask Mother Hubbard question about 'selling-out': Q: What is wrong with selling out? Isn’t that the point? Why is it bad for a musician to finally get paid for all their hard work? Basically where is the line when it comes to selling out? BradyAustin, TX Dear Brady, I think the term “selling out” has been tagged on a lot of musicians undeservingly. It seems to be thrown around a lot when a Texas Music artist goes to Nashville to record or signs with a Nashville label. Maybe his/her sound changes a little because they are using a different producer or studio musicians on the record. This isn’t always a bad thing and it certainly isn’t in my book considered “selling out.” If an artist likes their new direction, who are we to judge that they should have stayed the same? Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do to feed your family and advance in your career or you can end up playing happy hour at the Holiday Inn for the rest of your life. To me, selling out would be if an artist known for anti-war songs does a commercial for the NRA. I checked with Mr. Hubbard to find out why he never sold out and he said , “Because nobody ever asked.” xxxMH" pat is still doing the music he loves to do. he writes most of the stuff on the cds and he is spreading our music to people that desperately need it. mj 7/28/2008 should be ashamed!

While this isnt one of my favorite Pat Green cds, it is still a quality cd from Pat. I like the songs Way Back Texas and Feels Just Like it Should. These songs still reflect back to the days of seeing Pat Green in Stephenville or in Wichita Falls on those hot summer nights. They are catchy summer songs that are true to what Pats about. I think that people who say Green is a sellout are just closed minded folks who wanna hear another song about getting drunk on a friday night. Lets grow up here people, Green is still Texas` Favorite Son. If you happen to see him, he still is one of country best performers. Looking forward to the new cd!

He is a traitor take him off this website. now he sucks period.....

of course we're all a little disappointed that pat isn't "ours" anymore. we have to share him with the rest of america. but it's even more disappointing when i see people bashing him for being "too big for texas now" or especially when somebody makes a george straight reference. george straight was, for several years, the epitome of that nashville cookie cutter crap that texas/red dirt music is opposed to. for awhile there, especially around the time of his awesome movie pure country, everything he sang sounded like check yes or no (exclude the cd somewhere down in texas ... i liked that one). so if you're making an argument against pat, that was a poor choice. maybe use robert earl keen instead. but heck, even his music has changed. compare no kinda dancer or swerving in my lane to what i really mean or to farm fresh onions. tell me those songs don't sound completely different. REK's music has evolved through the years just as pat's has. pat has grown up a little and add to that a record label that is throwing large amounts of money into the production of his albums and it's a no brainer that his music is going to sound different than the early days of a five piece band and a live cd. it's all very understandable but what isn't understandalbe are the comments about pat being a sellout. somebody please explain how that's derived soley from the evolution of his music and his popularity nationwide. and might i also ask is that how jack is being viewed now since his music is being heard on a national level? is that how any of our favorite local guys will be viewed if they go national? we claim that texas/red dirt music is the best music in the world but as soon as people outside of texas start noticing and listing to one of our guys, then we tear him down. it seems some of us have become hypocritical elitist snobs that would actually rather keep these guys just to ourselves like we're the cool kids that everybody envies because we have the neatest toy on the block ... but that's just my opinion.

Pat's music may carry a different sound, but he hasn't forgotten where he comes from. He still spends half of his concerts playing the old-school tunes that continue to influence the younger guys like Johnny Cooper. Pat is married and has children; his music simply reflects his position in life as a husband and father (much like Cory Morrow's music has changed). Any critics need to attend a Pat Green concert and discover that he is still a Texas music pioneer.

Well,I know he got to big for Texas but darn! Nashville!!! George Strait's music still sounds the same after all these years and is still a true TX boy.