Lyndon Bolton’s Best of 2018 in Americana Music 

Best of’s can raise as many hackles as they do curiosity or even interest. But if by any chance someone asked me to name my top ten for this year I’d…

Last night was the first ever WXNA Holiday Party - it was a swell affair and affirmed how lucky I am to be a part of this amazing group of people. 

After that, I headed to The Basement for…

JAMES SCOTT BULLARD 
Full Tilt Boogie 
Big Mavis Music, 2018 

Score: 8/10 

Country music comes in many forms these days, but few are as exciting, unpredictable and ragged as South Carolina’s James Scott Bullard and his 6th album. 

Had a great time at Dee's last night.  It is always a pleasure to see Wild Ponies - to me they are the best of what Nashville has to offer - both musically and as people.   They were fantastic last…

 In the write what you know style, James Scott Bullard has found a muse for his recent release, Full Tilt Boogie. The South Carolina musician claims that ‘all my songs are about bad decisions’, using the line as a mantra…

Loose paraphrased translation:

"...This glorious Full Tilt Boogie. "All my songs try to make bad decisions," says Bullard. There has been rehabilitation in between (he thought that sobriety would end his creativity, but not), and a long list of aggravated…

The adage would have us believe that a leopard never changes his spots. So, I guess, James Scott Bullard must be some other kind of cat altogether. A collection of his earlier tracks titled The Rise and Fall of… (recently…

Here's a rough translation:

Fresh from the press in April, Full Tilt Boogie is the mighty last piece for James Scott Bullard, a boy from the rural south of the United States, born in South Carolina from a mixed-blood…

Full Tilt Boogie by James Scott Bullard
by Lyndon Bolton 

Tribute bands there are aplenty but I’m not so sure about tribute album reviews. Well, here’s one; a tribute to the Americana Music Show. I understand and respect Calvin’s…

By Jim Hynes

If ever a title typified an album, Full Tilt Boogie does a decent job. This is unrelenting, full throttle outlaw country assault with screaming guitars and riffs that sound at times like the Allman Brothers on…

By Bob Leggett

This is upbeat Americana/Country music with a Southern Rock edge, perfect for summer parties.  It is guaranteed to get you on the dance floor, especially “Wicked Ways” and “All to Pieces.”    The good times keep coming…

By Erwin Zijleman

There are currently so many records that I can not listen to everything that comes in here. If I'm already listening to a record, this album usually does not get much more than a few minutes…

While he's not yet a household name, James Scott Bullard has shared his music with many, playing stages with David Allan Coe, Butch Walker, Dex Romweber, and The Steel Woods, among others. On April 27th, the singer-songwriter released his sixth…

By Wout de Natris

In 2016 I wrote a review of the EP 'Box Of Letters' by James Scott Bullard and the Late Night Sweethearts. A band that I had never heard music from before. It was just a…

By Joshua Wallace

I’ll be honest, I didn’t know much of James Scott Bullard before Gary premiered his single “Jesus, Jail Or Texas”right here on the website.  That one song was good enough for me and I knew I…

Solidly crafted, big-hearted Southern rock animated by stirring guitar leads (by Bullard and Jeff Springs) and flashes of humor (“Preacher told me, ‘Boy, you’re going straight to hell’/ I said, ‘Well, preacher, when you get to heaven/ Have the good…

By Alan Magpie

I was nearly up to date with this Friday’s releases and had played a couple of tracks each from four albums that didn’t quite catch my attention then, slightly disheartened I pressed ‘play’ one more time…

by Harry Kaplan 

If you are looking for your next honky tonk hero, I think I may have found him. His name is Jame Scott Bullard (JSB) and he is pure, 24 karat gold. Not only does JSB look…

This is one great album of superb twang, all killa no filla, and you will doing yourself a huge dis-service if you don't order Full Tilt Boogie right now!

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By Remo Ricaldone
Lonestar Time - Italy

Here is the rough translation: 
A native of South Carolina, James Scott Bullard embodies the classic artist in the balance between rock'n'roll and country music, the two sounds that have marked his…

By Sophie Greene

Jolene: The Country Music Blog, Australia

South Carolinian James Scott Bullard has said, ‘All my songs are about making bad decisions.’ While one could speculate about the nature of the bad decisions, they’re clearly good…

By Ian D. Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision

Whilst you may never be the same person from heartbeat to heartbeat, the measure of your life is one of a continuous journey tempered by the knowledge that beliefs, opinions and…

By "Venice" Joe Pettijohn, Jr.

April 27th brings us the release of the much anticipated next installment of the career of James Scott Bullard. Here is a full review and preview of the record in advance of that release! 

By Joe Wolfe, Ear 2 The Ground Blog 

"Jesus Jail or Texas" by James Scott Bullard 
"Back to You" by James Scott Bullard 

On Tuesdays, we do "Twofer Tuesdays" (whenever the shuffle happens to bring up two…

By Joe Wolfe, Ear 2 The Ground Blog

Host of "Double Shot with Joe & Sue" on WXNA Nashville

My first exposure to James Scott Bullard was at Americana Fest a few years ago when he was distributing…