We need a ZT cover album asap.
It’s no secret (or at least it shouldn’t be anyway), that Zach Top is emerging himself as one of the biggest country artists in the genre. While Morgan Wallen and Zach Bryan overwhelmingly dominate streaming numbers, Top is bringing back that traditional 80’s and 90’s sound country music fans clearly still crave, and doing it extremely well I might add.
While his original music, especially the songs from his recent sophomore studio album, “Cold Beer & Country Music,” are nothing short of incredible, the man does every artist before him justice when he adds his smooth and twangy vocals into the mix. From his acoustic covers of George Strait’s “I Can Still Make Cheyenne” and “Nobody In His Right Mind Would’ve Left Her” (you can watch that here), to his live performances of Billy Currington’s 2006 hit, “Good Directions.”
And just recently, Top performed at Westward of Scottsdale in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he once again covered John Michael Montgomery’s legendary 90’s classic, “Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident),” and at this point, I’m convinced Zach was born in the wrong (right, for us) generation.
“Sold” was written by Richard Fagan, as well as Robb Royer, and was released in May of 1995 as the second single off JMM’s third studio, self-titled album. It went on to become crowned the No. 1 country song that year by Billboard, and although it was released way before streaming services existed, it currently boats over 200 million streams on Spotify alone.
Check out Top’s recent cover here: