That’s what I’m tonkin’ bout.
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 now, Top recently covered “Nobody to Blame” and while almost no one can out-sing Chris Stapleton (obviously), Top’s twangy vocals and smooth, fun delivery on stage make for a performance that captures you in right away and makes you wanna go down a rabbit hole on ZT videos on the YouTube.
“Nobody to Blame” was written by Chris himself, as well as Barry Bales and Ronnie Bowman and was released in 2015 as Stapleton’s third overall single. It became his first-ever top ten at country radio and later won Song of the Year at the good ole ACM Awards.
Check out clips of Top’s performance here: