We need a 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 performance of Chris Stapleton’s “Nobody To Blame,” Top just doesn’t miss.
And recently, I did a quick deep dive on Zach’s YouTube account and discovered his first ever upload (that’s if he didn’t delete anything prior) – a cover of Tom T. Hall’s “That’s How I Got To Memphis.”
Although Top is known for covering songs out of the 80’s and 90’s, the 27 year-old songwriter clearly has no boundaries when it comes to singing country classics from any era. “That’s How I Got To Memphis” was originally released in 1969 off Hall’s record, “Ballad of Forty Dollars & His Other Great Songs” and has been covered by dozens of artists throughout the past five decades, including by Ronnie Dunn, The Avett Brothers, Bobby Bare and Charley Crockett.
The song failed to reach No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart (peaking at #3), yet has clearly stood the test time – once again proving that No. 1’s aren’t end all be all.
While this might not be the most exciting cover that Top has uploaded to social media, it’s definitely worth watching. Check it out for yourself here: