Randall King just dropped “Thinkin’ ’Bout Drinkin’,” and if you’ve been begging for real-deal traditional country, here you go.
Written by top songwriters Don Sampson, Monty Holmes and Troy Cassar-Daley, and produced by Jared Conrad, this is not pop-country with a fiddle sprinkled on top. This is steel guitar, slow burn, barroom regret country.
It feels classic in the best way. Clean melody. Straightforward lyrics. No tricks. No overproduction. Just that steady vocal and a story about being one bad decision away from another round.
And yes, this absolutely belongs on what I lovingly call the bathtub toaster playlist. You know the one. The late-night, sad-cowboy, why-did-she-leave-me rotation. Not dramatic. Just heavy enough to sit with you for a minute.
What I appreciate is that Randall is not chasing trends here. He is leaning into what he does best. Traditional country with backbone. The kind that sounds like it would have worked in 1996, 2006, or right now.
Go spin it and tell me. Are we adding this to the sad cowboy hour or what?
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