Morgan Wallen’s New “Keith Whitley” Song Is A Banger
Thank God for Morgan Wallen and his Instagram account. I had the good fortune to meet Keith Whitley. I had just gotten my first part-time job in country radio and went into work to pick up a paycheck. There was this curly-headed guy sitting in my boss’s office shooting the breeze. At the time, I had little to no knowledge of country music, much less the people who sang it. I think Keith was kind of amused that I didn’t have a clue who he was. I remember him being a really nice guy and that night, I found out what a tremendous singer and performer he was. It wasn’t two, may three months later that Keith Whitley was gone. Gone way too soon, a victim of his own personal demons. There’s no telling how big he was about to become. His story is one of the saddest cautionary tales in Country. Anyway, the memory of Keith and his music came roaring back today thanks to this post on Morgan Wallen’s Insta.
“Guess I’m drinking bout us, what it was
The things I love got a way of gettin’ gone too soon
Kinda like good whiskey, Keith Whitley and you”
Are you kidding me with this?! How amazing is this song. And best off all, it sounds fully produced. I assume the title is “Good Whiskey, Keith Whitley, And You.” I know Morgan’s been working on a new album, and this song cannot get released in full quick enough! WOW! At this point, I believe it’s time to put Morgan Wallen into my category of “Is there any way he’s capable of writing a bad song?”
