Jack Ingram draws direct lineage in calling out Jerry Jeff Walker’s 1975 charting platter Ridin’ High on his 10th studio LP. An aptly frolicking follow-up to 2016’s stellar, low-key Midnight Motel, its razor-sharpened covers of Rusty Weir’s “Don’t It Make You Wanna Dance?” Willie Nelson’s “Gotta Get Drunk,” and Guy Clark’s “Desperados Waiting on a Train” lean easy against his own tunes and Miranda Lambert co-write “Tin Man.”

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This article appears in June 28 • 2019.

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Doug Freeman has been writing for the Austin Chronicle since 2007, covering the arts and music scene in the city. He is originally from Virginia and earned his Masters Degree from the University of Texas. He is also co-editor of The Austin Chronicle Music Anthology, published by UT Press.