{"id":2444368,"date":"2019-05-19T08:05:59","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T14:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=835432"},"modified":"2019-05-19T08:05:59","modified_gmt":"2019-05-19T14:05:59","slug":"song-you-need-to-know-boo-ray-20-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/song-you-need-to-know-boo-ray-20-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Song You Need to Know: Boo Ray, \u201920 Questions\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BooRay2byPriceHarrison.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>The rascally charm of nomadic country-blues singer Boo Ray is on full display in the rollicking \u201c20 Questions,\u201d the standout track off his latest album <em>Tennessee Alabama Fireworks<\/em>. A strutting blast of Muscle Shoals R&amp;B, the song teems with bright horns and slinky organ, as Boo Ray tries in vain to fend off the incessant grilling by his rightfully suspicious \u2014 and pissed-off \u2014 lover.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lTcQT8wdUEA?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy\u2019d you leave your car downtown last night?\/Who\u2019d you ride with, where did you stay?\u201d he sings, playing the part of his inquisitor, before offering his own terse rebuttal: \u201cWhat\u2019s the point in asking these questions, if you know the answers I\u2019m gonna say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a good-natured, self-effacing look at some ugly parts of human emotion,\u201d says the North Carolina native, who cut his teeth in the Athens, Georgia, music scene before moving to Nashville, where he\u2019s become a ubiquitous presence with his silver-capped tooth and wiry frame. \u201cBut it\u2019s meant to take the shame and guilt out of that, because nobody needs to get crucified. Hey, get off the cross; we need the wood, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Written by Boo Ray with East Nashville <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/bob-lewis-east-nashville-end-of-an-error-album-review-759745\/\">songwriter Bob Lewis<\/a>, \u201c20 Questions\u201d is an essential entry for a yard-party playlist \u2014 a Southern-funk tune custom-built for dancing and singing, especially when Boo spits out an irresistible plea, repeating the word \u201cwhy\u201d over and over again. It\u2019s a melody line that evokes the best of Tony Joe White and Delbert McClinton, but the secret ingredient is the woozy Wurlitzer and B-3 playing of Jon Coleman, which gels just right with the core of what Boo Ray calls his \u201credneck rock &amp; roll band\u201d: two Telecasters and a steel guitar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got a communication problem in our time and age, particularly in relationships,\u201d says Boo Ray.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, it\u2019s sometimes OK to ask \u201cwhy, why, why?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/boo-ray-20-questions-song-835432\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rascally charm of nomadic country-blues singer Boo Ray is on full display in the rollicking \u201c20 Questions,\u201d the standout track off his latest album Tennessee Alabama Fireworks. A strutting blast of Muscle Shoals R&amp;B, the song teems with bright horns and slinky organ, as Boo Ray tries in vain to fend off the incessant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2444368","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 10:50:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2444368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444368\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2444368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2444368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2444368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}