Sweet Southern Sugar is Kid Rock’s first album made in Nashville, his first with new label BMG/Broken Bow Records, but it is that Kid Rock mélange of styles we are used to.

As you’d expect from Rock, who once again is embarking on a tour where he’s keeping ticket prices ridiculously low, we got some nasty stuff here-with anti ‘the man’ vibe country-rock “Ain’t Enough Whiskey”…another big sing-along that shows off Rock’s growl. “Drinking Beer With Dad” begins slow with way-back–in-the-mix player piano that soon snaps into a John Cougar-like upbeat stomper story-song with pedal steel and banjo. It’s a predictable lyric of simple things that carries a sweetness to it, especially as Rock sings directly to his son how proud he is of him.