Trent Summar & the New Row Mob - Trent Summar and the New Row Mob

Trent Summar? Who?

By dumb luck, I found this at a listening station at a Hasting's in Flagstaff, AZ.

Trent Summar's self-titled debut is a very authentic/modern take on real rockin' country music.

It features a good cover of "It Never Rains in Southern California".

It's just good ol' American country/rock music, good stuff. Here's hoping these guys do something else since this was a really promising debut. January 13, 2005

The Rockin' Side of Country

This CD just rocks from beginning to end. I prefer the rockin' side of country music, so this CD was a real find. There's not a single track that let's you down. You gotta buy it! December 20, 2002

Way Rockin' Country

This CD rocks hard and doesn't stop. "Paint Your Name In Purple" is a scorching rocker as Trent wails, "One of these days I want to make you my wife." "It's always sunny, my jokes are funny 'cause I got new money," he rocks out on the second track. Electric guitar slices angrily through "Too Busy Missing You," "I don't give a damn for someone new cause I'm too busy missing you." The New Row Mob doesn't slow down until track 4. They take Albert Hammond's schlock pop song "It Never Rains in Southern California" and transform it into a moving country ballad. "I'm underfed and underloved," Trent sings. They don't slow down long however! "I'm Country" is a rural rocker with a great vocal rebel attitiude, "I grow my own." The boys work up a sweat on "Colene," "You treat me like a dog while I treat you like a doggone queen." More rockin' on "The Beat Don't Ever Stop." They slow for a breath on the great country weeper "Starletta," You grew up free, and you grew up wild as a second generation flower child." "Metal, Stone, Glass & Wood" pops as if it were Fred Eaglesmith's progeny. An aching ballad, "Be So Blue," is good for a tear in your beer. "Lookout Mountain" winds up rockin', "I'm a cultured man, seen 7 states, like the strawberry wine, eat a chicken fried steak." Trent Summar & New Row Mob is hard rockin' country. The songwriting is consistently strong, and the cover is an amazing transformation. Don't miss out! September 22, 2001

Nashville's real deal

Trent Summar sang with a band called Hank Flamingo based out of the Nashville area. Tying the Rolling Stones to Jason and the Scorchers, then mixing it all together with a solid serving of the Bottle Rockets, Flamingo, and now the New Row Mob pull no punches.

Summar has put together a group of Nashville's most revered session players to back his honky-tonk howl. Blending a realistic look at small town Tennessee living with a solid dose of comedy, the first album by the Mob is well written, well played and supremely satisfying.

Summar is touring this summer with Charlie Daniels on the "Volunteer Jam" circuit. His style of southern, barn door rattling, honkytonk power country is a great fit with that bill.

The production on this album is solid, with the vocals very present, but not enough to overpower the scorching guitar. Lyrically, this is a very straightforward record, detailing the plight of small town love from the Joe Diffie "John Deere Green" school of romance, being homesick for the Tennessee hills and the girls that make them worth singing about.

If you like Jason and the Scorchers, the Bottle Rockets, Charlie Daniels or the like, pick this CD up. March 28, 2001

Trent Sumnar "Get's It!"

Trent Sumnar and the New Row Mob flat "Get It Done"! There music is just what we need more of out here in the West. In Washington, we are famous for Alternative or "Grunge" Rock, but no one has ventured as far as to diversify the country strains out here in the Great Northwest. Believe me, it would be welcomed.

I first caught this band on CMT and immeadiately bought the album off of Amazon. To this day I still haven't heard them on a local radio station. I guess I'll either have to move down South or invite them out for a party at my house!

This album is recommended to all who love to get out on the open road in their Cadillac and crank the tunes. Have a great spring everyone! March 22, 2001

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