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Today Big Loud Texas country traditionalist\u00a0Jake Worthington<\/strong>\u00a0releases his sophomore album\u00a0When I Write The Song<\/u><\/strong><\/em><\/a>, a 14-song jaunt made for barrooms and honky tonks. A follow up to his critically acclaimed debut album, the new record features all-star collaborations with\u00a0Miranda Lambert, Marty Stuart<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Mae Estes<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I Write The Song<\/em>\u00a0is just a testament to myself and for the better or worse it\u2019s who I am and what I do and it\u2019s what I love,\u201d\u00a0Worthington<\/strong>\u00a0shares. \u201cWhen I get behind the old pen and paper, it\u2019s not always the good things that come to mind that I find the easiest to say. I revere the songwriter more than I revere anybody else in the music industry and I\u2019m proud to have had a hand at writing these songs on this record.\u201d<\/p>\n Worthington\u2019s new album doubles down on the authentic country sound he is known for that\u00a0Texas Monthly<\/em>\u00a0defines as \u201cgorgeous beer-joint purism.\u201d\u00a0When I Write The Song<\/em>\u00a0was produced by esteemed hitmakers Joey Moi, Jon Randall and Chuck Ainlay \u2013 the forces behind some of country music\u2019s most beloved records. The ethos of the album, sonically reminiscent of greats like Jones, Jennings and Strait, can be summed up as, \u201cmusic undaunted by time\u201d (The Tennesseean<\/em>).<\/p>\n Unforgettable songs on the album have begun to carve out a space in the cultural ecosystem from viral \u201cIt Ain\u2019t The Whiskey<\/u><\/a>\u201d that has racked up over\u00a040\u00a0million listens and is nominated for Texas Country Music Association\u2019s\u00a0Country Single of the Year\u00a0<\/em>toditty \u201cMy Home\u2019s In Oklahoma<\/u><\/a>\u201d that led\u00a0Saving Country Music<\/em>\u00a0to claim, the \u201csingles have been lights out.\u201d Home to defining songs like Lambert collab \u201cHello Shitty Day<\/u><\/a>,\u201d \u201cI\u2019m The One (feat. Marty Stuart)<\/u><\/a>\u201d and the immensely witty \u201cTwo First Names,\u201d the title track shines as the product of a solo write by Worthington that\u00a0MusicRow<\/em>\u00a0describes as \u201ca honky-tonk ballad that he invests with heart and a beautifully phrased, bent-note vocal.\u201d<\/p>\n Displaying his honky-tonk stylings on stage,\u00a0Billboard<\/em>\u00a0declared that a recent live set of Worthington\u2019s, \u201cconjured up the ghosts of country legends like George Jones and Waylon Jennings with his twangy, authentic traditionalism and big voice.\u201d He will continue to bring pure country anthems to venues across North America, joining\u00a0Zach Top<\/strong>\u00a0as direct support on all dates of the\u00a0Cold Beer & Country Music Tour<\/em>, followed by supporting slots on\u00a0Jon Pardi<\/strong>\u2018s\u00a0Honkytonk Hollywood Tour<\/em>. For tour dates, visit\u00a0jakeworthington.com<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n When I Write The Song<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0Tracklist<\/strong><\/p>\n Produced by Joey Moi and Chuck Ainlay<\/em><\/p>\n *Produced by Jon Randall and Chuck Ainlay<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.thatericalper.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today Big Loud Texas country traditionalist\u00a0Jake Worthington\u00a0releases his sophomore album\u00a0When I Write The Song, a 14-song jaunt made for barrooms and honky tonks. A follow up to his critically acclaimed debut album, the new record features all-star collaborations with\u00a0Miranda Lambert, Marty Stuart\u00a0and\u00a0Mae Estes.\u00a0 \u201cWhen I Write The Song\u00a0is just a testament to myself and for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2022349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[29110,371859,371860,371861,371862,371150,371863,371864,371865,371866,371867,371868,352281,371869,366076,371870,371871,329432,308486,371872,371873,371874,371875,371876,371877,371878,365616,371879,371880,352404],"class_list":["post-2022348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-billboard","tag-brett-tyler","tag-chuck-ainlay","tag-clint-daniels","tag-cold-beer-country-music-tour","tag-dean-dillon","tag-derek-george","tag-honkytonk-hollywood-tour","tag-jacob-boyd-weinschenk","tag-jake-worthington","tag-jeff-hyde","tag-jesse-frasure","tag-jessie-jo-dillon","tag-joey-moi","tag-jon-pardi","tag-jon-randall","tag-mae-estes","tag-marty-stuart","tag-miranda-lambert","tag-monty-criswell","tag-monty-holmes","tag-musicrow","tag-robert-arthur","tag-roger-springer","tag-saving-country-music","tag-texas-monthly","tag-the-tennessean","tag-will-banister","tag-wyatt-mccubbin","tag-zach-top"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jake-Worthington-Delivers-Pure-Honky-Tonk-Gold-on-New-Country-Album.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2022348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2022349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2022348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2022348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2022348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n