Hey, if you go see Jack, ask him when the hell he’s going to start recording music with guts and bite again. Back in the day, when he was known as “Angry Jack” Ingram, the SMU grad’s songs were real and gut-wrenching, like country’s supposed to be. Examples: “Biloxi” and “Barbie Doll (She’s real good-looking,’ but she’s got no heart at all).” Then, he started making it big with bloodless pop-country pap like “Wherever You Are.” Guess maybe if you score enough No. 1’s, you just ain’t angry anymore.
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