Single Review: “Johnny And June” by Heidi Newfield

The former lead singer of Trick Pony takes a crack at what seems to be a popular trend among artists lately, the “name dropping song”. Heidi performs her powerful tribute to the love connection the two legendary country superstars had for each other by explaining how she wants to feel that same way. If the song was just a comparison of how one wants to love and how Johnny and June loved it would be quite boring, but this song is much more, in fact its very interesting and attractive. it makes several references to Johnny and June’s songs and fits them into the lyrics so that it matches Heidi’s comparison quite nicely. Songs like “Ring Of Fire”, “Jackson”, “Walk The Line”, and “The Man In Black” are fit into the lyrics as if they were just regular metaphors giving them both that new and creative feeling that comes from good songwriting and that old-fashioned, traditional feel that allows the listener to reminisce of the greatness of the Cash couple. Heidi shows off her solid country vocals quite well bringing back the beauty of her Trick Pony days and great song writing makes this song a very good expression of how much Heidi is deserving of country fame. A name drop like this requires a lot to do it justice and I think Heidi and the writers have done just that.

Grade: A-