Prayer Of a Common Man (Universal South): B-
Vasser is not your typical country-music star: The Virginia native and son of a factory worker doesn’t wear a cowboy hat and he plays piano, not guitar. Still, he’s a steady hitmaker and this album, which just cracked Billboard’s top 10, is another day in paradise for his devoted fans, even if others will be underwhelmed. Roy sounds like Billy Joel on his ballads and Bob Seger on the lite-rockers (“My Chevrolet” even uses Seger lyrics). The out-of-left-field honky-tonk ode to a redneck woman, “Baby Rocks,” is the one to download.
