Watch Zach Top Go Back to His Bluegrass Roots with a Killer Cover of “Old Home Place”

Zach Top made waves earlier this year with his album Cold Beer & Country Music. His throwback sound is exactly what droves of country fans were looking for. Songs like “I Never Lie,” “Sounds Like the Radio,” “There’s the Sun,” and the album’s title track helped to put Top’s tunes in heavy rotation for many listeners. However, he didn’t start his musical journey as a traditional country singer. Instead, he played bluegrass with his family’s band in Washington state.

While he has a solid repertoire of original songs, it’s not rare to see him pull out some classic country covers. In the video below, though, Top returns to his roots with some bluegrass flatpicking. More than that, it is a great reminder that he’s more than a top-notch singer/songwriter. The “Beer for Breakfast” singer can also play guitar with the best of them. In the video, he covers “Old Home Place” by The Dillards complete with smokin’ hot lead guitar and high lonesome vocals.

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Zach Top Didn’t Intend to Revive ‘90s Country.

Many listeners fell in love with Zach Top’s Cold Beer & Country Music because it sounds like a blast from the past. More specifically, it sounds like it would have been one of the best albums of 1994. However, he didn’t set out to bring back the sounds of the era. Instead, he was just following in the footsteps of artists he admired.

Top discussed the origin of his sound in an interview with American Songwriter earlier this year. “I wouldn’t say I decided to go with a ‘90s sound,” he said. “That’s the stuff that made me fall in love with country music. Beyond that, all those guys I loved in the ‘90s, I tried to go back and find their influences. Those guys were listening to Haggard and Jones and Lefty Frizzell, Ernest Tubb, Ray Price, and stuff like that when they were coming up. So, I tried to go back to that stuff and get what I could out of there,” he explained.

“I think through all my studying and delving back into all that stuff, I found my own little version of [the ‘90s sound]. That’s all I know how to do. When I write or sing or play, that’s just what comes out. I guess I don’t know how to do nothing else. That’s just who I am,” he added.

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