The King Is Back [2xCD] - Luke Bell

As a leader of country-western music, Luke Bell's time on the throne was short. He released one official album during his lifetime, delivering a mix of honky-tonk shuffles and Bakersfield barnburners in a voice as magnetic as his own personality. 

He toured briefly, graduating from career-launching gigs in the dive bars of Austin and Nashville to bucket-list shows opening for Willie Nelson and Dwight Yoakam. And then, tragically, he disappeared from the public eye to privately wage a war with the mental illness that eventually claimed his life. He was just 32 years old. 

Three years after his passing, Luke's music endures. Nowhere is that more apparent than The King Is Back, a posthumous collection of studio recordings - most of them previously unreleased - that showcase his full range as a storyteller and songwriter. 

1. Rattlesnake Man
2. Don't Mind If I Do
3. Long Gone Love
4. Cold Stew
5. Daydream Blues
6. I'm Not
7. Black Crows
8. On Our Own
9. All I've Got
10. Dark House of Fools
11. Ready for Love
12. Horse Flies
13. Guitar Man
14. Hand to Hold
15. Blue Freightliner
16. Hard Time
17. Rounder
18. Stag
19. Roofer's Blues
20. River
21. Bottom of the Sea
22. The King Is Back
23. Irrigator's Blues
24. Orangutang
25. Waste of Time
26. Seven and Steady
27. The Party Song
28. Tiger's Mouth