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Son Of A Sinner
Jelly Roll
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- Album
- Ballads Of The Broken
- Released
- 2021
- Genres
- country hip hop, country
- Length
- 3:52
- Tempo
- 86 BPM
- Label
- Stoney Creek Records
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About this song
Jelly Roll told Billboard that he was intoxicated while recording the vocal track. The final recording uses a guitar track created and produced by Ernest, with additional production from session musician Ilya Toshinsky. Tom Roland of Billboard called the song mainstream country rock, pointing to power chords, slide guitar, and a bass line with a flurry of notes uncommon in the country genre.
What it's about
The song draws on Jelly Roll's personal life as a traveling musician and his struggles with right and wrong and drug addiction.
Summary written with AI, based on the song's page on Genius.
Fun facts
- Covered once, including “Son of a Sinner by Our Last Night”.
- Written by ERNEST, David Ray and Jelly Roll.
- Produced by Ilya Toshinskiy and ERNEST.