Mac Leaphart, Motel Breakfast. It’s been three years since Mac Leaphart’s last album, Music City Joke, on which he sang about how difficult it is to make it in the music business. But the Nashville-based singer/songwriter seems to be doing just that, in the wake of the prior CD’s strong reception.
The mostly self-penned new one—which like its predecessor sounds redolent of Jerry Jeff Walker and Guy Clark—should further widen his audience, thanks largely to sprightly full-band performances and Leaphart’s folksy vocals. Another plus is his witty songwriting, which is exemplified by this couplet in the title track: “They got waffles in the lobby shaped just like Texas / Life is good, let’s go get some breakfast.”