Billy Ray Cyrus - Southern Rain
Primary Artist
Billy Ray Cyrus
Album Title
Southern Rain
Release Date
October 17, 2000 
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Review by William Ruhlmann
Hooking up with Dixie Chicks producer Blake Chancey and with producer Dann Huff, Billy Ray Cyrus made a label debut that showed off his country-rock abilities well. The single, "You Won't Be Lonely Now," which was rising in the country Top 40 and the pop charts at the time of the album's release, properly displayed the artist's sense of determination against adversity, cloaked in the terms of a love song. Similarly, the title song (co-written by Cyrus), which followed on the album, spoke of perseverance despite lean times. Read More