Review: The Georgia Jukebox: Danny Gokey “My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me”

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by Matthew Fortuna

One of a parade of talented, up-and-coming country music artists to emerge from the glitter and glamour of American Idol, Danny Gokey is cut from a rare cloth. The singer from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, took third place in the eight season of the talent search show in 2009. Today, Gokey is releasing the debut single from an anticipated debut album.

Hitting country radios in December, “My Best Days Are Ahead of Me” is a pop-country jam in the spirit of Wes Carr and Jason Mraz, and features an upbeat acoustic instrumental. The song is heavy on positivity and exudes confidence and looking forward to the future. As the song title would indicate, Gokey doesn’t get lost in the past, and known that “age ain’t nothing but a number.”

Singing for RCA Nashville, Gokey emerged as a church singer, singing contemporary Christian before hitting the national television spotlight. Recently, he has written songs with Lady Antebellum and has began to produce an image that carries on from his clean-cut, bespectacled image that nation grew to love in January 2009.

Gokey relies on a powerful voice and upbeat optimism, and his song carries some tragic poignancy. Gokey’s wife, who he had been with for 12 years, recently passed away this due to complications from heart disease. Through the tragedy, Danny Gokey no doubt is carrying on strongly and insists that his best days are ahead of him. The singer has also established a foundation in her name.

With the enthusiasm and obvious talent and charisma and many of the American Idol contestants who reach the top levels of the show, Gokey looks to translate a large following on the television into a large stage, radio and record following, and with his courage, style, talent and voice, he should have no trouble gathering fans and admirers in-time for his March 2010 album debut.

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