JSOnline (Milwaukee, WI): CD Review: Gokey can sing; other songs might help

By
Erika
– February 28, 2010Posted in: Album, Review

Danny Gokey
My Best Days
19 Recordings/RCA Nashville

If the sympathy vote had been the deciding factor on Season 8 of “American Idol,” Danny Gokey would have taken first place in a walk: The Milwaukee native entered his first audition for the show four weeks after his wife, who had recommended he try out, died during surgery.

His third-place finish, behind Adam Lambert (wow) and Kris Allen (yawn), was probably a bittersweet result, but he sounds upbeat on his first album, “My Best Days,” in stores Tuesday.

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