Luke Combs, Back in the Saddle | Song Review 🎵

Grammy-nominated country singer/songwriter Luke Combs brings the heat on his powerful single, “Back in the Saddle,” which rocks – in a countrified way!

“I’ve been gone for a little too long / I’ve been waitin’ on the drummer to kick off a comeback song.” Well, he’s back, folks! Who? Grammy-nominated country singer/songwriter Luke Combs! He comes back turned up on the enthusiastic, in-your-face “Back in the Saddle”.  “Like a long lost out west outlaw outta his mind,” he sings in the second verse, and continues, “I’m ridin’ in the town, no turnin’ back now.” Combs, Dan Isbell, and Jonathan Singleton penned this assertive song while Combs, Singleton, and Chip Matthews produced it.  Here, Luke is accompanied by beefy guitars and truly sick countrified riffs.

With mean instrumentation supporting him, particularly during the gargantuan chorus, Combs is commanding and powerful in his own right. He is confident about his return, evidenced in the excerpted lyrics from the verses. The crème de la crème, the crowning achievement, is the chorus. “‘Cause I’m back in the saddle like some old cowboy, who dug his way out of his grave,” he sings, assertively, adding, “Don’t worry where I’ve been, I’m back in the saddle again.” Yee-haw, cowboy! Referencing the instrumental once more, I can’t neglect to highlight that mean electric guitar with those badass effects. Epic! Luke Combs exemplifies a go big or go home attitude on “Back in the Saddle”. It rocks – in a countrified way!