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Growing up in West Texas, Randall King fondly remembers going to work with his father, a trucker.
Sitting passenger in his dad’s Freightliner, the two would listen to old-school country music — his father being a particularly big fan of Hank Williams Sr. and Jr.
“He introduced me to country music out there on the highways,” King said. “I fell in love with it. It inspired me. I loved the melodies, loved the songs, the writing. It shaped me as an artist. … It’s all I wanted to do.
Now, King is touring the states, performing here at Phil Long Music Hall on Saturday evening. The musician has been named a “Country Artist to Watch” by Pandora and Music Mayhem Magazine, and recently released his sophomore album, “Into the Neon.”
“Into the Neon” is a new sound for King, adding a bit more edge to his traditional country roots. As a ’90s kid, King said the 18-track record draws inspiration from artists Gary Allan and Dierks Bentley — some of his favorites from the “best era of country music.”
“We just put a little edge on it. It’s still me, still traditional, still country,” he said.
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“You can’t worry about what everybody else is gonna have as an opinion of you and your music, you can’t let that affect what you want to do, what makes you happy, what makes you smile. If you like it, hey, you just hope that they like it too.”
Throughout his tour, King’s favorite song to perform has been “You In A Honky Tonk,” he said. Popular with the crowd as well, King described the audience singing along as an “incredible feeling.”
“I love the way that the crowd lights up as soon as we kick into it,” he said. “The bass drops in and you just feel it. The crowd feels it. They start singing it and recognize the song.”
As for writing his songs, King calls himself a “watcher.” When looking for inspiration, King likes to pull from his observations; he’s a storyteller.
“I like to sit back and observe and learn and soak things in. I like telling not only my own stories but other people’s stories, from their perspectives. Put myself in their shoes,” he said.
And to King, that’s the heart of country music.
“I think the thing that makes a song country is really the lyrics, the storytelling behind it. It’s what you’re singing about,” he said.
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