Broadjam Artist: Jay Gross
Song: Jodi
Reviewer: Kate Carpenter
Positive Comments: This is a really sad song about losing a loved one. The first verse provides a good opening to the story, excellent word pictures with dinner waiting on the stove, a warm hug. The vocal is about as passion and emotion-filled as it gets. You can feel the loneliness in the vocalist’s voice. Background vocals augment this.
Constructive Comments: My guess is that this is a vintage (rough) recording. The song only has 2 verses. It could be improved with a bridge and third verse. “Why’d they take you away?” I was left wondering, who were “they”? Did they take her off to jail? Ah, no I don’t think so. Was she unfaithful and left him? Nope? Baker acted? Sickness, tragic accidental death? Who knows? Fill me in. I’m dying of curiosity. This song does not have a country feel, so I would sing “you” instead of “ya”. Also you make reference to night and in the same and next line you say day and rhyme day with today. I think that could be improved.