Randy Houser’s debut album Anything Goes is a project, says the Mississippi native, that he’s been working on his whole life–or at least since he first picked up a guitar at the age of five. It is, in that sense, a culmination of the experiences–good, hard, and spiritual–that have brought him to where he stands today; riding the wave of a top 20 single to country music notoriety.

Album Review – Randy Houser's “Magnolia” - Saving Country Music

It was released on November 18, 2008 (see 2008 in country music) on Universal South Records. The album’s lead-off single is its title track, which reached No. 16 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. Houser co-wrote all but three of the songs on the album.

Watch Richard Goodall’s performance below.

RELATED:

Christmas comes early as R