Danny Gokey signed a record deal with 19/RCA Nashville and plans to release a country album in 2010. Gokey finished third this season behind Adam Lambert and Kris Allen who both have record deals. Fourth placer Allison Iraheta signed earlier. Those three will see debut albums arrive this fall.
Country, which really doesn't sound like country anymore, is where Danny feels he belongs.
"I didn't realize the Idol experience would give me a musical direction, but it did," Danny said in a statement. "There were country songs that I performed on the show, and it was the message and the feeling in those kinds of songs that helped me realize that country is where I belong. I grew up in a family where I was exposed to music from artists like Alan Jackson and Wynonna and Brooks & Dunn, and when Randy Travis was on the show and asked me if Id ever considered country music, it was one more sign of where I knew I needed to be."
Not surprisingly, Danny's brand of country on Idol was the watered-down pop of Rascal Flatts. I hardly expect something with the honesty and integrity of an Alan Jackson to come forth from this guy.
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