Whitey Morgan is the real deal: a whiskey poet, tele-twanger-banger, road warrior and artist who laughs at it all. On his latest album, Sonic Ranch, this country outlaw bandleader delivers one fantastic song after another about the rough-and-tumble world of honky tonks, frustrated dreams and broken relationships. Morgan and his band, the 78s, are as fun and wild as they are sensitive and deep. It’s not to be missed.