Friday News Flash: It’s OK To Like Kid Rock Now

It’s been a month-and-a-half since the last Kid Rock related post here at Idolator, and while there may be no argument that ever convinces me to pony up $65 for a ticket, A.D. Amorosi uses a preview for an upcoming Atlantic City concert to re-examine whether we should all be fans of the Kid by now.

When he got arrested for some sort of scuffle outside a Waffle House in Atlanta (and how can you not like a guy who eats at Waffle House?!), the Rock had just paid for breakfast for everyone in the restaurant. When Rock got his grinning mug shot after the incident, he still looked better than his famously scorned ex-wife without makeup. But that’s Kid Rock–he steps in the gooey stuff and comes out smelling like a rose. It’s that charmed bravura what made him the Rock N Roll Jesus he portends to be on his new album of the same name. Going on 10 years since Devil Without a Cause, Rock’s made a case for his brand of sloppy hip-hop and chugging rock by making each album more daringly and proudly American; heartlandish even with sincere allusions to patriotism in the lyrics and to his Michigan Bob Seger rock roots in the melodies he pens.

At very least, Kid Rock’s pre-mainstream-fame appearance in the late, lamented Grand Royal magazine makes him a tad bit cooler. But at this point it might take an album of nothing but covers of music from the Waffle House jukebox to convince me fully.

For music and more, gotta love Kid Rock [Philly.com]