When it comes to weather conditions, we can all agree that 72 AND SUNNY is pretty perfect. It's warm enough to get a tan but not so hot that you're sweating like a pig. It's nice enough for any outdoor activity but not so oppressive that it prohibits any of them.
72 AND SUNNY is also the title of Uncle Kracker's third album, and it's, well, pretty perfect itself. Following 2000's double-platinum DOUBLE WIDE and 2002's chart-topping NO STRANGER TO SHAME -- which launched Uncle Kracker's record-setting rendition of Dobie Gray's "Drift Away" -- 72 AND SUNNY is the most fully realized album to date from Kid Rock's former DJ and hype man. Its 13 songs offer an artistic triumph of...