Like Roses, Jacksonville is long on melancholy, hickory-wind country-rock: The opener, "A Kiss Before I Go" (one of six tunes that run shorter than three minutes), whines with creamy pedal steel as Adams sets off for "a place where nobody cries."
In "Hard Way to Fall" he compares "the rain on the streets" with "the scotch that she drinks." Norah Jones drops in for a casual cameo in "Dear John," challenging Adams for the title of Crooner Most Likely to Take Over a Deserted Piano Bar. Dude's getting plenty of practice.
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