Re: American Kids.
That's an interesting little tune. If you recorded verse 1 and sent it in, you would get that "dated" comment. In fact the phrasing that Kenny uses is quite similar to the phrasing you use in just about all your tunes, so that is in your wheelhouse. (as a side note, I think you need to work on your phrasing delivery to be more varied from song to song). Of course the instrumentation is very "americana" and now so that offsets it a bit. After the first verse, though, it definitely moves more into the more modern sound with a very catchy chorus and after that it stays quite "alive" and fun. I wasn't a big, big fan of Kenny's "Buffet" era, but I saw him on some TV concert show a few years back and came away quite impressed with his overall sound and persona.