Covering a Chris Stapleton Song is a dangerous game.
Firstly, you need to be confident in your ability to sing a song originally sung by Stapleton with his golden voice. And secondly, you need to try to sing it with some originality so that you don’t end up imitating Chris Stapleton – because there’s really no point in that.
Apart from this, Zach Top absolutely nailed this “Nobody to Blame” cover.
The young and fast-rising country music star is already being credited with saving country music. Top – born in 1997 – is literally and seemingly mentally straight out of the 90’s. It brings back the classic country sound and needless to say, people love everything about it.
Zach is quickly becoming a must-see country music act, and thanks to performances like these, his popularity and aura grows every day. “Nobody to Blame” is a vocal tour de force for Chris Stapleton when he sings it, and Top could have easily been intimidated by the track.
Instead, he took the stage in Paris, Illinois and did The:
@countrywestern094 @Zach Top with an amazing version of Nobody to Blame LIVE in Paris, Illinois. When I tell you, the whole group was amazing from top to toe. You won’t find better players and singers. #FYP #foryou #foryoupage #FY #fypシ゚viral #trending ♬ Original sound – ROWDY
What a cover. COME ON WITH IT.
The guy is a bona fide country star and he’s not afraid to show it by belting out a Stapleton cover every now and then. In fact, it was so good that people went crazy in the comments section under the TikTok video:
“Zach Top could make an entire album of cover versions and it would be worth its weight in gold.”
“I like that he doesn’t try to sound like himself at all. Very natural, sounds great.”
“Zach Top as Chris Stapleton is my Super Bowl.”
“The man is single-handedly saving country music.”
“I’m afraid I’m in love.”
Someone needs to check on the person who left the last comment…