Dean and producer Kevin Skrla maintain the Urban Cowboy vibes of Gibbs’ original, but add a more rock & roll flair to the delivery and instrumentation. Those weeping country notes, however, remain.

“That was the time that Keith and I got together in the early ’80s, during the ‘Urban Cowboy’ craze. “All of that music was what they heard growing up. I’ve got to feel that it made an ...