{"id":1534,"date":"2018-01-10T18:26:14","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T18:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/?p=1534"},"modified":"2018-01-12T18:27:27","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T18:27:27","slug":"whiskey-wolves-of-the-west-set-to-release-album-in-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/whiskey-wolves-of-the-west-set-to-release-album-in-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Whiskey Wolves of the West set to release album in March"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Immediate Release<\/strong><\/p>\n

January 10, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Whiskey Wolves of the West set to release album in March<\/h1>\n

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Nashville-based country\/Americana outfit Whiskey Wolves of the West is set to release its debut album,\u00a0Country Roots<\/em>, on March 2, 2018 via Rock Ridge Music. With a sound that is something that can only be earned by a thousand nights in smoky bars and a million miles on bald bus tires, the Whiskey Wolves are disciples at what could be the last supper of country music. A concisely focused, seven-track melting pot of an album\u2014with tunes that are high and lonesome, yearning and dark, twangy and gritty and oh-so-satisfying\u2014Country Roots<\/em>\u00a0features the dynamic songwriting and performing tandem of Tim Jones (vocals, guitar) and Leroy Powell (vocals, guitar, bass, pedal steel, clavinet, keys, harmonica), two prime progenitors of the new Nashville sound.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like the music Tim and I do could easily be put side by side with any of it\u2014we\u2019re not shooting to sound like anybody other than ourselves,\u201d theorizes Powell, a first-call guitarist\/multi-instrumentalist for noted Music City producer Dave Cobb who\u2019s backed heavy-hitters Sturgill Simpson and Chris Stapleton in the studio, as well as both Shooter and Waylon Jennings. Concurs Jones, a top-cat Nashville singer\/player in his own right who\u2019s worked side by side in a band with Carl Broemel (My Morning Jacket) and had Chris Robinson (The Black Crowes) as a producer and tourmate, \u201cI\u2019m proud to say we\u2019re both making the same kind of music now that we did back when we were starting out. It\u2019s the love of a genre that a certain zeitgeist movement may have briefly captured, but we never left it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Country Roots<\/em>\u00a0fully lives up to the deep-seated expectations associated with its very name, from the genre-busting universality of its lead track \u201cSound of the South,\u201d to the intuitive harmonic blend that sets forth the analog-huggin\u2019 and vinyl-lovin\u2019 tone of \u201cLay That Needle Down,\u201d to the modernized down-home duende of the title track, to the brighter vibe of the album\u2019s closer, \u201c#1 (The Ballad of Dallas Davidson).\u201d As Jones clarifies with a laugh, \u201cWe wrote that one because Leroy wanted us to be able to say the very first song we wrote together was a number one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Making sure every song on\u00a0Country Roots<\/em>\u00a0has a lasting impact on its listeners was critical to the duo, who had prepared more than 20 tracks before whittling down the final running order to the lucky seven we have here. \u201cIt\u2019s a nice, short record, like those great old country records that had only ten songs on them that would last maybe 20-30 minutes,\u201d recounts Powell. \u201cThat was something Waylon [Jennings] was notorious for doing. Every song counted, and I loved that. It\u2019s not too overwhelming either. You don\u2019t need to hear every song we\u2019ve ever written\u2014just the best ones.\u201d<\/p>\n

Their very first show together was at Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio, CA in 2016, and their set caught the ears and the attention of Randy Lewis, who wrote of the performance in\u00a0LA Times<\/em>: \u201cWhiskey Wolves of the West\u2026 turned in a set blending rock\u2019s bristle with country\u2019s storytelling, [full of] songs that course across a broad span of classic country, classic rock, blues and Americana music.\u00a0 \u2026the Whiskey Wolves forge a compelling gumbo\u2026\u201d\u00a0 The Whiskey Wolves plan to tour in support of the forthcoming album. \u00a0So far, the duo has confirmed a show in Nashville at 3rd and Lindsley on January 18th and several more dates (listed below).<\/p>\n

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Whiskey Wolves of the West Tour Schedule:<\/b><\/div>\n
1\/18 \u2013 Nashville, TN \/ 3rd and Lindsley<\/div>\n
2\/22 \u2013 Knoxville, TN \/ Preservation Pub<\/div>\n
2\/23 \u2013 Asheville, NC \/ Sol Bar<\/div>\n
3\/21 \u2013 Nashville, TN \/ The Basement East (opening for Gangstagrass)<\/div>\n
3\/23 \u2013 Tupelo, MS \/ Blue Canoe<\/div>\n
3\/25 \u2013 Paducah, KY \/ Dry Ground Brewing Co.<\/div>\n

www.whiskeywolvesofthewest.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For Immediate Release January 10, 2018   Whiskey Wolves of the West set to release album in March   Nashville-based country\/Americana outfit Whiskey Wolves of the West is set to release its debut album,\u00a0Country Roots, on March 2, 2018 via Rock Ridge Music. With a sound that is something that can only be earned by … <\/p>\n

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