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May 22, 2020
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Nashville artist George Shingleton releases new single, \u201cHandful of Hell,\u201d\u00a0today (May 22nd)<\/b><\/p>\n
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\u201c\u2026grittier\u2026 There\u2019s a lost honesty in country music like Shingleton\u2019s and that\u2019s on display in his newest song,\u00a0\u2018Handful of Hell\u2019\u2026\u201d \u2013\u00a0American Songwriter<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Shingleton livestreaming every Tuesday night on Facebook Live<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Full album coming later in 2020<\/b><\/p>\n Nashville-based singer-songwriter George Shingleton released a new single, \u201cHandful of Hell,\u201d today via Rock Ridge Music. Produced by Dave Pahanish (who co-wrote #1 songs recorded by Jimmy Wayne, Toby Keith, and Keith Urban), \u201cHandful of Hell,\u201d which\u00a0premiered at\u00a0<\/a>American Songwriter<\/em><\/a>\u00a0yesterday (May 21st), is an aural drive down a Southern country road and explores how the love of a good woman can help redeem even the most misguided man. The lyric video for the song premieres on\u00a0his YouTube channel<\/a>\u00a0on May 29th.<\/p>\n Says Shingleton about the song: \u201cThis is definitely a song inspired by my wife. It goes back to when she and I first met, and I was probably in the wildest stage of my life. She saved me from heading down a darker path. I guess the story was always there, but it just took some time to put it into words. I think once the hook made itself known, it was much easier to get the rest of it together.\u201d<\/p>\n Co-written by Shingleton and Chris Paterno, the song features Shane Sanders on lead and rhythm guitar, \u201cCowboy\u201d Eddie Long on pedal steel guitar (Hank Williams Jr., Jamey Johnson), Rachel Loy on bass (Hank Williams Jr., Taylor Swift), Jefferson Crow on keyboards (Gary Allan, Sturgill Simpson, Jamey Johnson), and Shawn Fichter on drums (Tim McGraw, Peter Frampton). \u201cHandful of Hell\u201d is the second single from Shingleton\u2019s forthcoming album, which is due out later in 2020. It follows on the heels of the first single, \u201cFire or Flame,\u201d which was released in February. Shingleton\u2019s planned tour dates have been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fans eager to see Shingleton perform can catch him livestreaming weekly on his\u00a0Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0at 7:30 p.m. central time every Tuesday evening for his \u201cTuesday Night Tunes\u201d series.<\/p>\n A son of rural West Virginia, Shingleton was raised on traditional gospel music in small country churches. Music was in his paternal line, with many family members playing an amalgam of bluegrass and Appalachian \u201chill country\u201d music. Choir directors encouraged him from a young age to find his voice and let it fill the space between altars and spires, people and pews. That voice, it turns out, would also fill the hollers of the mountains. He spent more time outside than in, providing the soundtrack to crackling campfires and electrified stages, each performance pushing him closer and closer to realizing his sound. The integrity of his stories and sound has earned him the respect of other artists, including Darryl Worley, John Michael Montgomery, Bucky Covington, Montgomery Gentry, Charlie Daniels, Bo Bice, and Keith Anderson, all of whom have invited him to share their stage.<\/p>\n George Shingleton is managed by Rock Ridge Music in Nashville, TN.<\/p>\n
\nAs a teen, he fell in love with the sounds of Hank Williams Jr., Ronnie Van Zant, Gregg Allman, Waylon Jennings, and Merle Haggard, and his music was eventually informed by all of them, toeing the blurry lines between Americana, country, blues, Southern rock, and gospel. Like \u201cHandful of Hell,\u201d a lot of Shingleton\u2019s music has also been inspired by his wife, with many of his songs influenced by her presence in his life; she was the one who saw the potential in his playing and performing and encouraged him to go for it. \u201cShe saw the happiness and the light in me when I played,\u201d Shingleton explains, \u201cand that helped me see the light in myself.\u201d<\/p>\n