For Immediate Release<\/b><\/p>\n
February 5, 2021
\n<\/b><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Nashville country artist George Shingleton releases two versions of new single, \u201cWest Virginia Moon,\u201d today, February 5, 2021<\/p>\n Shingleton to appear on \u201cFly Rod Chronicles\u201d on Discovery Channel and Pursuit Channel in mid-February<\/strong><\/p>\n Nashville-based country singer-songwriter George Shingleton releases two versions of a new single, \u201cWest Virginia Moon\u201d today, February 5, 2021, via Rock Ridge Music \u2013 both a full-band version and acoustic version are rolling out. Produced by Dave Pahanish (who co-wrote #1 songs recorded by Jimmy Wayne, Toby Keith, and Keith Urban), \u201cWest Virginia Moon\u201d is a love letter, in music form, to Shingleton\u2019s original home state.<\/p>\n Says Shingleton about the song: \u201c\u2018West Virginia Moon\u2019 was co-written with David Oakleaf. It\u2019s about the strong feelings I have for the state of West Virginia, and how it\u2019ll always be home for me. David had just played a show or two up there when we got together for writing, and this song just seemed to fall into place that day. I played it out here and there, and folks seemed to really like it.\u201d<\/p>\n Somewhere, somehow, Curtis Fleming, of the TV show \u201cFly Rod Chronicles\u201d heard the \u201cWest Virginia Moon,\u201d and he contacted Shingleton to ask if he could use the song for an upcoming episode of his show. Shingleton was invited to drop by when the show was filming in West Virginia. \u201cI didn\u2019t get to do any fishing with Curtis and his crew when they were shooting the fishing scenes, but I got to stop in and hang with them around the campfire on one of the nights they were staying near the New River,\u201d recalls Shingleton. \u201cWe all had a lot of fun that night, just picking songs and telling fish stories. Curtis and the guys were very welcoming, and easy to hang out with.\u201d Shingleton\u2019s campfire jam session, which included \u201cWest Virginia Moon,\u201d will be part of the \u201cAdventures in the Gorge\u201d episode of \u201cFly Rod Chronicles,\u201d set to debut on the Pursuit Channel on February 16th at 9 a.m. eastern (the show will air three additional times that week on the Pursuit Channel).\u00a0 It will also air on February 20th on the Discovery Channel at 6:30 a.m. eastern.<\/p>\n \u201cWest Virginia Moon\u201d is the follow-up to Shingleton\u2019s album,\u00a0Out All Nighter<\/em>, which was released in December 2020. The album, also produced by Pahanish, offered eight gutbucket country songs charged with chronicling the daily interpersonal push-pulls between sin and redemption.\u00a0Glide Magazine<\/em>\u00a0praised the album, writing, \u201cFrom the opening track \u2018Handful of Hell\u2019 with its confessional, pleading twang, it\u2019s immediately clear that Shingleton is both a skilled song craftsman and a talented vocalist. His soulful vocals bring to mind the likes of Chris Stapleton and George Jones…\u00a0Out All Nighter<\/em>\u00a0is packed with the kind of songs that would be hits in another era (and may even hit the mainstream considering the success of artists like Chris Stapleton and Sturgill Simpson), with Shingleton straddling the line between outlaw country and Southern rock in his own original style.\u201d<\/p>\n Prior to the album\u2019s street date, Shingleton released three singles from the record: \u201cHave a Good Time\u201d (October 2020), \u201cHandful of Hell\u201d (May 2020), and \u201cFire or Flame\u201d (February 2020). Shingleton\u2019s music, and \u201cHandful of Hell\u201d in particular, earned praise from\u00a0American Songwriter<\/em>, which called it: \u201c\u2026grittier\u2026 There\u2019s a lost honesty in country music like Shingleton\u2019s and that\u2019s on display in his newest song, \u2018Handful of Hell\u2019\u2026\u201d\u00a0Cowboys & Indians<\/em>\u00a0lauded \u201cHave a Good Time,\u201d writing: \u201c\u2018Have a Good Time\u2019 is the kind of great I need right now. Keeping this song pounding out of my\u2026 speakers\u2026 is probably the best I\u2019ll feel all day. This might be the medicine you need right about now, too.\u201d Shingleton also released a standalone holiday single, \u201cO Little Town of Bethlehem,\u201d in October 2020.<\/p>\n Born and bred in rural West Virginia, Shingleton\u2019s Appalachian extended family ties run deep; music-making has been in Shingleton\u2019s blood, quite literally, from his early days of singing and playing instruments in the church. Beyond his sacred, sanctuary-nurtured musical roots, Shingleton\u2019s influences run the gamut from Hank Williams Jr., Merle Haggard, and Waylon Jennings, to Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Allman Brothers Band.<\/p>\n Though he began strumming guitars at age 12, Shingleton didn\u2019t begin writing songs seriously until he was almost 30, doubling down on his craft once he moved to Nashville from West Virginia to pursue his dream fulltime. With Shingleton\u2019s music toeing the blurry lines between Americana, country, blues, Southern rock, and gospel, it\u2019s 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 Once the green light is given, Shingleton can\u2019t wait to head out on tour and perform \u201cWest Virginia Moon\u201d and the songs from\u00a0Out All Nighter<\/em>\u00a0on the road. Where safety protocols are being followed, occasional in-person shows have started to creep back into his schedule. Fans eager to see Shingleton perform now 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 George Shingleton is managed by Rock Ridge Music (Nashville, TN) and is booked by Paradigm Talent Agency.<\/p>\n