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Follow on Google News | Innovative Bluegrass Band Shotgun Holler recently released “Out in the Parkin’ Lot,”“Out in the Parkin’ Lot” now in heavy rotation on SiriusXM’s Bluegrass Junction
By: Miles High Productions Besides, as they make clear on their debut album, Loaded, they like to go where tradition meets authenticity — and jump right over that intersection to head in their own direction. Releasing Sept. 18 on Lonesome Day Records’ new Dry Lightning imprint (with Sony RED distribution) “Shotgun Holler is bringing bluegrass a freshness I haven't heard in a long time,” says Cantrell. ”This is the sound that will help take the music to the next level.” In July, they appeared on CMT’s Josh Wolf Show, where they delivered a masterful rendition of the “guilty pleasure” song: Miley Cyrus’ “Wrecking Ball.” The fact that their version of the pop hit brought a totally new dynamic to the original speaks to the depth of this band’s talent — not to mention their propensity for tweaking conventional notions of bluegrass while having a little fun. As for those “bona-fides,” With producer Jim Van Cleve, they’ve crafted a knockout inaugural that is indeed loaded. On three Jones-penned originals (“I've Got Ramblin’ On My Mind,” “Miners Grave” and “One Lone Tree”) and eight other carefully chosen snapshots of life, they enter rich emotional territory, bringing to life an array of all-too-real characters: truckers, coal diggers, dirt farmers, men facing assembly-line futures … some of whom go off to serve their country — or serve time. The band gets poignant in the waltz-tempo “This Side of the Grass,” a heart-tugging tale of a mourning husband and father, and “One Lone Tree,” reflects on a life that didn’t end up as glamorous as it once looked from a simple Kentucky home. In songs such as Son Volt’s “Methamphetamine,” With the release of Loaded, Shotgun Holler is ready to fire away. Loaded track list “Out In The Parkin' Lot” “I Hope Heaven Has a Holler” “My Bucket's Got A Hole In It” “Methamphetamine” “Clovis Johnson's Old Red GMC” “Relatively Easy” “I've Got Ramblin On My Mind” “This Side Of The Grass” “Miners Grave” “One Lone Tree” “I Should Have Started Yesterday” Shotgun Holler on tour October 17 – Proud Mary Honky Tonk BBQ, Lexington, KY October 31 – VFW Post 1108, Richmond, IN November 27 – Roberts Park, Connersville, IN shotgunholler.com facebook.com/ twitter.com/ instagram.com/ About Dry Lightning Records Dry Lightning Records was established to give a broader range of Lonesome Day Records artists their own home while allowing the original label to continue building on its 12-year history in the bluegrass market Founder Randall Deaton now puts as much passion and energy into Dry Lightning Records as he still devotes to the label he founded in 2002. In partnership with Sony/RED Distribution, the label also includes the critically acclaimed acts Girls Guns and Glory and Sarah Borges. Both Dry Lightning and Lonesome Day, incidentally, take their names from the titles of Bruce Springsteen songs. Contact: Chip Schutzman Miles High Productions PO Box 93157 Hollywood CA 90093 323-806-0400 chip@mileshighproductions.com http://www.mileshighproductions.com End
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