Holler

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 2018-09-28

Label: Daemon Records

Old Lady Dreaming is an unlisted hidden track that begins 20 seconds after Didn't Know A Damn Thing.

Recorded live to analog tape at Echo Mountain Studio, Asheville, NC, over a 10-day period in January 2018, on a Studer A800 MkIII tape machine
Transferred to 192k / 24 bit files at Sonicraft, Freehold, NJ
Mixed and mastered at 192/24

Additional Amy Ray harmonies were recorded by, and guest vocals on tracks 9, 11, and 14 were compiled by Ben Holst, Tune Welders, Atlanta, GA
Horns on tracks 3, 13, and 14.1 were recorded at Nickel Jones Studio, LA, CA
Rutha Mae Harris was recorded by Ed McRee at Albany Recording Studio, Albany, GA
The Wood Brothers were recorded by Brook Sutton at The Studio Nashville, Nashville, TN
Derek Trucks was recorded by Bobby Tis at Swamp Raga Recording, Jacksonville, FL
Vince Gill was recorded by Matt Rausch at Blackbird Studios, Nashville, TN
Brandi Carlile was recorded by Sean Patrick Quackenbush at The Barn, Maple Valley, WA
Phil Cook was recorded by James Anthony Wallace at The Old Pillow in Durham, NC
Justin Vernon recorded himself in Minneapolis, MN
Lucy Wainwright Roche and Jordan Hamlin's harmonies were recorded by Jordan Hamlin at Moxe, Nashville, TN

Tracks 1 to 7, 9 to 14 mixed at Dauphin Street Productions, Fairhope, AL
Track 8 mixed at Swamp Raga Recording, Jacksonville, FL

Back Cover, Insert: Distributed and Marketed by Compass Records Group
Disc: Distributed and Marketed by Compass Records

The album is inspired by traditional country, southern rock, mountain music, gospel and bluegrass. It fits in the Americana genre. The songs are original compositions and tell stories of late nights, love, addiction, immigration, despair, honkytonks, growing up in the south, touring for decades, being born in the midst of the civil rights movement, and the constant struggle to find balance in the life of a left-wing Southerner who loves Jesus, homeland and its peoples. There is a tip of the hat to the great Jim Ford 1969 release, Harlan County. With songs inspired by, the film Winters Bone; and the Appalachian poet Byron Herbert Reece; as well as the great writer, Toni Cade Bambara. This record is a natural progression from the stillness of a Goodnight Tender to the friction, freedom and restlessness of a Holler, with the addition of strings and horns to bring the swagger.