Ickes, Hensley unveil upcoming CD
The disc features 10 original tunes plus two covers, and focusing on a classic country sound as heard in contemporaries like Chris Stapleton, Jamey Johnson, Sturgill Simpson, and Jason Isbell.
Ickes and Hensley shared a sneak peek of "Living In A Song," the album's title track which grew out of their experiences as touring musicians. Hensley said the song practically wrote itself after a long day on the road driving through Ohio.
Brent Maher (The Judds, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson) produced the project . They had worked together on Ickes and Hensley's previous album release, "World Full Of Blues." The three-man team wrote several songs together for this project.
The track list is:
Living In A Song
Deeper Than A Dirt Road
Backstreets Off Broadway
Way Downtown
I've Given All That I Can Take
Moonshine Run
Just Because
I'm Working On A Building
Is The World Still Turning
Louisiana Woman
I Thought I Saw A Carpenter
Thanks
More news for Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley
- 09/25/19: Ickes/Hensley release video
- 08/02/19: Ickes, Hensley announce new disc
- 06/02/16: Ickes, Hensley team up again
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