The SteelDrivers are on the "Outrun"

Written by the SteelDrivers' own Tammy Rogers (fiddle) and Matt Dame (guitar) along with longtime SteelDriver co-writer Leslie Satcher, "Outrun" was written late in the process for "Outrun." "I happened to run into [Satcher] the weekend before we were scheduled to go into the studio and told her we didn't have any 'Leslie songs' on the upcoming record," said Rogers. "She made the time to get together and 'Outrun' was written in about an hour and a half."

Mandolinist Brent Truitt said, "'Outrun' has all the elements that will likely elevate it to a SteelDriver classic in short order."

The SteelDrivers merge bluegerass and the blues.

Part murder-ballad, part getaway thriller, "Outrun" uses verse vignettes to tell its story while the song's chorus is a universal lesson, or maybe just a warning: "You can't out run the Mississippi River in a Shelby GT Ford / You can't out run the angels, you can't out run the lord / You can't out run a broken heart that gives into a gun / And you can't out run the grim reaper once the deed is done."

"Outrun" also serves as a tribute to late founding member Mike Henderson, who passesd away in 2023. Roges said, "Because he's the one in the beginning that called us all together. Everybody respected everybody else, and that's what created our sound and what makes it so unique."

Sun Records was established in 1952 by Sam Phillips, Sun Records is renowned for discovering music legends including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis. The label moved to Nashville in 1969 where it continued cultivating artists Jeannie C. Riley, The Dixie Cups and Linda Martell.