We are very excited to be working with one of our favourite bands, Mudlow, to release their new album. Bad Turn is a fevered swamp dream of an album, a dangerous party that you can’t help enjoying, despite the fear of contracting something nasty. Dirty over-driven blues with plenty of funk and a skuzzy low end, full of southern noir and tales of torment, you need to hear this beast.
Ole Whiskey Revival - Ole Whiskey Revival
Whiskey Preachin Records is proud to present Ole Whiskey Revival, one of the few bands around today making classic-sounding Southern rock that avoids the pitfalls of over-production and stadium cheese. OWR are from Shreveport, Louisiana, once the home of the Louisiana Hayride, giving Shreveport claim to some big names in music, including James Burton, Webb Pierce, Faron Young and Hank Williams Jr. Those are some mighty big boots to fill, and it may be too soon to add this band of bourbon-soaked rabble-rousers to that list, but Ole Whiskey Revival are here to tell it their way, playing southern-fried rock with plenty of grit and a country heart.
Formed five years ago by four old school friends, Alex Troegel (lead guitar and lead vocals), Trent Daugherty (guitar and vocals), Steve Hensley (bass) and Ryan Alexander (drums and percussion), this is the band’s first album release, but you wouldn't think so to listen to it. Their command of the material and their confident swagger suggest otherwise.
Listening to OWR's masterful combination of good time Southern rock and seventies outlaw country, it's possible to think you’re hearing a long-lost classic for the first time. But you’d be wrong, at least in the long-lost part. You won’t be wrong when you find yourself listening to their album on repeat.
If, like us, you like to hear the aural equivalent of sour mash when you drop the needle on a record, you’re going to love Ole Whiskey Revival. Pour yourself a few fingers of your best brown liquor and turn up the stereo, baby. You’re in for a real treat.
The Rhyolite Sound - Mojave Gold
Las Vegas-based honky tonks, The Rhyolite Sound, are proud to release their new album, Mojave Gold. The album was self-produced by bandmates Larry Reha (guitar, vocals) , Erik Alesi (acoustic guitar, vocals), AJ Palluck (drums), James Caselton (lead guitar) and Jason Aragon (bass), alongside Ronald Corso (11th Street Records, Las Vegas).
Mojave Gold is the second album from Whiskey Preachin Records and is also the second album from our favourite desert honky tonkers, The Rhyolite Sound. Formed in 2013, the five-piece band blend their love of hard honky tonk, outlaw country and southern rock and roll to deliver a driving set of tunes that demands repeat listening and frequent rewinds. Whiskey-soaked and hard-twanging, weaving memorable melodies among the madness and mayhem, The Rhyolite Sound are purveyors of pure honky tonk in an impure world. Packed full of toe- tapping, two-stepping weepers and hell raising, barn burning stompers, Mojave Gold is what we’ve been panning for.
“We’ve really based our entire identity around the fact that our home base is the Mojave desert,” says guitarist and vocalist Larry Reha. “Rhyolite, the ghost town, was at one time the largest gold strike in Nevada. We’ve really put a lot of heart into this album and we’re hoping that, in some way, we strike gold, too. Our sound is unique and blends so many different styles and sounds, we feel like this record will be an unexpected treasure, not only local fans, but country music and honky-tonk fans everywhere.”
Mojave Gold is the follow-up to The Rhyolite Sound’s 2017 debut album, Desert Honky Tonk. Since releasing their own music, the group has amassed several accolades including being voted the Best Vegas Band in 2018 and 2019 by Las Vegas Weekly. The group was also nominated for Metropolitan Honky Tonk Artist of the Year in 2018 and Ameripolitan Outlaw Country Artist of the Year Nominee in 2019.
Here’s what Saving Country Music had to say about Mojave Gold:
“You may worry an act like this takes themselves too seriously, which is a symptom of some modern Outlaw country bands, but they can play a cover song like Mickey Newbury’s “Why You Been Gone So Long,” and leave the machismo behind to do the song justice. And what really surprises you as the album goes along is how funky some of the songs get. All the tones and textures on Mojave Gold are spot on, including the swanky guitar and keys parts, and the final song “I Think Too Much When I Drink Too Much” catches the band stretching their legs and showcasing their musicianship, which is great throughout the record”.
We think you’ll agree, we certainly do.
Various: Whiskey Preachin' - Vol. 1
(WPR) 12 tracks - Limited Edition (1.000) Gatefold Cover
Whiskey Preachin Records selects prime cuts from the underbelly of America, serving up platters of 21st Century music rooted in the sounds of decades past. Be it from Texas or Tennessee, down on the bayou, along the levee or out in the fields, deep in the desert or high in the mountains, Whiskey Preachin will hunt it down and bring it on home to your turntable. Part country, part rock and roll, this is music with a whole lot of soul. Call it Southern Rock with a Honky Tonk heart, call it Outlaw Boogie or call it Gumbo Rock, we call it Whiskey Preachin and we are here to save your soul, one record at a time.
Whiskey Preachin Records will be galloping into view early in 2020 with Whiskey Preachin Volume 1 - 21st Century Honky Tonk for the Outlaw Dancefloor, a one-of a kind compilation of the very best of today’s outlaw country underground. Compiled by Whiskey Preachin founder Shamblin Sexton, expect a raucous rodeo of roadhouse rockers and backwoods barn burners. Full of dangerous ideas and intent on disrupting your musical comfort zone, Whiskey Preachin will then bring you albums from artists we know you won’t want to miss. Make sure you’re the first to know what’s going down at the Whiskey Preachin ranch, baby!
01 Kool & Handsome - Mayeux & Broussard
02 Jesus, Jail or Texas - James Scott Bullard
03 Going Crazy - Kathryn Legendre
04 Arcadian Thruway - Eleven Hundred Springs
05 Setting Me Up - The Rhyolite Sound
06 Rat City Bound - Darci Carlson
07 Ramblin' - Ole Whiskey Revival
08 CC Waterback - The Reeves Brothers
09 Lovers & Liars - Kristina Murray
10 Get Off the Grid - Ted Russel Kamp
11 Sleep All Day - Weldon Henson
12 If I Knew What I Had to Give Up - Croy and the Boys