Oct 11
Rounder announces The Steeldrivers debut release date
The SteeldriversBurlington, MA - Nashville can be a funny town to break into musically - loads of talent, but the competition is killer and often the homegrown folks are overlooked and unsung. Not so for rhythm’n'bluegrass musicians The SteelDrivers. Highly regarded behind the scenes as songsmiths and session players - with innumerable hits, cuts and licks to their credits - this batch of seasoned pros has performed to sold out crowds from nearly their inception. On January 29, 2008 The SteelDrivers go national with the release of their self-titled Rounder Records album.
On their debut CD of all original material, The SteelDrivers’ back-country high lonesome collides with Delta soul and is one of the most refreshing sounds to emerge from Nashville in a long time. With no hype, just incredible talent, these 5 musicians have already established a name for themselves in a town that barely looks twice at a bunch of folks holding acoustic instruments. Stretching the boundaries of your typical bluegrass band, the rock/blues/soul vocals of guitarist Chris Stapleton put the high lonesome bluegrass sounds smack dab in the middle of town.
Nashville Bluegrass Band’s Roland White says the band is “The most exciting band to appear on the scene in a long, long time! Chris puts the Ray Charles to it”.
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Other SteelDrivers include mandolinist/guitarist/vocalist Mike Henderson, fiddler/vocalist Tammy Rogers, banjo player Richard Bailey and bassist Mike Fleming.
Produced by Luke Wooten (Alison Krauss, Jim Lauderdale and Dierks Bentley), The SteelDrivers’ debut album does a great job of translating their impassioned live show onto disc all the while offering new takes on classic themes of redemption and loss, hope and home.
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