Andrew Nelson, Blount Floyd, Nick Recio, and Frank Keith IV are Great Peacock. Together, the Nashville quartet has been working to challenge perceptions of Americana since it’s hit the mainstream, blurring the lines between rock and folk further along the way. Compared to that overarching mission—which has seen them sharing the stage with the likes of Cage the Elephant and Margo Price—what they had set out to accomplish with “Miss You Honey” almost seems too simple. This Valentine’s Day, Great Peacock is giving those who are alone a shoulder to cry on, reminding their audience that they can relate to being brokenhearted on the most commercially romantic holiday of the year.
Archives for 2018
No Depression Shares New Track From Lloyd Green and Jay Dee Maness
In 1968, The Byrds released the legendary Sweetheart of the Rodeo, a deeper exploration of the country music they had begun to explore on earlier releases. This shift was brought on in large part by the entrance of Gram Parsons whose association with the band would introduce his sound and songwriting to a vast audience.
In addition to the contributions of Parsons, Sweetheart of the Rodeo received much of its authenticity from a pair of country-music steel-guitar wizards: Lloyd Green and Jay Dee Maness. Green, an in-demand Nashville session player (George Jones, Johnny Paycheck, and Charley Pride) and Maness, a young gun on the L.A. scene, gave Sweethearts its unforgettable twang and down-home pedal-steel hooks – and forever put their stamp on country-music history…
Wide Open Country Premieres New Video From Derek Hoke
There’s a brooding darkness that comes with Derek Hoke’s latest album, the ominous Bring The Flood. For much of the record, the East Nashville singer-songwriter dives deep to examine the unease, gloom and struggle found within America’s modern experience.
“It seemed like a dark cloud coming over America, watching a lot of people hurting, going through hard times, harder than ever,” says Hoke.