![]() ![]() What you let pass you by tomorrow returns to haunt.’ Aching pedal steel perfectly mirrors the regret of poor life choices that end with the protagonist locked up in jail on the border-sounding Cheyenne. It’s followed by the title track, which also addresses survival in an apathetic world, with Gray confident in his ability declaring ‘You gotta fight in this life for everything you want. It’s a breezy affair lamenting the lack of opportunity to have an artist’s music played on radio and the resulting financial hurdles. The opening track, Radio Stations, could relate to the majority of singer songwriters attempting to survive and keep their heads above water. Credit is also due to Kristin Indorato and Nikhil Dafre for the most impressive photography and design on the album’s sleeve and inner booklet. ![]() Guitar wizard Sean Thompson and equally distinguished pedal steel player Brett Resnick were among those guesting. Recorded at The Bomb Shelter in Nashville and self-produced by Gray, the players included his bandmates Julio Matos on bass, Jason Munday on drums, and some local big hitters contributing. Building on the positive feedback for his debut album and with countless numbers of gigs under his belt to road test his new material Gray used the crowdfunding platform to raise the funds to record this ten-track record. Following on from his 2019 debut full-length album, SONGS OF THE HIGHWAY, singer songwriter Josh Gray’s latest album pursues a similar template of tales that are fuelled by personal experiences in an often-unforgiving music industry, alongside some more relaxed and heart-filled songs.Ī relative latecomer to the industry, he didn’t play his first live show until age thirty-one Gray moved to Nashville in 2015 to hone his skills and gather talented players for his backing band, the Dark Features.
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