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Holler Nashville Sessions Presented by George Dickel, Recorded at Horton Events in Nashville, TN:
Reid Haughton
SET LIST
'Man Made Money'
'Mendoza Line'
'The Crow'
Up north of the Alabama pines, a new firecracker has been setting fire to everything in his path. Reid Haughton, the spiritual son of Bocephus and Sticky Fingers era Stones, has fuelled our 2024 with his distinct brand of country-inflected rock n roll.
This year, Haughton released his debut album Higher Than 9, a rip-roaring combination of 70s southern rock and Alabama soul that coalesced everything he'd made up until that point into a mature and highly satisfying whole.
It's from the record that Haughton delves for his first Holler Nashville Session, offering some slick, soulful takes of three of our absolute highlights from the album.
It's always a pleasure to hear a band or artist strip back their sound, revealing something previously unearthed from deep within their soul. With Haughton, that lies both in the creative playfulness of his guitar playing and the effortless catchiness of the songs themselves.
Where 'Man Made Money' revels in the dirt and smoke it leaves in its wake on record, during the session, it sits back and revels in its coolness - sipping on hard liquor and spitting out tobacco in it's Chief-esque sharpness. Haughton's vocal reaches even more pleasing heights live, and here, within the intimacy of an acoustic session, it thrives.
'Mendoza Line' rings with buoyant clarity, picking up the pace as Haughton hits the road and doesn't look back. This version is a breezy road song just ripe for sunset, willing you to chuck your cares away and hit the road no matter how much it costs you.
Closing out with the album's final track, 'The Crow' fits perfectly into the solitude of the live session. What starts out as a fiery diatribe at other people's judgement and expectation, it subtly develops into a existential and thought-provoking song about contentment and aspirations, with a thorough-line of desire weaved into its very core.
An all encompassing session, Reid Haughton proves why he's one of the finest new songwriters in country, rock and soul.
Holler Nashville Sessions Presented by George Dickel
Directors: Joshua Britt and Neilson Hubbard
Audio Engineer and Sound Editor:
Neilson Hubbard Editors: Josh Britt and Neilson Hubbard (Neighborhoods Apart Productions)
Producer: Ross Jones
Recorded at Horton Events in Nashville, TN.
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