With
combined sales totaling over 280,000 albums, an appearance
on Austin City Limits, two performances on Late Night With
Conan O'Brien, and multiple appearances on A Prairie Home
Companion, various NPR programs and the Grand Ole Opry,
Old Crow Medicine Show prepares for the September 23rd release
of Tennessee Pusher, their third album for Nettwerk Music
Group and their most personal album to date.
Tennessee Pusher, produced by Don Was, features 13 infectious
tracks that offer a virtual American road trip, populated
with characters that seem to span a century of the South.
Down and outers, hustlers, freighthoppers - these are just
a few of the archetypes we meet along the way. OCMS continues
to create their special blend of American roots, rock, blues
and country, but on Tennessee Pusher, the band has truly
found their own voice. With the exception of "Always
Lift Him Up" by Blind Alfred Reed, all of the tracks
on the album are OCMS originals. Also noteworthy are two
distinguished session musicians that joined the band in
the studio: Jim Keltner on drums and Benmont Tench on Hammond
C-3 organ.
OCMS has released a new digital EP Caroline featuring
Back to New Orleans.
The past few months have been nothing short of jam-packed
for OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW (OCMS). The band took a break
from their hectic touring schedule and met up with established
photographer/director Danny Clinch in the Mid-City area
of New Orleans to shoot the video for their latest single,
"I Hear Them All," an anthem in the classic
Woody Guthrie tradition.
The video features New Orleans local residents who each
had their own inspirational stories regarding Hurricane
Katrina, including George Porter Jr. of the legendary
group The Meters, considered by many to be the Father
of Funk. Band member Ketch Secor (vocals/fiddle/harmonica)
commented: "Shooting this video in the Crescent City
showed us first hand the strength and dedication of all
those hardworking people committed to the rebuilding of
New Orleans."
When asked about "I Hear Them All" recently
on NPR's All Things Considered, Secor explained, "It's
a song about listening with a collective ear to all the
sounds of humanity."
"So while you sit and whistle Dixie with your money
and your power. I can hear the flowers a-growin in the
rubble of the towers. I hear leaders quit their lying.
I hear babies quit their crying. I hear soldiers quit
their dying, one and all."
Once the video shoot wrapped, OCMS traveled to Austin,
TX where they made their Austin City Limits television
debut. They then headed to Bonnaroo to play to a sold
out crowd of over 25,000 people and quickly became a new
favorite to media such as CNN, E! Entertainment and Spin.
(For photos, visit Bonnaroofest.com)
In other news, OCMS has been nominated for an Americana
Music Award in the category of "Best Duo Or Group."
The awards are held November 1, 2007 at the historic Ryman
Auditorium; other nominees in the category include Son
Volt and The Avett Brothers.
Additionally, OCMS has collaborated with Marty Stuart
on his newly released album, Compadres: An Anthology of
Duets; Stuart and OCMS cover The Who's "I Can See
for Miles," adding a fresh spin to a classic track.
Bio:
From
busking in the streets of Nashville to headlining the historic
Ryman Auditorium, Old Crow Medicine Show (OCMS) have come
full circle playing their own brand of American roots music
with a rock and roll attitude. The quintet met in New York
state and hit the road, traveling city to city in a van and
eventually settling for a year in North Carolina, where they
ran into a bit of good fortune while playing in front of a
local pharmacy to an impressed Doc Watson; the folk icon promptly
scheduled the band to play at his MerleFest.
Soon after, OCMS relocated to Nashville and found themselves
gracing the stage of the Grand Ole Opry, opening for Dolly
Parton, touring with Merle Haggard and regularly appearing
on NPR’s A Prairie Home Companion. They caught the attention
of Nettwerk Records in 2003 and signed on to release their
debut album O.C.M.S, which they recorded at RCA’s legendary
Studio B and Woodland Sound Studio with producer/guitarist
David Rawlings (Gillian Welch, Robyn Hitchcock) at the helm.
O.C.M.S was released in 2004 to critical acclaim; the New
Yorker said of the album, “Heartbreaking, plunky ballads
and unfastened fiddle tunes charged with youthful vigor,”
while the Village Voice predicted, “Fame will soon lift
her skirt for the band.”
Their sophomore album, Big Iron World, was released in
August 2006 and combined traditional American standards
(including Woody Guthrie’s ‘Union Maid’) with OCMS originals
that blended American roots, folk, blues, gospel, bluegrass
and a little bit of gritty rock. Again produced by Rawlings,
the album caught the attention of critics from Billboard
to Vanity Fair and the first single, a cover of the Rolling
Stones’ ‘Down Home Girl,’ quickly became the #2 most added
song at Triple A radio. Combined, the two albums have gone
on to sell over 200,000 units.
Much of OCMS’ success can be attributed to their relentless
touring schedule. Between headlining shows and countless
festivals (Bonnaroo, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, New Orleans
Jazz Festival, etc), the band is constantly on the road
and thrives off of their fans and live shows.
OCMS--Critter Fuqua, Kevin Hayes, Morgan Jahnig, Ketch
Secor, and Willie Watson--have made a name for themselves
as energetic performers with an infectious spirit. Not only
have they enjoyed success in North America, including appearances
on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, the Macy’s Thanksgiving
Day Parade and the soundtrack for the Oscar nominated film
Transamerica, but the band has also toured the UK several
times; highlights include an appearance on Later with Jools
Holland (BBC) and the Cambridge Folk Festival.
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