VIDEO PREMIERE: Atlanta Via Athens Artist Adam Klein Joins Up with Drive By Truckers Members On Refined “Little Tiger”

Atlanta-via Athens, Georgia singer/songwriter Adam Klein just released his new 3-song EP, Little Tiger, a collection of outtakes on January 22, 2021, from the recording sessions for his 2019 album, Low Flyin’ Planes.

.For Low Flyin’ PlanesKlein teamed up with his longtime producer and engineer Bronson Tew at Dial Back Sound in Water Valley, Mississippi, for their third straight record together (following 2013’s Sky Blue DeVille and 2015’s Archer’s Arrow).

Low Flyin’ Planes features sometime Wild Fires guitarist Crash Cason, former Wild Fires Tew on drums, guitar, and harmony vocals, and the sound is capably filled out with Matt Patton (Drive-By Truckers) and Stuart Cole (ex-Squirrel Nut Zippers) on bass, Eric Carlton (Jimbo Mathus) on keys, Kell Kellum (Young Valley) on pedal steel and guitars, Will McCarley (Fat Possum Records) on drums, Hank West (Squirrel Nut Zippers) on sax and trumpet, Schaefer Llana and Anne Freeman on harmony vocals, and other ace players from the Oxford, MS, scene. The result is a strong, sincere collection of folk-rock songs featuring Klein’s signature warm vocals colored by a lush, textured sound. The songs on Little Tiger were recorded at Dial Back Sound, and produced, mixed and mastered by Tew at Sleepers Mountain in Portland, Oregon.

Glide is premiering the new video for “Little Tiger,” (below) a stirring and reflective track that is masterfully recorded and produced, reminiscent of the ageless rustic folk of Dwight Twilley and M. Ward. 

“To me, the video shares the journey and possibilities of a song— from its creation in the studio to its life on the road. A songwriter works alone, expresses something heartfelt in a song, builds it with talented players and evocative production, and in its service takes to the road to share with people. And the road offers many things— stimulation, release, liberation, wonder, and the thrill of connecting with friends and other listeners mixed in with monotony, sleeplessness, and at times a questioning of the entire enterprise. I think the video captures the sense of yearning within the song, and the tone of the footage and its motion are particularly poignant and nostalgic during this stationary period when touring is a no-go and travelers are mostly off the road,” says Klein.

“Little Tiger”, although shelved from the original album, stood out as the favorite track among many of the players on the session, and was rounded out by mellotron compliments of Jay Gonzalez (Drive-By Truckers). “I’ve always sequenced my albums, but this time Bronson recommended we let Patton do it for LFP,” says Klein. “That’s one of his favorite parts of the album creation process, and I definitely trust his instincts and thought it’d be neat to see what he came up with. He drove around with it in his car for a few weeks and sent in a track order that he couldn’t see go any other way. It didn’t include “Little Tiger” or “Take It (On Faith)”, but I think it was a fitting sequence and the 10-song album was already a 45-minute or so listen.”

Photo by Jeff Shipman

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