Randy Steele is an award winning banjo pickin’ singer/songwriter from Chattanooga, Tennessee. Randy’s creative music ranges from character based narratives to deeply personal and revelatory. Emotionally powerful, Steele can wake you up with a hard-drivin’ song, draw you in with deep lyrics, and have you laughing (or crying) with a compelling confession. Randy’s high-energy bluegrass band, High Cold Wind, brings out the best in his charisma and superb storytelling. They are set to independently release a new 5-song self-titled EP on August 25th.
Joining Steele in High Cold Wind is Fiddlin’ Faye Petree, regional fiddle legend of the North Carolina and Georgia music scene; flat pick wizard and member of Americana favorites Strung Like a Horse, Tyler Martelli,on acoustic guitar; multiple state, multiple instrumental contest champion and well known teacher John Boulware on mandolin; and Justin Hupp holding it down on the upright bass.
Today Glide is premiering the video for “Nashville Drinking Song,” a rousing tune that talks about leaving the big city and moving back to the country. Like the name hints, this is an uptempo bluegrass romp that celebrates getting wild and making moves. Bringing to mind 90s purveyors of bluegrass and country-folk like Split Lip Rayfield and the Meat Purveyors, this is a lively tune that showcases freewheeling lyrics and damn fine picking. You don’t need to think to hard to picture this song getting boots kicking up dust when played at a music festival. With the video, we get to watch these talented players in action.
“The video for ‘Nashville Drinking Song’ was directed and shot by Jakey Lutsko, a fantastic up and coming filmmaker from Chattanooga Tennessee. He followed the band and I around on a show day. The rear of The Woodshop Listening Room, the venue where we were playing, has a very welcoming outdoor area. We did some playing and joking around, Jakey basically shot us as we went through the day rehearsing, soundchecking, and playing the show.
The song itself has been a live show favorite of ours for a few years now. Initially I had a different city in mind that the protagonist was anxious to leave and just to be clear, I’ve never lived in Nashville and I don’t have any problem with the town. I have had some really fun times in Nashville. The protagonist of the song though is in a different boat. The lines ‘Goodbye big dreams, Goodbye wealth and fame. Goodbye Nashville please forget my name’ seemed to fit so well and from that point forward it became a Nashville song.” —Randy Steele
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Badass stuff as usual!!