{"id":14380,"date":"2020-03-20T21:16:33","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T02:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/garyhayescountry.com\/?p=14380"},"modified":"2023-09-03T20:18:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T20:18:32","slug":"western-centuries-to-release-call-the-captain-april-3-on-free-dirt-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/garyhayescountry.com\/?p=14380","title":{"rendered":"Western Centuries To Release Call The Captain April 3 On Free Dirt Records"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Western Centuries To Release Call The Captain April 3 On Free Dirt Records<\/div>\n
First single \u201cHeart Broke Syndrome\u201d featuring Jim Lauderdale premieres today<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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February 19, 2020 – Seattle, WA – In an age when independence is idolized and every person seems to be seeking their own lone wolf career path, Seattle-based roots band Western Centuries<\/a> believe that the way forward is better together. Collaboration, inspiration and mutual admiration are what Cahalen Morrison, Ethan Lawton, and Jim Miller cite as the heart of their project. Western Centuries are set to release their third album, Call the Captain\u2014a tongue-in-cheek reference to the band\u2019s lack of hierarchy\u2014on April 3rd via Free Dirt Records. Yesterday, Billboard<\/a> premiered \u201cHeart Broke Syndrome,\u201d the album\u2019s first single and one of the two tracks on Call the Captain which include guest vocals from the King of Broken Hearts himself, Nashville songwriter and entertainer, Jim Lauderdale. \u201cThis song, written for a close friend, talks about the recovery process when the sudden loss of someone innocent and dear brings on grief so severe that it induces physical symptoms requiring medical attention,\u201d says Miller, a founding member of roots-jam band Donna The Buffalo and lead vocalist on \u201cHeart Broke Syndrome.\u201d \u201cThe last verse tries to project some hope; that our community of family and friends can help provide strength to get through the dark time.\u201d Fans can hear \u201cHeart Broke Syndrome\u201d here<\/a> and pre-order Call the Captain here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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Throughout Call the Captain, three-part vocal harmonies add heft and meaning to each song, with a distinct rhythmic agreement among the singers, revealing a shared belief of just how music should be made. The album was recorded and mixed in the studio of Grammy-nominated producer Bill Reynolds, former bass player for Band of Horses and one of Nashville\u2019s most innovative roots music producers. \u201cEven if there are drums, electric guitars, and synthesizers, we all like to come at the music in a similar way as we would approach a bluegrass song; supporting the lead singer, singing harmonies, and letting the instrumentalists be featured,\u201d explains Morrison.<\/div>\n
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On songs like \u201cLong Dreadful Journey\u201d and \u201cDynamite Kid,\u201d Western Centuries offer, unsurprisingly for such an egalitarian outfit, harsh criticism of dogmatic belief systems and the ways they\u2019ve been contorted to further self-righteous ideals for thousands of years. On the topic of colonialism, the band takes on President Trump\u2019s proposed sixth branch of the armed forces in \u201cSpace Force\u201d with satirical lyrics pondering what it would be like to join. \u201cWe\u2019ll cruise around the galaxy taking all the bad guys down. Our crimes will be forgotten, \u2018cause the Space Dogs are back in town.\u201d The song\u2019s nostalgic 1980s-influenced production hearkens back to a decade known as the Shuttle Era and American pride in the space race.<\/div>\n
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Lawton, Morrison, and Miller are joined on the record by a world-class cast of musicians, many of whom have made a name for themselves outside of Western Centuries. Nokosee Fields, who plays bass on the album, is better known as an award-winning old-time fiddle player. Thomas Bryan Eaton, known for his work with Miss Tess, plays inspired pedal steel on all 12 tracks of Call the Captain while Oliver Bates Craven, formerly of the Stray Birds, plays fiddle. Jim Lauderdale sings harmony vocals on two tracks, as well as lead on the final verse of \u201cSpace Force.\u201d Additional cameos include John Pahmer on keyboards and Miller\u2019s Donna The Buffalo bandmate Tara Nevins on tambourine.<\/div>\n
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With Call the Captain, Western Centuries offer an embarrassment of musical riches. The band demonstrates what is possible when ego steps aside in favor of collaboration\u2014the virtuosity of the group remains understated, but their ability to perfectly complement one another reveals the finest in each songwriter along the way.<\/div>\n
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Catch Western Centuries On Tour:<\/div>\n
April 1 – Northampton, MA – The Parlor Room<\/div>\n
April 2 – Somerville, MA – The Burren<\/div>\n
April 3 – Hudson, NY – Club Helsinki<\/div>\n
April 10 – Elkin, NC – The Reeves Theater<\/div>\n
April 18 – Brooksville, FL – Stringbreak<\/div>\n
June 11 – Seattle, WA – Tractor Tavern<\/div>\n
June 13 – Prosser, WA – Brewminatti<\/div>\n
June 19-21 – San Luis Obispo, CA – Live Oak Music Festival<\/div>\n
June 25-28 – Laytonville, CA – Kate Wolf Festival<\/div>\n
July 4-5 – Sherman, NY – Great Blue Heron Festival<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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More About Western Centuries:<\/div>\n
Western Centuries have embarked on a somewhat unique experiment in songwriting and performing; three people\u2014Cahalen Morrison, Ethan Lawton, and Jim Miller\u2014sharing the songwriting and lead singing duties in the band equally. After meeting in Seattle in 2010 through the lively traditional music scene, the three began collaborating. In 2016, Western Centuries released Weight of the World, their first record featuring songs from all three writers, and on its heels came Songs from the Deluge in 2018.<\/div>\n
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Although Western Centuries initially met through bluegrass, old-time and early country music, with each record the songs have stretched further and further away from a traditional mold. The band’s third release, Call the Captain, by far represents their most interesting and varied set of songs to date.<\/div>\n
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The band’s three songwriters have embarked on illustrious musical journeys prior to their time with Western Centuries as well: Jim Miller co-founded and spent years playing with Donna the Buffalo, Cahalen Morrison carved out a devoted following with his celebrated folk duo with Eli West, and Ethan Lawton previously played with such outfits as Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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