Rich Mahan Exclusive Pod/broadcast free download and album sampler

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REMEMBER WHERE YOU HEARD HIM FIRST!

RICH MAHAN SAYS

BLAME BOBBYBARE FOR HIS SOLO DEBUT

The Singer, Songwriter and Musician Attracted Legendary Session Players for this Freewheeling Country--‐Rock Album About Love and Liquor, Delivering a Saturday Night Record of Love Songs for The Barstool Impaired Download and exclusive track and sample the album. Here on FSR

 

Available January 22nd, 2013 on CD and Digitally

NASHVILLE (10/21/12) — Nashville guitarist/singer--‐songwriter Rich Mahan will release  his solo debut BLAME BOBBY BARE on January 22nd, 2013. For the album’s 10 songs, Mahan delivers barstool tales with a wicked grin, peppering his mix of rock and country with tasteful contributions from several of Music City’s legendary session players. One song is available here to download and 3 to stream exclusivly for FSR

Mahan recorded BLAME BOBBY BARE at the Rendering Plant in Nashville with producer Brian Harrison (Shelby Lynne). The songs include performances by celebrated studio musicians like harmonica master P.T. Gazell, who played for years with Johnny Paycheck, and pedal steel guitarist Robby “Man of Steel” Turner, who’s worked with everyone from Waylon Jennings to Frank Sinatra. The familiar voice heard singing background through much of the album is Bekka Bramlett, a solo artist, former member of Fleetwood Mac and daughter of ’70s rockers Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett. Other friends on the record include Aaron Beavers from Shurman, Bryan Wings on Drums (Emmylou Harris, Delbert McClinton, Tony Joe White), and Nashville Superpicker, JD Simo.

All agreed to join Mahan in the studio after hearing his songs, which evoke the vivid storytelling, rowdy sound and hedonistic impulses of outlaw country in the ’70s. One of the album’s primary influences is Bobby Bare. This legendary country  artist’s string of hits spans three decades and ranges from the playful (“Tequila Shelia,” “Quaaludes Again”) to the poignant (“Streets of Baltimore,” “How I Got to Memphis.”) For this album, Mahan chose to cover “Put A Little Lovin’ On Me,” a hit for Bare in 1976 from his album The Winner and Other Losers.

“Growing up, I remember how stressed out my dad would be from work. But on the weekends, he would cut loose and crank up these great records by Bobby Bare. He would dance around the living room  laying air guitar to ‘Tequila Sheila’ and ‘Dropkick Me Jesus Through The Goalposts of Life.’ Those songs made him forget about his troubles and just have a good time. I wanted to tap into that power and make a record that makes people feel good. So if you wonder where I got the inspiration to write the songs on this album, you can Blame Bobby Bare!” --‐ Rich Mahan 

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Very cool interview/preview of the album here on Calvin Power's great Americana Show podcast 

http://flyinshoes.ning.com/profiles/blogs/ep-121-rich-mahan

[Calvin Powers]

You can also listen to an interview with Rich Mahan on The Americana Music Show #121