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Webb Wilder returns with Hillbilly Speedball, his first new album in five long years. Backed by a small army of musical friends old and new, Wilders brushstrokes across the albums 10 songs balance tempered restraint with raucous abandon.The further I got into recording these songs, the more the fire got lit, he comments. Id been in this sort of stasis, and David Grissom, one of my oldest friends and a brilliant guitarist, sent me a new song to check out called Hillbilly Speedball. I liked it. It was in the same key as my biggest successes, and I asked him, Hey, what if I do it? Thats how it started.Other notable guests on the album are Vince Gill (who Wilder calls the worlds most down-to-earth superstar), iconic Wrecking Crew session man Richard Bennett, Fats Kaplin (ex-Jack White), and an extended family of heavyweights from across the music spectrum.As the album unfolds, were treated to covers famous and obscure woven in with Wilders latest originals. You have to strike a balance, you follow the breadcrumbs. Im a sucker for songs I love. It goes back to hand-me-down 45s I got as a kid. Certain songs hit you at just the right time, the right age, the right moment, and they stay with you forever.Beneath the groove and the good times that go with it, theres an invisible ink layer of introspection. The older I get, the more I get to know myself and connect the dots as to why I am who I am. Apparently, Ive always been drawn to beat music and roots music of varying stripes, and when genres blend, all the better.Hillbilly Speedball is the (lucky) 13th album in Wilders long and storied career. His nearly four decades in the public eye have included stints with major labels, MTV airplay, induction in the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame, and being one of the first DJs hired by a then-upstart XM Satellite Radio. He was Americana before it had a name, and is bonafide Roots Rock Royalty.-------------------------------------------Erik Vincent Huey Austins Erik Vincent Huey combines Appalachian storytelling, outlaw country grit, and punk-rock Johnny Clash energy into an electrifying live set.A fourth-generation coal miners son from West Virginia, Hueys new album, Fort Defiance debuted on the Top 50 Americana chart and was produced by Eric Roscoe Ambel. It features guest vocals by Tommy Stinson of The Replacements and Sarah Borges, with musical backing (on the record and on the road) by the power pop combo Starbelly.His debut solo LP Appalachian Gothic was hailed as riveting stuff, a major work by Americana Songwriter, and the Appalachian Tommy by Americana UK.Also known as Cletus McCoy of The Surreal McCoys, celebrated for their unique mash up Whole Lotta Folsom, Huey delivers performances that bridge roots rock, country, and punk with equal parts roadhouse swagger and Rust Belt soul.A gritty Singer/Songwriter This is American-made Roots Country The Alternate Root
