And “Friends Again,” a grinning number about rekindling a friendship, is fresh and forward-looking. “We’re All We’ve Got,” a co-write with Mary Gauthier and Jaimee Harris, offers a timely message about healing torn relationships at home and across the world. Respecting the past doesn’t mean he’s not breaking new ground. "I have done my job on this record if people who love classic country feel like they can put it on, or have it in their collection, and it would fit right in." “Country music is constantly evolving, but I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for steel guitar and a Telecaster," he says. That’s real life.”įrom rollicking guitar riffs on “That Kind of Life (That Kind of Day)” to the slow, sweet harmonies of “I’ll Keep My Heart Open For You,” Game Changer shows off Lauderdale’s ingenuity as a singer, songwriter, and producer-while re-establishing him as one of Americana’s most steadfast champions. “In the country song world especially, that's always been part of it. “There's a mixture on this record of uplifting songs and, at the same time, songs of heartbreak and despair-because that's part of life as well,” he says. More About Game Changer: Operating under his own label, Sky Crunch Records, for the first time since 2016, Lauderdale recorded Game Changer at the renowned Blackbird Studios in Nashville, co-producing the release with Jay Weaver and pulling from songs he’d written over the last several years. Tickets for this event are available here. The official album release show will take place at Nashville’s famed 3rd and Lindsley presented by WMOT on August 31st. Tickets for this event can be purchased here. Jim will be celebrating the release of his 35th album at the historic country music venue, The Opry, on August 26th for a special performance that will give concertgoers a blend of classic country sounds with a modern country flair that is highlighted throughout Game Changer. A list of Lauderdale’s tour dates can be found below or at. Today, JamBase premiered “Friends Again.” Fans can hear “Friends Again” today at this link, check out Jim’s previously-released single “That Kind Of Life (That Kind Of Day)” here, and pre-order or pre-save Game Changer ahead of its August 26th release right here. “The title and melody hit me at once and I just thought of that situation that we all hopefully get to go through after a falling out,” he says. For Jim, this tune came about swiftly and effortlessly. Complete with tremolo Telecaster hooks and sweet pedal steel interplay, the song fits right in on Lauderdale’s upcoming album Game Changer-out August 26th. “This song is a celebration of that wonderful time of reconciliation between people who were once close and can rekindle that bond between them,” says Lauderdale. With his new single “Friends Again,” Lauderdale puts to tape the grateful feeling of reconnecting with a lost confidant-just in time for National Friendship Day on August 7th. Veteran songwriter and all-around Americana renaissance man Jim Lauderdale has a special knack for turning just about any situation into a toe-tapping, stuck-in-your-head country tune.
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