Waiting On A Song

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Nine-time GRAMMYwinner Dan Auerbach will release Waiting On A Song, his second solo album, via his new label, Easy Eye Sound. The album is Auerbachs much anticipated follow-up to 2009s Keep It Hid and is a love letter to Nashville. As such, he recruited some of Nashvilles most respected players to write and record his latest, including John Prine, Duane Eddy, Jerry Douglas, Pat McLaughlin and Bobby Wood and Gene Chrisman of the Memphis Boys. Auerbach said about working with his musical heroes: Living in Nashville has definitely changed the way I think about music and the way that I record it. I didnt have all of these resources before. I am working with some of the greatest musicians that ever lived.

Dan Auerbach moved to Nashville from his native Akron, Ohio in 2010 and with this release, his first solo album in eight years, it is clear that he has made Music City his home. During the summer of 2016, taking a break from the non-stop touring hed done with The Black Keys and the Arcs, he finally got acquainted with the city he loves so much, as well as the world-class musicians who live there, and subsequently collaborated with some of Nashvilles heavyweights. Of the process he reveals, Theyd come over, and wed be in a little room in my house with the door closed, and wed just write. Monday through Wednesday wed write, and then Thursday through Sunday wed record, every week. Auerbach wrote seven songs with John Prine, one of which is the title track of the album. Mark Knopflers immediately identifiable guitar elevates Shine On Me into an anthem. Iconic guitarist Duane Eddy is featured on Livin in Sin and the cinematic King of a One Horse Town.

Waiting On A Song is the debut release, and marks the launch of Easy Eye Sound, Dan Auerbachs new record label which will feature soon-to-be-announced releases from other artists and is distributed by Auerbachs longtime label Nonesuch Records. The new label is built equally around Auerbachs Easy Eye Studio in Nashville, where The Black Keys recorded their last two albums, as well as the collection of famous session musicians that have come to call the studio home. Auerbach says, Sometimes I feel I created my own Field of Dreams. I built the studio because I knew something was going to happen. I built it to accommodate live musicians playing, and then all of a sudden the best musicians in Nashville show up, and its happening.