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Mac Leaphart struck gold with 2021's Music City Joke, a record that found the award-winning songwriter cracking the Top 40 on the Americana charts, hitting the road with a full band, and earning a spot on nearly a dozen best-of-the-year lists. He wrote the album in Nashville, where hundreds of solo gigs and writers’ rounds had already sharpened his wry version of American roots music. Once Music City Joke found a national audience though, Leaphart began spending more time outside of town, packing venues from Amarillo to St Louis. Two years after Music City Joke's release, Leaphart headed back into the studio with Brad Jones. Joined by Fats Kaplin, Matt Menefee and other musicians, they tracked songs like "Rock & Roll Hey” (a loose, lean country-rocker, caught halfway between “Exile on Main St.” and a front-porch pickin' party), “Shake a Leg” (whose tale of whirlwind romance is driven forward by Kaplin's fiddle, Carey Kotsionis' harmonies, and Leaphart's rasped vocals), and “Ain't No Pistol” (a barn-burning bar-band anthem featuring guitar leads from Kenny Vaughan). Each song was tracked within an hour of Leaphart presenting it to the band, a move that emphasized first instincts and fiery, collaborative musicianship.
STYLE: Americana/Country Rock & Roll
Free
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For last-minute performance cancellations due to inclement weather, call 571-202-SHOW (7469) one hour before the program start time.
More Details: www.macleaphart.com
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