Hey everyone! Our new single âHeart Problemsâ is out now. Co-written by Zack and our original bass player, Kyle, this tune serves as the number one, big olâ unabashed, genuine, bona fide, powerhouse, 3-part harmony track on the album. Our favorite parts include producer Brian Douglas Philipsâ groovy, galloping bass, Fred Mandujanoâs drumming (that SNARE!), Jacob Hildebrandâs subdued but exactly the right amount of tasty guitar, Zackâs dynamic vocal performance, Catherineâs beautiful harmonies, and Gregâs harmony and piano playing. Add incredible mixing by Brian, and mastering by Voyager Mastering, andâŚwell, I guess weâve listed just about everything:) Enjoy!
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Happy Valentine's day! Here's the video to our latest love song, "Keep My Mind Off You" watch video on watch page
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The Barber, The Filmmaker, The Drone-Operator: A Music Video Story. It all started when I learned the important lesson that every man needs a good barber, ideally one with a sweet classic car and great taste in music. Enter, @dapperbyderek. The owner of one of the coolest cars ever built, an American-made 1967 Ford Mustang, Derek was gracious (crazy?) enough to trust us musicians behind her wheel all day, and for that I wholeheartedly thank himâgo check out his barbershop. But no film is possible without a man behind the camera, and for that we turned to our longtime friend and Blue Water all-star @travis.daves. âIâm all in,â said Travis when his eyes beheld the Mustang, which set off a chain reaction leading to what I think is one of the best music vids weâve ever had, and heâs ever made. Thank you, Trav. Finally, Iâd like to thank my beautiful cousin, @clairekibodeaux, who along with being an amazing musician apparently knows how to competently fly a drone, capturing some sweet shots that wouldâve required a million-dollar helicopter budget 30 years ago. The whole experience was just so much fun, and we hope the video makes you feel something good enough to share it with all your friends:) And yes, Greg did learn to drive it faster than me, but we donât need to dwell on thatâŚYouTube video link in bio. #americanmade #mustang #originalsong #musicvideo #nostalgia #stories watch video on watch page
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If Springsteen and Steinbeck wrote a song with three-part harmony about a time when folks cared about quality, it would sound like this: bwhb.lnk.to/AmericanMaID Our NEW single "American Made" is out now!
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Have you listened to our new album yet?
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The roots of some boyhood memories run deep. Like watching my dad leave for work, the Colt 1911 Government Model pistol on the Sam Browne belt, his silver medal of St. Michael the Archangelâpatron saint of police officersâalways close by. I can see him grab his coffee and wave goodbye as my mother and I watch the âblack and whiteâ squad car pull out of the driveway. I remember the sound of typewriters and the smell of cigarette smoke down at the PDâjust like in the old cop movies. Other memories too. Dad coming home from work with scrapes, bruises, and cuts. Sometimes broken bones. Stressed and overworked. Mom would care for him, she always made our house a home. She knew that each dangerous day could be the day our worlds were turned upside down, but if she ever worried, and Iâm sure she did, she always put on a strong and hopeful face for us. A true Texas woman with a âpink graniteâ heartâmy dad will tell you she deserves all the credit. So it wasnât all rosy, police work comes at a cost for families, but in an âold schoolâ milestone, my parents are happily married after 37 years.
Itâs hard to talk about courage, toughness, faith, hard work, service, and commitment to family these days without receiving a chorus of eye rolls. I get it. Thatâs partly because theyâve been cheapened by bad artâcheesy, Hallmark-style movies and songs. I think itâs also because these âold schoolâ values were just that, things to aspire to, though not always lived up to. But many did live up to them.
I know the subject of police can be controversial. I know that we would all, understandably, rather them stay out of our businessâŚuntil we need help. But I also know something about copsâI come from a family of them. My dad and both of his brothers were policemen, as were most of their friends. Strong and selfless, tender under a tough exterior. A hilarious, slightly twisted, sense of humor that took the edge off the horrible things theyâd seen. The daily struggle to choose joy over despair, to put on a smile despite having âa head full of crime scenes.â Underpaid for an almost impossible job. Protectors. These were the sort of men I grew up around, and at their best, I believe them to be real heroes. I have so many stories about them. Our album needed a classic hero tale, a knight to fight the dragon, and Iâm proud to have a true story to tell about it.
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Have you ever seen pigs fly? Well, itâs surely happening somewhere, because I (Zack) have officially shot and directed my first music videoâthatâs after I stopped accidentally taking pictures with the camera instead.
For over a decade now, itâs been a part of mine and Gregâs friendship to go do something out in nature, hunting, hiking, camping, fishing etc. One of our favorite things to do, on and off tour, is to find a good river. The pattern is usually the same: Greg breaks out his fly fishing gear and majestically re-enacts A River Runs Through It, while I kick back with my favorite book and pipe, taking it all in before we go play a show. It has brought me much joy and peace over the years.
This video is a tribute to my friend, Greg, and my (in this case, literal) camera-lens perspective of that experience. It was also inspired by one of my favorite Hemingway short stories, âBig Two-Hearted River,â in which a veteran comes home from war, steps off a train and begins to process his experiences via a fly fishing trip. If you know the story, much of it is there, down to the onion sandwich.
I canât take all the credit though. Travis Daves once again came to the rescue to edit my amateur shots and make something like a coherent story. Heâs a true artist, and we are big-time in his debt. Also, shout out to Tex the dog for being a good boy during filming, and to Greg for insisting on making a proper fire, and actually catching numerous fish even though it was just a music video.
This video has a lot of meaning for us, and we hope it will for you too:)
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We can't wait to bring you our next single "Morning Glory," out everywhere on May 10th. Click the link to pre-save the song in your Apple Music or Spotify Library, it really helps us out to have pre-saves on a song! bwhb.lnk.to/MorningGloryID
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There's still time to pre-save "Natural Man" before it comes out on Wednesday! bwhb.lnk.to/NatmanID watch video on watch page
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Americana, folk/rock and roll band from Austin, Texas
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