They are tearing it up out west. When last I talked to Shawn Davis of Stonehoney, he was telling me of the vista, up in the high Sierra Nevada Mountains, with limited phone service but maximum beauty. You still have time to catch a few west coast dates before the guys swing back through WoodyFest in Okemah, OK and then on to Texas. They alight for just a bit before they take back off for a Nashville, Kentucky and then east coast leg. Busy, busy, busy!
But it is about damn time for Stonehoney to strike, because today is release day for the Stonehoney CD The Cedar Creek Sessions. In April, they recorded 40 tunes in the studio the old-school way; with no overdubs, auto-tuning, or any other recording manipulation. It is an album of just the pure wholesome goodness of a band that can really bring it with each other. They are comfortable in their skin. They live for their music in an 'all for one' kind of way.
We filmed the Stonehoney guys doing the song "I Don't Wanna Go Home" in two places, each with different configurations. They stripped it down to a three piece on our bus at the Cherokee Creek Music Festival. They performed it full band on stage at Threadgill's for our artist showcase during SXSW. Either way, this is a song that stands up next to classics like The Eagles "Take It Easy," Sammy Johns' tune "Chevy Van," and "You Better Think Twice" from Poco. Tight, tuneful, sweet. We couldn't make up our minds which version to post, so here are both of them! Nick Randolph takes the mic for "I Don't Wanna Go Home," which he co-wrote with someone else you should get to know, unsung hero Bob Woodruff.
- Jessie Scott
