9 April 2021
The Pink Stones are an Athens, Georgia, sextet whose country-rock stylings will sound familiar to anyone versed in the sounds of the region. According to the band’s official bio, singer/songwriter/guitarist Hunter Pinkston started as a mainstream rock fan, got into punk as a teenager, and eventually came to country music a few years later. The resulting sound is a rock-informed version of country music with a little more emphasis on the crooning side of that sound. The Pink Stones are smoother than other country-rock acts to come through Athens, most notably the more muscular Drive-By Truckers, whose leader Patterson Hood followed the same musical path as Pinkston.