In his new song Lay It on Me, singer-songwriter Gabe Dixon is offering support through a trying time: If you re about to take the fall . If you re about to blame yourself . If you re about to lose your mind . Lay it on me, lay it on me, he sings.
When it comes to his real-life relationships, though, the artist admits he s still learning to be that person more often. I guess we each have our own journey when it comes to loving and being in the world. I have tried recently to make more of an effort to think beyond myself and my own needs and, instead, to lift up those around me, Dixon tells The Boot. I’m not always successful, but it’s something I strive for. Other people may give too much of themselves to others at the expense of their own health, and their challenge is to put themselves first more often.
21 May 2021
Maybe the most telling thing about the new Oliver Wood record is that it has not one but two backup musicians (Jano Rix and Nicholas Falk) listed on the liner notes as playing the chicken coop. It’s unclear if they harmonize, trade licks, play on separate songs or even if they are playing the same hen pen. However, one can feel their presence in the album’s vibe. One might not know someone was playing a chicken coop without looking at the credits, but one isn’t surprised by the fact even after a cursory listen to the album. This is rural roots music for those on the rural route.
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Musician Oliver Wood is releasing his first solo album, called “Always Smilin.’” It features the mix of sounds and styles and catchy vocals Wood has pursued over many years with The Wood Brothers, as well as a variety of new collaborations.
It s been such a strange year for most musicians. What have you been up to?
Well, I had a lot of time on my hands without the usual touring that we musicians do and that I usually spend, you know, 130 days a year out in the world. So to be home was very different, of course, for all of us. But I actually found it pretty darn pleasant for the most part, aside from just all the scary stuff in the world. Being at home was really nice, just to be with my family full time instead of coming and going all the time. And then also just to have the luxury of all this time to do something creative. And so making this album, I think was made possible by just the quarantine life, you know, and just not being able to do much else. So it s quite a
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Today, Oliver Wood shares Kindness, the second single off his forthcoming debut solo album, Always Smilin due May 21 on Honey Jar/Thirty Tigers. In the song s premiere at Holler.Country, Kindness was called, a glorious highlight of the celebratory record. The release of Kindness is accompanied by a video created by artist Joel Meeks using dry-erase animation (watch / share). The idea for the lyric kindness is my religion, comes from the Dalai Lama who has expressed this sentiment in his teachings, explains Oliver Wood. There are a handful of people in my own life who inspire me and seem to live that way. I was really thinking about them when writing this one. In fact, they helped me make this record.
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