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The Real Billy Keane

 

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PRAISE FOR THE REAL BILLY KEANE

“The tone of Billy’s voice—it’s calming. No matter what he’s saying, Billy makes me feel like everything is going to be alright, which is a really nice thing to feel right now.” – Sarah Lee Guthrie

“Billy Keane shines a beacon of hope in these difficult times. His voice cries out in hopeful pain to never give up and it gives me a good feeling.” – Mark Miller (Garth Brooks, John Prine, Paul Simon)

PRAISE FOR THE WHISKEY TREATY ROADSHOW

“Defiant and driven, laced with everything from harmonica (from Arlo Guthrie!) to roadhouse-worthy guitar solos.” – Rolling Stone

“Something truly unique in the Americana space.” – Relix

“Has the fingerprints of the legends who inspired the band all over it while staying true to the topical songwriting that has become a stable of the band.” – American Songwriter

“Melodies and choruses designed to fire up any crowd.” – Folk Radio UK

“A combination of that veteran savvy, but with a newcomers’ kinetic energy, which results in the album’s cathartic feeling” – No Depression
 
BIOGRAPHY

The Real Billy Keane – “Never Give Up”

Western Massachusetts singer/songwriter The Real Billy Keane, a founding member of Americana group The Whiskey Treaty Roadshow, is preparing to release his latest single “Never Give Up” April 14. The song—an anthemic ode to strength and solidarity in these trying times of the Covid-19 pandemic and quarantine—was written and recorded in a flash of inspiration just as the nation was ordered to shelter in place. 

With The Whiskey Treaty Roadshow and as a solo artist, Keane has been covered by Rolling Stone, Relix, American Songwriter and No Depression, and has shared bills with Kris Kristoferson, Trampled by Turtles, Steep Canyon Rangers, The Indigo Girls, The X Ambassadors, the Gin Blossoms, Los Lobos and more.

“We’re all in seclusion, but we need to stick together and make good through these situations,” Keane says. “I want to rally people in a way that’s positive.”

The song’s instantly catchy musical foundation ably carries Keane’s aching and soulful melody. And the chorus demands to be sung en masse as it shines brightly and defiantly in the face of tribulation. “I know we’re strong enough,” Keane sings. “Let me hear you say no / I will never give up.”

Keane was discovered by the Berkshires’ first family of music, Kim and James Taylor, and recently opened for ‘90s power-pop sensations the Gin Blossoms to a sold-out crowd. Keane deftly moves from Americana ballads to indie-rock anthems, but the key to his approach is to just sing about things that are most important to him (and hopefully all of us): freedom, love and peace. 

As a member of The Whiskey Treaty Roadshow, Keane was an integral part of the group’s debut album Band Together, released in January 2020, and featuring Wilco’s Pat Sansone on bass and ex-Black Crowes drummer Steve Gorman. The collective of songwriters—Keane, Tory Hanna, David Tanklefsky, Greg Smith and Chris Merenda—has toured all across the nation, performing at festivals like Freshgrass at MassMoca, The Kate Wolf fest (at Hog Ranch Farm in California) and selling out venues across the country.

Keane has developed a strong reputation writing protest songs and carrying forward the folk tradition of creating socially relevant music. “Close To The Edge”—a moving tribute to the contemporary American struggle with racism and hatred—brought hope and peace to many during the aftermath of the terrible events at Charlottesville in 2017, and Keane’s Women’s Rights anthem, “Hey Lady”, along with its deeply moving music video, received critical praise after its November 2019 release. The Real Billy Keane is currently prepping for his debut album, slated for release in early 2021.

To set up an interview with The Real Billy Keane, or get your hands on press passes, advance music, hi-res photos, album art or videos, contact Baby Robot Director of Publicity Steve LaBate.

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“Universal and timeless.” – Billboard
 
“A standout member of the new class of outlaw country traditionalists.” – The Daily Country
 
“Unaffected Power. … Down-to-earth grit.” – Raised Rowdy
 
“Gerdes delivers with a hometown authenticity that is equally compelling and familiar.” – Glide Magazine
 
“Equipped with everything country music fans love about the genre.” – Cowboys & Indians
 
“Like going back through a time warp to 1977.” – The Boot
 
“All vibe … raw and real.” – Guitar World
 
“Gerdes has that low rumbling growl of a voice that, coupled with his songs and their arrangements, can’t help but bring that Outlaw sound to mind.” – Americana UK
 
 
BIOGRAPHY
 
Steeped in the white lines, black tar and diesel smoke of the American highway, Tough As Nails—the latest LP from Craig Gerdes—is raw and real, a document of a road-tested band fast on the rise. Ever since the central-Illinois songwriter released his lauded 2018 debut LP, Smokin’ Drinkin’ & Gamblin’, he’s been on tour almost constantly, playing upwards of 150 shows per year, including opening slots and festival support for top country and Americana artists from Tyler Childers and Paul Cauthen to Jamey Johnson and Cody Jinks, as well as a lengthy run with hard-rocker-turned-country-star Aaron Lewis.
 
“There’s definitely a lot of the road in this record,” says Gerdes, who travels with his band and his wife Janel in the van. “I love moving—that part of traveling where you’re actually rolling down the highway. It’s when we feel most at home. Things are just different—your sleep patterns and your mindset change. But the thing I love the most about being on the road is meeting different forms and facets of people—talking with them and hearing their stories about where they come from and what they do. I find that intriguing. So there’s a lot of that in this record, too. The title track and the album, when you boil ‘em down—that’s what it’s about. We wanted to speak to the people.”
 
For Tough As Nails, Gerdes and his road band—lead guitarist Jake Baxter, bassist Britton Wood and drummer Randy Noy—hit St. Louis’ Native Sound Studio revved up and ready to go, with producer/engineer David Beeman at the helm. Beeman had also worked with Gerdes on 2019 single “Tailgate n’ Tallboys,” a theme song commissioned by the festival of the same name, a six-day, 30+ band country concert, held annually in Peoria, Ill. “Tough as Nails was the first time that I was able to be like, ‘Alright, boys, we’re pulling off the highway and going into the studio for a week,’” Gerdes says. “Capturing the energy of our live performances was crucial to me. So we just went in fresh off the road and banged out the meat and potatoes of it in three days.”
 
The resulting LP—spruced up by Robby “Man of Steel” Turner on steel guitar—reeks of spilled Jack Daniels, truckstops, pool halls and tobacco-stained green rooms. Its second track, a hi-octane, four-on-the-floor cover of Roger Alan Wade’s “If Guitars Were Guns,” acts as a manifesto for Tough As Nails, a record that packs more grit and wallop than most of its country contemporaries: “I play country music in my little cabin home in the hood, I play rock & roll because it makes me feel good / I play them ol’ blues to take a load off my mind, I play what I please, out of tune and out of time.”
 
As with any artist worth his salt, Gerdes’ sound has been evolving since the last record. Smokin’ Drinkin’ and Gamblin’—anchored by Nashville pedal-steel icon Jim Vest—was deeply indebted to the ’70s country on which Gerdes was raised. But with Tough as Nails, he and his band just “let it all go.” “We approached it like we would a live performance,” Gerdes says. “I didn’t put no reins on it or nothing like that. I just let it evolve into what it became. It’s a mixture of all my different influences. With country music, the way I see it, it’s a melting pot: rock & roll, Southern rock, rockabilly, the blues—it all goes in there.”
 
The new album’s rock & roll leanings make sense when you consider the influences of the lineup that has solidified as Gerdes’ backing band. Baxter, now in his 20s, has been playing guitar with Gerdes since he was a 16-year-old worshipping at the altar of Jimmy Page, Keith Richards and Duane Allman. And it’s a similar story with drummer Randy Noy. “Ottawa, Ill., the part of the state Randy’s from, is pretty blue collar, pretty rock & roll,” Gerdes says. “He didn’t really know much about country music when he joined the band. His biggest influence is John Bonham, which is cool because I always wanted that kick, that drive to my sound. When we started playing together, I was like, ‘Don’t hold back just because you think we’re playing country. Play them drums like they owe you money, brother.’ We were able to capture that kind of energy on the new record.”
 
Sit with him for five minutes and you’ll know that Gerdes is a natural-born storyteller. Really, Tough as Nails is a documentary in album form. It deals with real people, real places and real struggles, collected along the Interstate as Gerdes and his band play an endless parade of one-night stands. The record is about family, community, honesty, tragedy, travel, the fleeting nature of existence, even silent visitations from the ghosts of our loved ones. Above all, though, Tough as Nails confronts the elusiveness of the American Dream in the 21st century, giving voice to the plight of the working poor, brought to life by an ex-steel worker from Pennsylvania, an out-of-work coal miner from Alabama, a suicidal veteran wrestling with PTSD in rural Ohio, and a teenage girl from god knows where trying to shake herself free from the grip of heroin. Track after track, it’s a testament to fighting for your ideals, taking your blows and doing your damnedest to press on in the face of adversity.
 
“All the stories in these songs are true,” Gerdes says. “It’s about the people. I wanted the album to speak directly to them, to things they’ve gone through. In my mindset, country music has got to be real.”
 
Two years ago, with this same spirit of authenticity and connection in mind, Gerdes launched a weekly, hour-long Facebook live series called The Gatherin’. “Janel had the idea that we could reach people who couldn’t make it to my shows,” he says. “We do it every Tuesday night—either from the road, or at home in my garage, interacting with people as we go. I play songs, they make requests, but most importantly, there’s a back and forth. We talk about what’s going on in their lives. And we try to help in any way we can.”
 
Gerdes refers to the people who tune in regularly not as fans, but kinfolk. Many of them have started to identify as “The Gatherin’ Family.” Through this community, lasting friendships have been made, with Gerdes and Janel, the band members, and with each other. “Life can be tough and we all need each other,” Gerdes says. “Music is a great vehicle for that. If that’s a way we can bring people together, that’s what we’re gonna do—make a difference in their lives through the music, and bring them together around a common passion. And the more they’re together, the more they find out just how much they have in common.”
 
Craig Gerdes’ Tough as Nails is out April 24.

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Vents Magazine interviews country singer Craig Gerdes about his new single, forthcoming album Tough As Nails, and the life of a road-dog stuck in quarantine

Steeped in the white lines, black tar and diesel smoke of the American highway, Tough As Nails—the latest LP from Craig Gerdes—is raw and real, a document of a road-tested band fast on the rise. Ever since the central-Illinois songwriter released his lauded 2018 debut LP, Smokin’ Drinkin’ & Gamblin’—and right up until the current pandemic—he’s been on tour almost constantly, playing upwards of 150 shows per year, including opening slots and festival support for top country and Americana artists from Tyler Childers and Paul Cauthen to Jamey Johnson and Cody Jinks, as well as a lengthy run with hard-rocker-turned-country-star Aaron Lewis.
 
Sit with him for five minutes and you’ll know that Gerdes is a natural-born storyteller. Really, Tough as Nails (out April 24) is a documentary in album form. It deals with real people, real places and real struggles, collected along the interstate as Gerdes and his band played an endless parade of one-night stands. New single “Pennies, Feather and Dimes,” premiering today at Vents, was written as a tribute to our departed ancestors, family and friends. READ MORE…

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Glide Magazine debuts NEW single from Margaret Chavez, “Honeysuckles,” calling it “intimate and dreamy.”

Today Glide is excited to premiere “Honeysuckles,” a poignant narrative in which he assumes his mother’s point-of-view during her most harrowing moments. With its intimate and dreamy acoustic styling, the song is one of the album’s strongest showcases for Striplin’s voice and songwriting as well as his intense focus on sonic detail. 

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