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The Country Blues

by Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley

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Ballad of a Well Known Gun 04:47
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Everywhere I Go is a Long Way from Home 03:20
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That's What Leaving's For 03:50
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Pray Enough 03:45
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Leave My Woman Alone 03:28
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I Won't Give Up My Train 05:51
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Biscuits and Gravy 04:39
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Friend of the Devil 06:11
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May You Never Be Alone 04:09
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Willie Jones 03:47
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One Way Out 05:05
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Some things you know are just meant to be, but it was still welcome news for Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley when their debut duo album, Before The Sun Goes Down, earned a nomination for the Best Bluegrass Album GRAMMY. And with the release of their new project, The Country Blues on July 8th, the pair build on the first one’s strengths to take their unique musical conversation to an even higher level. Fun pervades the 11 tracks, even when the subject matter’s as mournful as the post-romance desolation of Hank Williams’ classic “May You Never Be Alone.” It continues through the powerful Sonny Boy Williamson blues shouter, “One Way Out,” the mixed regret and determination of Merle Haggard’s “I Won’t Give Up My Train,” into the grassy dexterity of their original, “Everywhere I Go is a Long Way From Home.” They mix it up with insouciant funk of “Pray Enough,” imported from the Wood Brothers and the southern rock of Charlie Daniels on “Willie Jones.” Then there’s the jazzy tour de force instrumental, “Biscuits And Gravy,” written by Ickes as a kind of tribute to pedal steel master Buddy Emmons and even a nod to the Grateful Dead in “Friend Of The Devil,” a dazzling staple of the duo’s live shows. That organic approach served well as recording sessions with regulars Mike Bub (bass) and John Alvey (drums) and a select handful of instrumental and vocal guests that included the likes of Ron Block, Vince Gill, Aubrey Haynie, Carl Jackson, Shawn Lane, Andy Leftwich, Robinella and John Randall Stewart.

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released July 8, 2016

Produced by Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley
Recorded at Compass Sound Studio, Nashville, TN
Additional recording at Hat Creek Recording Studio, Jonesborough, TN and The Groove Palace, Nashville, TN
Recorded and mixed by Jim Price
Mastered by Randy LeRoy at Airshow Mastering, Takoma Park, MD
Photography by Andrea Behrends | www.andreabehrends.com
Cover illustration by Gray Artus | grayartus@gmail.com
Design by Robert Hakalski | robert@vmdigital.com

Rob Ickes: Dobro, lap steel, baritone vocals on “Everywhere I Go is a Long Way From Home,” “Friend of the Devil”
Trey Hensley: Acoustic and electric guitars, slide guitar on “Ballad of a Well Known Gun”
Mike Bub: Acoustic bass
John Alvey: Drums
Aubrey Haynie: Fiddle on “Everywhere I Go is a Long Way From Home,” “Leave My Woman Alone,” “I Won’t Give Up My Train,” “Biscuits and Gravy,” “Friend of the Devil,” “One Way Out”
Andy Leftwich: Fiddle on “Willie Jones,” “Pray Enough,” “May You Never Be Alone”
Ron Block: Banjo
Shawn Lane: Harmony vocals on “Everywhere I Go is a Long Way From Home,” “Friend of the Devil”
John Randall Stewart: Harmony vocals on “Ballad of a Well Known Gun,” “Pray Enough,” “I Won’t Give Up My Train”
Robinella: Harmony vocals on “Ballad of a Well Known Gun,” “Pray Enough,” “I Won’t Give Up My Train”
Carl Jackson: Harmony vocals on “Willie Jones”
Vince Gill: Harmony vocals on “May You Never Be Alone”

Vince Gill appears courtesy of MCA Nashville

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There are many famous duos in the history of American roots music. In the case of Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley, they cement themselves as legends amongst a long list of iconic duos with their instrumental firepower and virtuosity. Ickes is a 15-time IBMA Dobro Player of the Year and Hensley is a Tennessee-born guitar prodigy. Together they shatter all expectations for their respective instruments. ... more

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