In the midst of a global pandemic, John Hiatt walked into Historic RCA Studio B and opened up a lifetime full of leftover feelings. A half-century ago, Hiatt lived in a ratty, $15-a-week room on Nashville’s 16th Avenue, less than a mile away from the RCA and Columbia studios that were the heartbeat of what had come to be known as “Music Row.” In the ensuing 50 years, he went from a scuffling young buck to a celebrated grand master of song.
With Leftover Feelings, Hiatt teamed up with multi-grammy winning artist and producer, Jerry Douglas and his band, The Jerry Douglas Band. There’s no drummer, yet these grooves are deep and true. And while the up-tempo songs are, as ever, filled with delightful internal rhyme and sly aggression, the Jerry Douglas Band’s empathetic musicianship nudges Hiatt to performances that are startlingly vulnerable.
In life, leftover feelings can remain unresolved, no matter how often explored. Explicated in a place of history, a place of comfort. A sacred place, if you believe the documentation of human expression to be a holy thing. Here then, with this album, there is a meeting of bruised and triumphant American giants. Here are Hiatt and Douglas, creating the meant-to-be: Love songs and road songs, sly songs and hurt songs. Their songs, and now our songs. Leftover feelings that edify and sustain.
released May 21, 2021
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John Hiatt: Guitar and Vocals
Jerry Douglas: Dobro, Lap Steel, and Background Vocals
Daniel Kimbro: Bass, Tic-Tac Bass and String Arrangements
Mike Seal: Acoustic and Electric Guitars
Christian Sedelmyer: Violin and String Arrangements
Carmella Ramsey: Background Vocals
Jerry Douglas appears courtesy of Rounder Records
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All songs written by John Hiatt
So Not That Music (BMI) Administered by Songs of Kobalt
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Produced by Jerry Douglas
Recorded and Mixed by Sean William Sullivan
Mixing Assistance by Neal Cappellino
Recorded at RCA Studio B and The Squirrel Nest in Nashville, TN
Mixed at The Doghouse in Nashville, TN
Mastered by Paul Blakemore
Management by Ken Levitan for John Hiatt and Brian Penix for Jerry Douglas at Vector Management
Booking by ICM Partners for John Hiatt and High Road Touring for Jerry Douglas
Photography: Patrick Sheehan
Art Direction and Design: Jordan Fann and LaRon Stewart
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John Hiatt would like to thank: My wife, family and friends. Ken Levitan and Vector, Rob Prinz and all at ICM, Jay Wright, Nikki Wheeler, Brandon Zmigrocki, Everyone at New West Records, All at FBMM, Wes Dooley at AEA. A very special thanks to Jerry Douglas. And thanks to all for listening over the years
Jerry Douglas would like to thank: Jill, Ken Levitan and Brian Penix at Vector Management, Paul Beard at Beard Guitars, Jason DuMont, Jeff Hanna, Lagan Sebert, D’Addario Strings, Donnie Wade at Fender Guitars, Tom Spaulding at Fishman Electronics, Brian Jonas and Frank Riley at High Road Touring, and Modern Music Masters.
A very special thanks to Kyle Young, Peter Cooper, Justin Croft, and everyone at The Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum and RCA Studio B.
www.johnhiatt.com
www.jerrydouglas.com
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