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Randy Houser is a man refreshed. I dont know how it happened, but everything in my life has started lining up, says the Lake, Mississippi native. I must have done somebody right in the past.
Housers own past contains no shortage of achievement, including multiple nominations for ACM and CMA Awards, a #2 single in the form of Boots On, and songwriting credits for major names such as Trace Adkins, Justin Moore and Chris Young. In 2008mere months after the release of his debut single, Anything GoesHouser was even asked by David Letterman himself to appear on the Late Show. The singers first full-length, Anything Goes, came out later that year, followed in 2010 by They Call Me Cadillac.
And yet despite this early success, Houser now admits that he wasnt truly happy. It seemed like professionally things werent as great as they could be, and that was part of it, he says. But the biggest thing was not having a homebase. I needed an anchor. He found one last year when he married his wife, Jessa. All of a sudden it was like I had this piece that had been missing, he says with audible gratitude. Another pieceson West Yantz Houserarrived this past spring, as did a crisp new look and a pact with Stoney Creek Records.
Everybody there feels like part of my family, Houser says of the independent imprint, where he happily signed following a long stretch of intensive touring. (How intensive? Think 150 shows a year.) You walk in the door and everybody seems really happy with their job; theres no strife in the air. Thats really important for me to have right now. Its comforting.
Those positive vibes ripple through How Country Feels, the sparkling first single from Housers upcoming Stoney Creek debut, which hes currently cutting with producer Derek George, a fellow Mississippian Housers been wanting to work with for a decade. It was the obvious choice for a leadoff, Houser says of How Country Feels. It caught my ear the first time I heard itlike, I wanna hear that again.
Other new tracks echo the singles sunny self-assurance, including Were Just Growing Younger and Along for the Ride, which Houser co-wrote with Zac Brown. We were playing a festival and I just had this song rolling around in my head, Houser remembers of the latter. I stayed up till about 5 in the morning but then got stuck. So I called up Zac and we went on his bus and knocked it out of the park.
There is contemplation, too: Like a Cowboy is about me coming home for a few days, then having to leave again, Houser says, while Route 3 Box 250D provides an intimate snapshot of the singers upbringing. That ones kind of hard to listen to, he admits. It hits almost too close to home.
As for the albums sound, Houser says its shaping up as his most expansive outing yet, with more bells and whistles than hes used in the past; it also showcases the remarkable voice that led Vince Gill to call Houser one of the best in the new crop of country singer-songwriters and caused his pal Jamey Johnson to say, I watched a blind man jump to his feet and drop his crutches the first time he heard Randy Houser sing.
Still, the heart of the albumof Housers entire outlook right nowremains the story of a man whos moved through darkness into light. I feel like Ive reached such a special moment, he says, and its a true pleasure to hear him inside it.
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Housers own past contains no shortage of achievement, including multiple nominations for ACM and CMA Awards, a #2 single in the form of Boots On, and songwriting credits for major names such as Trace Adkins, Justin Moore and Chris Young. In 2008mere months after the release of his debut single, Anything GoesHouser was even asked by David Letterman himself to appear on the Late Show. The singers first full-length, Anything Goes, came out later that year, followed in 2010 by They Call Me Cadillac.
And yet despite this early success, Houser now admits that he wasnt truly happy. It seemed like professionally things werent as great as they could be, and that was part of it, he says. But the biggest thing was not having a homebase. I needed an anchor. He found one last year when he married his wife, Jessa. All of a sudden it was like I had this piece that had been missing, he says with audible gratitude. Another pieceson West Yantz Houserarrived this past spring, as did a crisp new look and a pact with Stoney Creek Records.
Everybody there feels like part of my family, Houser says of the independent imprint, where he happily signed following a long stretch of intensive touring. (How intensive? Think 150 shows a year.) You walk in the door and everybody seems really happy with their job; theres no strife in the air. Thats really important for me to have right now. Its comforting.
Those positive vibes ripple through How Country Feels, the sparkling first single from Housers upcoming Stoney Creek debut, which hes currently cutting with producer Derek George, a fellow Mississippian Housers been wanting to work with for a decade. It was the obvious choice for a leadoff, Houser says of How Country Feels. It caught my ear the first time I heard itlike, I wanna hear that again.
Other new tracks echo the singles sunny self-assurance, including Were Just Growing Younger and Along for the Ride, which Houser co-wrote with Zac Brown. We were playing a festival and I just had this song rolling around in my head, Houser remembers of the latter. I stayed up till about 5 in the morning but then got stuck. So I called up Zac and we went on his bus and knocked it out of the park.
There is contemplation, too: Like a Cowboy is about me coming home for a few days, then having to leave again, Houser says, while Route 3 Box 250D provides an intimate snapshot of the singers upbringing. That ones kind of hard to listen to, he admits. It hits almost too close to home.
As for the albums sound, Houser says its shaping up as his most expansive outing yet, with more bells and whistles than hes used in the past; it also showcases the remarkable voice that led Vince Gill to call Houser one of the best in the new crop of country singer-songwriters and caused his pal Jamey Johnson to say, I watched a blind man jump to his feet and drop his crutches the first time he heard Randy Houser sing.
Still, the heart of the albumof Housers entire outlook right nowremains the story of a man whos moved through darkness into light. I feel like Ive reached such a special moment, he says, and its a true pleasure to hear him inside it.
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