ENOUGH (EP) by Shawn Nelson and The Good Buds
What's rising Austin, Texas-based singer-songwriter Shawn Nelson to do after making what the Austin Chronicle rated as "one of this year's best country albums" with 2011's SAN JUAN STREET? Just what he's done all along: Sing, play and entertain folks and keep expanding his style, sound and songs plus continue to raise the bar on his work.
He opens the next chapter in his musical journey with ENOUGH, a four-track EP recorded in collaboration with his band The Good Buds: guitarist Will Webster, mandolinist Fletcher Murchison, bassist Joe Beckham and drummer Patrick Herzfeld. It's the organic result of their regular schedule of shows over the last year in Austin and beyond playing a natural blend of styles and influences that has "something to satisfy every music lover," as Texas Music Journal said of SAN JUAN STREET.
On ENOUGH, you also hear the sound of a writer and his musical compatriots making music to not just satisfy themselves but also challenge one another to "catch some different grooves, stretch out and generate some new vibes," as Nelson says of the disc's creation.
The title track is not so much a protest song, though it cites Woody Guthrie, as much as a double-punching expression of exasperation at the forces that divide people rather than unite them. "I don't know if one side is right and the other side is wrong," explains Nelson. "All of us just need to say we're not gonna take this stuff anymore and come up with a new way of doing things. I don't know what the answers are. But I do know that people have had enough of everything." Where that song is an overview of the state of the nation, the track that follows, "Come What May," grew out of an impulse to explain the world to his young son and became a microcosmic statement of his commitment to always fight to be free. "One Day" takes its cue from the beat of reggae and its message of finding redemption. The EP closes with "Yea Ya Right," an infectious celebration of all the music that inspires him like "Robert Earl Keen, Townes Van Zandt, Kernit Ruffins and the Rebirth Brass Band Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson," as the lyrics explain, and so much more.
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Tracklist
| 1. | Enough | 4:16 |
| 2. | Come What May | 4:25 |
| 3. | One Day | 4:21 |
| 4. | Yea Ya Right | 3:36 |
Credits
© 2012 Fonky Tonk Music (BMI) All Rights Reserved
Written by Shawn Nelson
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Shawn Nelson - Vocals & Acoustic Guitar
Fletcher Murchison - Electric Mandolin
Will Webster - Electric Guitar
Patrick Herzfeld - Drums and Harmony Vocals
Joe Beckham - Bass
Graham Wilkinson - Harmony Vocals on "Yea Ya Right"
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Produced & Engineered by Patrick Herzfeld & Joe Beckham
Mixed by Patrick Herzfeld
Recorded at Birdhouse Studios in Austin, TX
Mastered by Jim Wilson
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License
All rights reserved.Tags
Shawn Nelson is a songwriter, musician and singer based in Austin who has been performing and making records for over a decade. The Austin Chronicle named his 2011's San Juan Street "one of the best country albums of the year."
Shawn and the group of string band pickers have recorded a live studio album slated to be released in the Fall of 2016 marking Shawn's 9th independent release.