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LISTEN: Trigger Hippy, “Full Circle & Then Some”

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Artist: Trigger Hippy
Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee
Song: “Full Circle & Then Some”
Album: Full Circle & Then Some
Release Date: October 11, 2019
Label: Turkey Grass Records/Thirty Tigers

In Their Words: “‘Full Circle & Then Some’ was one of the the first tunes we had for the album. Nick [Govrik, bassist/vocalist] brought it in, and we all thought of it as a great rock ‘n’ roll tune about a relationship that’s been around the bend but managed to survive. But as the album came into shape and focus, the song took on a meaning about Trigger Hippy as well. Nick and I have been chasing this idea for over a decade, through and awful lot of starts and stops. The completed album felt like a new beginning to a long standing vision, and the song seemed to perfectly encapsulate all of that. I’m generally opposed to naming an album after a particular track, but in this case, it made perfect sense. But far more important that any of that, the song just rocks and rolls and makes me feel good.” — Steve Gorman

Photo credit: Scott Wills

LISTEN: Jackie Greene, ‘Motorhome’

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On his upcoming Yep Roc Records debut, Back to Birth, singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Jackie Greene gets back to, well, basics. He strips away pretense and focuses on the songs as a cycle, of sorts, that traces and tracks life as a circular experience rather than a linear one. It's his seventh solo album in the past 15 years, with his last one, Till the Light Comes, dropping in 2010.

"['Motorhome'] was a song I wrote for Levon Helm after the first time I met him some years ago,” Greene says. “Levon was such a hero of mine. I imagined myself driving through the Southeast in a cool vintage Airstream — stopping where I wanted, playing banjo and mandolin at night, sipping Coca-Cola and hanging out with my dog, Charlie. That kind of freedom is intoxicating, so I put it into a song. For some reason, I imagined that might have been the kind of thing Levon would've done in his younger years."

Speaking of hitting the road, Greene is on tour for the majority of the summer. Take a look at his awesome road trip playlist on Spotify, and view his upcoming tour dates right here. Over the weekend, Greene told fans via Facebook that he was quitting the supergroup Trigger Hippy, though the departure is amicable. We wish him the best of luck on all his solo endeavors.

Back to Birth hits the street on August 21 via Yep Roc Records.

Photo by York Wilson.