The musical trio released One Night in Nashville, their 15-song, remixed love letter to the timeless soundtrack of Tennessee (and Las Vegas, if bandmates Trevor Dahl, Matthew Russell and KEVI have anything to say about it).
“I’ve always loved country music. I’ve always loved the way they write songs as storytelling, and it’s so different than any other kind of genre. It’s so picturesque, and you can really imagine what’s happening in every song. It’s just unique in that way,” says Dahl of his history with the genre.
For Russell, annual summer trips to Branson, Missouri, to see Dolly Parton‘s horse show at the Dixie Stampede served as his introduction to country music— an experience that has now come “full circle” with the inclusion of Parton on one of the album’s songs, “Bets on Us.”
“We started this project and we were diving in on what we wanted to do, we had a list of names of people that we would love to work with, and Dolly was at the very top of that list. She’s the queen of country,” says Dahl.
The other country stars rounding out the track list for the record include Mitchell Tenpenny, Russell Dickerson, Jimmie Allen, Lady A, Brett Young, Nate Smith, Matt Stell, Maddie & Tae and Adam Doleac.
And, while choosing favorite songs is often a lot like choosing favorite children (impossible, but really just depends on the day), the boys agree that there is one track in particular that, for all its country charm, might be equal parts at home in Las Vegas’s Zouk Nightclub where the band will kick off a residency in March.
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