“Out in the Parkin’ Lot” now in heavy rotation on SiriusXM’s Bluegrass Junction

1. Innovative Bluegrass Band Shotgun Holler recently
released “Out in the Parkin’ Lot,” via Dry Lightening
Records, off their latest album Loaded
“Out in the Parkin’ Lot” now in heavy rotation on SiriusXM’s Bluegrass Junction
Booneville, KY, October 02, 2015 — The guys in Shotgun Holler aren’t given to sporting retro-rustic
looks featuring suspenders, vests or bowler derbies. They feel no need to dress a part; that’s for
actors. As soon as these five players start plucking their instruments and merging their voices in
close harmony, they provide all the evidence necessary to establish their bluegrass bona-fides.
Besides, as they make clear on their debut album, Loaded, they like to go where tradition meets
authenticity — and jump right over that intersection to head in their own direction. Releasing
Sept. 18 on Lonesome Day Records’ new Dry Lightning imprint (with Sony RED distribution), the
album is already earning serious attention. SiriusXM’s Bluegrass Junction has been spinning
Shotgun Holler’s version of the Guy Clark/Darrell Scott tune “Out in the Parkin’ Lot,” an ode to
what goes on outside those honky-tonks, in heavy rotation since June. Since the beginning of
September, the band has joined program director/host Kyle Cantrell in the studio for a “track by
track” discussion, which started airing on September 25th, several times a week.
“Shotgun Holler is bringing bluegrass a freshness I haven't heard in a long time,” says Cantrell.
”This is the sound that will help take the music to the next level.”
In July, they appeared on CMT’s Josh Wolf Show, where they delivered a masterful rendition of the
“guilty pleasure” song: Miley Cyrus’ “Wrecking Ball.” The fact that their version of the pop hit
brought a totally new dynamic to the original speaks to the depth of this band’s talent — not to
mention their propensity for tweaking conventional notions of bluegrass while having a little fun.
As for those “bona-fides,” this band’s got too many to list. Mandolinist Shawn Brock, born and
raised in the Appalachian hills of Harlan County, Ky., has performed with some of the top names in
country and bluegrass. He’s also a jazz player. His Shotgun Holler co-founder, guitarist/lead
vocalist Matt Jones, is an Indiana native who grew up hanging out with, and learning from, many

2. bluegrass greats. They’re supported by bassist/harmony vocalist Rod Lunger (another
Kentuckian), banjo player Nathan Treadway (an Indiana farm boy) and fiddler/harmony vocalist
Alex Benefiel (an Indiana state fiddling champion).
With producer Jim Van Cleve, they’ve crafted a knockout inaugural that is indeed loaded. On three
Jones-penned originals (“I've Got Ramblin’ On My Mind,” “Miners Grave” and “One Lone Tree”) and
eight other carefully chosen snapshots of life, they enter rich emotional territory, bringing to life
an array of all-too-real characters: truckers, coal diggers, dirt farmers, men facing assembly-line
futures … some of whom go off to serve their country — or serve time. The band gets poignant in
the waltz-tempo “This Side of the Grass,” a heart-tugging tale of a mourning husband and father,
and “One Lone Tree,” reflects on a life that didn’t end up as glamorous as it once looked from a
simple Kentucky home.
In songs such as Son Volt’s “Methamphetamine,” Jason Isbell’s “Relatively Easy,” “Clovis Johnson’s
Old Red GMC” and the ever-evolving classic, “My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It,” they sing of addicts,
suicides, moonshine-making reprobates and lonely, hooker-loving men with regrets. Oh, and
romancing one moonshine-maker’s daughter. You’ve gotta have a love song, after all even if the
title does reference a truck.
With the release of Loaded, Shotgun Holler is ready to fire away.
Loaded track list
“Out In The Parkin' Lot”
“I Hope Heaven Has a Holler”
“My Bucket's Got A Hole In It”
“Methamphetamine”
“Clovis Johnson's Old Red GMC”
“Relatively Easy”
“I've Got Ramblin On My Mind”
“This Side Of The Grass”
“Miners Grave”
“One Lone Tree”
“I Should Have Started Yesterday”
Shotgun Holler on tour
October 17 – Proud Mary Honky Tonk BBQ, Lexington, KY
October 31 – VFW Post 1108, Richmond, IN
November 27 – Roberts Park, Connersville, IN
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3. About Dry Lightning Records
Dry Lightning Records was established to give a broader range of Lonesome Day Records artists
their own home while allowing the original label to continue building on its 12-year history in the
bluegrass market Founder Randall Deaton now puts as much passion and energy into Dry
Lightning Records as he still devotes to the label he founded in 2002. In partnership with
Sony/RED Distribution, the label also includes the critically acclaimed acts Girls Guns and Glory
and Sarah Borges. Both Dry Lightning and Lonesome Day, incidentally, take their names from the
titles of Bruce Springsteen songs.
Contact:
Chip Schutzman
Miles High Productions
PO Box 93157
Hollywood CA 90093
323-806-0400
chip@mileshighproductions.com
http://www.mileshighproductions.com
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