Today, Grayson Capps shares his rendition of Gordon Lightfoot's classic "Early Morning Rain" (listen/share here). It's the third and final single released in advance of his forthcoming album, Heartbreak, Misery & Death, due October 25 on Royal Potato Family.
Grayson recorded the collection at Dauphin Street Sound in Mobile, Alabama in a duo format with his longtime guitarist Corky Hughes. The performances are gritty, honest and direct. Among the album's 16 often overlooked, but always classic folk, country and traditional numbers are those by Doc Watson, Jerry Jeff Walker, Leonard Cohen and Randy Newman.
Grayson first heard these songs as a child when his father and his friends would spend Fridays and Saturdays playing records, strumming acoustic guitars and singing songs until sunrise. They'd catalyze Grayson's love for music at a young age, while informing the Southern Gothic vernacular that he’d go onto so eloquently explore and reimagine in his own body of work.
As Grayson explains: "I grew up with music, whether hearing Fred Stokes, Bobby Long and my dad, Ronnie Capps, singing around the house on Fridays and Saturdays, or listening to vinyl records in the den, my youth seemed to always be surrounded with music."
Heartbreak, Misery & Death's first two singles, "Moody River" (listen/share here) and "Columbus Stockade Blues" (listen/share here) are also out now.
Grayson kicked off a European tour last night in Germany. See all upcoming tour dates below.
Track Listing:
1. Wake Up Little Maggie
2. Columbus Stockade Blues
3. Barbara Allen
4. Moody River
5. Today
6. Early Morning Rain
7. Guilty
8. Stoney
9. I Really Don’t Want to Know
10. Old Maid’s Lament
11. Louise
12. St. James Hospital
13. Alberta
14. Wreck on the Highway
15. Hallelujah
16. Copper Kettle
Pre-order on 180-Gram Vinyl, CD, and Digital is available HERE.
GRAYSON CAPPS
Tour Dates
10/8 - Norderstedt, DE - Music Star
10/9 - Norderstedt, DE - Music Star
10/10 - Eppstein, DE - Wunderbar Weite
10/11 - Worms, DE - Die Funzel
10/13 - De Kooy, NL - Holland Amerika Line Festival
10/15 - Leiden, NL - Q-bus
10/16 - Eindhoven, NL - Café 't Rozenknopje
10/17 - Nijmegen, NL - Thiemeloods
10/18 - Nieuw- en Sint Joosland - Theater de Wegwijzer
10/19 - Utrecht, NL - Ramblin Roots Festival
10/20 - Oldenzaal, NL - Cobblestone Club
10/26 - Brewton, AL - Cold Moon Festival
10/27 - Silverhill, AL - Frog Pond Sunday Social
11/2 - Fairhope, AL - Johnny Mac's
11/3 - Silverhill, AL - Frog Pond Sunday Social
11/10 - Silverhill, AL - Frog Pond Sunday Social
11/14 - St. Augustine, FL - Cafe Eleven
11/15 - St. Petersburg, FL - Noisemaker
11/16 - Palmetto, FL - Waypoint Bar
11/18 - Fairhope, AL - Page & Palette
11/21 - New Orleans, LA - Chickie Wah Wah
11/24 - Silverhill, AL - Frog Pond Sunday Social
11/20 - Ocean Springs, MS - The Shed BBQ
12/1 - Silverhill, AL - Frog Pond Sunday Social
12/15 - Silverhill, AL - Frog Pond Sunday Social
2/1 - Decatur, GA - Eddie’s Attic
