‘The Country Side of Paul Carrack Vol 2’ coming soon & single out now!

Following the success of his No: 1 country album on the Official Country Music Charts, ‘The Country Side of Paul Carrack Vol 1’,

Paul Carrack will be releasing the much-anticipated Vol 2 on August 7^th 2016.
Available on CD, LP record and all streaming platforms.

 

Legendary singer/song writer/musician Paul Carrack has a brand new album coming –“The Country Side of Paul Carrack Vol 2” arriving Friday 7 August 2026

 

Following the success of his number One country album ‘The Country Side of Paul Carrack Vol 1’, Paul Carrack will be releasing the much-anticipated VOLUME 2 on August 7th.

Recorded in Nashville with producer Steven Wood and featuring a veritable who’s who of premier Nashville studio musicians, ‘The Country Side of Paul Carrack Vol 2’ features cover versions of 10 classic Country hits including: ‘That’s The Way Love Goes’ (Merle Haggard), ‘Is Anyone Going To San Antone’ (Charley Pride), ‘Before The Next Teardrop Falls’ (Freddy Fender), ‘Old Chunk Of Coal’ (John Anderson), ‘Always On My Mind’ (Willie Nelson) and five other great songs.

Listening link – Soundcloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/eoTmprn8VG0GLBOL5p

Lead off track available from TODAY Fri 19 June

Is Anybody Going To San Antone  : 02:28 – ISRC no: GBDMA2026034 – written by Dave Kirby & Glen Martin – please add to your playlists and programming if your music policy allows. And please watch the video here: https://youtu.be/VBxns6s_wfU

Paul, best known for his soulful blue-eyed vocals on such hits as How Long, Tempted and The Living Years, Carrack continues to explore his versatility and love of all genres of music.

Some UK festival dates coming up + European shows this summer.

Press Release:  “I’ve always wanted to make a country album, and now very pleased to be coming with the second edition.

 

A lot of people detect the influences of soul in my music, but I’ve always loved country aswell. Growing up, I was hungry for any kind of music, but I would listen to people like Chet Atkins, The Everly Brothers, Hank Williams and I particularly loved Ray Charles, who is predominantly known for his soul and jazz stuff, but could also sing great country.

 

I have an older brother, John, and one Christmas we were given toy guitars.  We used to sing along with skiffle, people like Lonnie Donegan and songs like (“Hang Down Your Head”) Tom Dooley. We really loved The Everly Brothers and would try to sing the harmonies. “Cathy’s Clown” was a favourite. Then in the 80s, when I was in a band with Nick Lowe, touring America on the bus we would always have George Jones and Willie Nelson playing, and people like The Osborne Brothers. It just seemed right listening to that when you’re on the road in the USA.

 

Over the years, I’ve done little bits of country on different albums but then out of the blue, a guy from North Carolina emailed me and said:

‘Hi, I’m Steven Wood, I’m a country artist and I’d like to cover your song, “Lighten Up Your Mood”. Would that be OK and if so, would you like to maybe play on it or sing a few lines?’

 

I agreed and he sent me all the files, and on the volume one album, I dubbed on some Hammond organ and sang a few lines, and I think it turned out really well. I told him I’d always wanted to make a country album and he said: ‘Well, why don’t we collaborate on something?’ So, that’s the beginning of the story.

 

We talked a lot about country music and what it means, because it’s such a massive subject. I like the older stuff, the authenticity of it and I didn’t want to pick obscure songs for the sake of it. So on the first album I wanted familiar songs that I’d always loved with an early 60s-70s vibe so, after some very long conversations we chose tracks by people like George Jones, who’s a genius basically, and Merle Haggard, who I love. We even did a Hank Snow song, which is one of my favourites, and one of my grandsons too. And of course, we did some Ray Charles and Hank Williams. The same for Volume 2, with songs from Charley Pride, Freddy Fender, and again more from Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson!

 

On a few tracks, Steven added some perfect Nashville style strings at Starstruck Studios with the Nashville String Machine and the arranger, David Shipps. We knew what we wanted to do. We picked the songs and we did it.

 

I hope you enjoy listening to this new album as much as we enjoyed making it”.

 

Paul Carrack