RAY WYLIE HUBBARD & WILLIE NELSON JOIN FORCES TO RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘STONE BLIND HORSES’
4th March 2022
RAY WYLIE HUBBARD unites with WILLIE NELSON for their mellow take on ‘Stone Blind Horses’ (originally released as a solo endeavour on ‘The Ruffian’s Misfortune’), released today as a single, while anticipation builds for RWH’s star-studded new album ‘CO-STARRING TOO’, due for release on 18th March.
Available from 4th March, this version of ‘Stone Blind Horses’ leans into a subdued reflection, with the addition of Willie’s signature vocal, as the pair ponder:
“I been ridin’ stone blind horses
Never seen a reason to believe
Hey sweet Genevieve say a prayer for me
And the wild young cowboys, old drunks, paramours, and thieves.”
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As Lonestar Music Magazine previously observed: “Part prayer, part unrepentant last will and testament, it’s a song for the fallen called ‘Stone Blind Horses’ and it sounds nothing at all like something a ‘22-year-old punk guy’ could ever come close to pulling off. But Hubbard delivers it with the authoritative conviction and gravitas of a battle-tested and world-wizened wayward gypsy/grifter/poet/shaman, because yeah, well … he pretty much is.”
Meanwhile Saving Country Music lauded, “…at first I truly believed it had to be a cover of a hit from a previous era that had been forgotten about. The song feels so classic, yet remains fiercely original, it’s a wonder how it was never written before. […] ‘Stone Blind Horses’ is the perfect forum for his raspy groans to find their sweet spot of emotional expression.”
“When I finished writing ‘Stone Blind Horses’,” Hubbard recollects, “the thought came to me: ‘If Wille were to sing this with me, it would be like getting a nod of approval from the Universe itself.’ I guess I got it. Thanks, Willie.”
Once again, the Oklahoma-born, Texas-dwelling renegade poet delivers his solo-written offering as part of an eclectic new mix that follows teases from Lzzy Hale and John 5 on ‘Naturally Wild’ and ‘Hellbent for Leather’, featuring Steve Earle.
RWH has embraced a world of misfit characters and ordinary circumstances for more than a half century, crossing paths with the most acclaimed and quirky artists of our time. Expanding on 2020’s ‘CO-STARRING’ — the all-star project that included Don Was, Joe Walsh, Ringo Starr, Ronnie Dunn, Peter Rowan, Larkin Poe and Aaron Lee Tasjan, among others — he returns with another benchmark-setting album. For his second rave-up with friends and family, RWH invites Rock & Roll, Country Music and Musicians Hall of Famers; Texas icons, Americana legends and upstarts making their mark, who all recognize the power of RWH’s cosmic snakedance.
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