Ketch Secor has shared his new single “Catch Me If You Can,” the next offering from his debut solo album Story The Crow Told Me, out July 11 on Equal Housing Records via Firebird Music. Featuring Old Crow alums Critter Fuqua and Willie Watson on backing vocals, the song grapples with the life of a hard-touring musician and arrives with a music video co-starring singer-songwriter Gowa Gibbs.
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About the new song, Secor says: “Twenty-seven years ago when I started Old Crow I couldn’t have imagined how people I loved could ever turn into people I once loved. But so are the highs and lows of life on the road in a band. The conditions are right for a few things to thrive and a few more to falter, and ultimately fail. Friendships, allegiances, marriages, these are often the casualties of a life like the one I chose and yet I can’t go back and make it any different, nor would I.”
He continues, “Ever since I was young, people have inevitably made a pun with my name. From Catcher In The Rye to Heinz vs. Huntz, I tell ya life ain’t easy for a boy named Ketcham. One phrase I always heard was ‘Catch Me if You Can.’ Well, last spring when I was going through this catharsis of playing back the hands of time in the proverbial rearview mirror, I sat down with Jody Stevens and wrote this song in a short bittersweet burst. I wanted to explore the feeling of sacrifice that it takes to love someone like me. Someone who probably is going to miss your birthday party because I’m going to be playing a show in Newfoundland, Newark, New Orleans, or Newport News. I hope it was worth it.”
“Catch Me If You Can” follows the “gritty” (Rolling Stone) lead single “Dickerson Road,” a tribute to East Nashville’s boulevard of broken dreams featuring guitar from The Cadillac Three’s Jaren Johnston. Recorded at his own Hartland Studios and co-written/produced with Jody Stevens (Luke Bryan, Jake Owens), Story The Crow Told Me finds Secor reflecting on a quarter century spent in Music City and beyond with an album that is equal parts coming-of-age story, road-warrior autobiography, and love letter to the city that watched him grow into a man.
In addition to appearances from Fuqua and Watson, the album also features cameos from Molly Tuttle and Marty Stuart, as well as poignant samples from Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash. With these 12 songs, Secor showcases the full range of his musical talents – playing nearly a dozen instruments across the album and co-writing every track. Skilled in reinterpreting the sounds of the past for today’s audience, he sets the past 25 years of his music-making life to a new soundtrack.
In between Old Crow Medicine Show tour dates, Secor will hit the road for his solo Story The Crow Told Me Tour this July, before jumping on the Railroad Revival Tour with Mumford & Sons and Friends in August as a member of the “house band” along with Celisse, Chris Thile, Leif Vollebekk, Lucius, Madison Cunningham, Nathaniel Rateliff and Trombone Shorty. Find a full list of dates below or visit his website.
Ketch Secor is a wheel-spinning multitasker whose recent projects include TEDx Talks, online variety shows, documentaries like Ken Burns’ Country Music (where he served as a consultant and interviewee) and Louder Than Guns (which he co-produced with Doug Pray and David Greene), a children’s book, a stage musical, and even the launch of a primary school in Nashville. His two-time GRAMMY-winning band Old Crow Medicine Show just celebrated their 25-year anniversary with the GRAMMY-nominated album Jubilee and the first-ever vinyl release of their debut album O.C.M.S., remastered by producer David Rawlings.
Story The Crow Told Me Tracklist
1. Busker’s Spell
2. Talkin’ Doc Blues
3. Ghost Train
4. Dickerson Road
5. Old Man River
6. Catch Me If You Can
7. Highland Rim (feat. Marty Stuart)
8. Junkin’
9. On The Wall
10. Thanks Again
11. Holes In The Wall
12. What Nashville Was
Ketch Secor: Story The Crow Told Me Tour dates:
July 8 – Nashville, TN @ Station Inn
July 29 – Chicago, IL @ Garcia’s Chicago
July 30 – Ann Arbor, MI @ The Ark
July 31 – Owensboro, KY @ Bluegrass Hall of Fame & Museum
Railroad Revival Tour with Mumford & Sons and Friends (House Band):
August 3 – New Orleans, LA @ Woldenburg Park
August 4 – Spartanburg, SC @ Piedmont Fairgrounds
August 5 – Richmond, VA @ Allianz Amphitheater at Riverfront
August 7 – Essex Junction, VT @ Champlain Valley Exposition Center
Old Crow Medicine Show tour dates:
June 6 – Nashville, TN @ Grand Ole Opry
June 7 – Nashville, TN @ Grand Ole Opry
June 19 – St. John’s, NL @ Iceberg Alley Performance Tent
July 10 – Wausau, WI @ The Grand Theater
July 11 – Waite Park, MN @ The Ledge Amphitheater (Supporting Turnpike Troubadours)
July 12 – Wisconsin Dells, WI @ Crystal Grand Music Theatre
July 13 – Bayfield, WI @ Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua
July 17 – Greenville, SC @ Peace Center Concert Hall
July 18 – Farmington, PA @ Timber Rock Amphitheater
July 19 – Bristol, VA @ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – Bristol
July 20 – Pelham, TN @ The Caverns
August 15 – Des Moines, IA @ Iowa State Fair
August 16 – Ridgedale, MO @ Thunder Ridge Nature Arena (Supporting Hank Williams Jr.)
August 22 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center (Supporting Hank Williams Jr.)
August 23 – Little Rock, AR @ The Hall
August 28 – Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed (Supporting Turnpike Troubadours)
August 30 – Union Hall, VA @ The Coves Amphitheater
August 31 – Paintsville, KY @ Alley Fest Music Festival
September 12–13 – Saanen, Switzerland @ Gstaad Festival
September 26 – Chesterfield, MO @ The Factory (Supporting Turnpike Troubadours)
October 9 – Kalispell, MT @ Wachholz College Center
October 10 – Bozeman, MT @ The ELM
October 11 – Billings, MT @ The Pub Station
October 12 – Rapid City, SD @ The Monument
October 23 – Charlottesville, VA @ Ting Pavilion
October 24 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Sandler Center for the Performing Arts
December 30 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
December 31 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
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