East Nash Grass released “Hill Country Highway,” the final single on its new album. The track follows a road-weary narrator and focuses on the strain of constant travel.
Harry Clark wrote the song, which centers on the emotional cost of touring. The arrangement pairs brisk picking with plainspoken lyrics.
Clark said, “What can I say about this song that hasn’t already been said? I guess anything at all. Have you ever been gone from home a long time with no place to lay your body other than the bed of a thousand truckers? Did you ever take Stacker 3 and smoke a pack of Marlboro Skyline 100’s? Have you ever driven your buddies through the Rocky Mountain high roads, blinded by a whiteout? If you have, I need not say more. I wrote this thing in about 15 minutes after spending hours on another dead-end song that’s long since been forgotten , and with good riddance.”
Based in Madison, Tennessee, East Nash Grass is a Nashville bluegrass band noted for tight ensemble work and an easygoing stage presence.
Author: World Music Central News Room
World music news from the editors at World Music Central