Detroit is not known as a bastion of honky-tonk; although at least one other band from Detroit has hit it big time this year and that is Whitey Morgan and the 78′s. While Whitey Morgan goes for the outlaw country style of Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings the duo of Jon Holk and Carrie Shepard (Some Velvet Evening) lean more in the direction of the classic harmony duo sounds of Louvin Brothers, Wagoner/Parton, Twitty/Lynn and Parsons/Harris.
The band’s brand new debut record is called No Law Against Talking. Below are two songs that showcase both the band’s harmony vocals, as well as their sultry, slinky country music. The new record is available here via CD Baby; if you love the sound of real country music and not the mindless, soul stealing pablum that Nashville calls country than support the artists that are making it now and buy this cd.
PS Catch the band tonight:
October 14, 2011
Crazy Wisdom Tea Room 8:30-10:30pm
Ann Arbor, MI
“Shooting The Breeze”