Roadhouse poet and renegade guitarist Ray Wylie Hubbard, 73, will release a new album, Co-Starring, on July 10.
The 10-song project features contributions from a number of ââco-stars,â including Ronnie Dunn, Ashley McBryde, Pam Tillis, Ringo Starr, Joe Walsh, Chris Robinson, Don Was, Larkin Poe, Peter Rowan, Aaron Lee Tasjan, The Cadillac Three and more.
Ray Wylie had a hand in writing every song on Co-Starring, which will be his 17th albumâand his first released via a major label, Big Machine Records.
âI have believed in the rule that one should not sing their own praises, but with my new record on Big Machine Records, well Iâm going to have to break that rule,â says Ray Wylie. âCo-Starring has got grit, groove, tone and taste and is so righteously cool that small demons will drool, and little angels will want to line dance.â
Ray Wylieâs motley mix of co-stars is representative of the genre-busting medley of musicâfeaturing elements of country, folk, rock, blues and moreâheâs been making since releasing his first album in the 1970s.
Co-Starring Track List & Songwriters
1.âBad Trickâ feat. Ringo Starr, Don Was, Joe Walsh, Chris Robinson (Ray Wylie Hubbard, Judy Hubbard)
2. âRock Godsâ feat. Aaron Lee Tasjan (Ray Wylie Hubbard)
3. âFast Left Handâ feat. The Cadillac Three (Ray Wylie Hubbard)
4. âMississippi John Hurtâ feat. Pam Tillis (Ray Wylie Hubbard)
5. âDrink Till I See Doubleâ feat. Paula Nelson and Elizabeth Cook (Ray Wylie Hubbard, Ronnie Dunn)
6. âR.O.C.K.â feat. Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown (Ray Wylie Hubbard, Tyler Bryant, Caleb Crosby)
7. âOutlaw Bloodâ feat. Ashley McBryde (Ray Wylie Hubbard)
8. âRattlesnake Shakinâ Womanâ feat. Larkin Poe (Ray Wylie Hubbard)
9. âHummingbirdâ feat. Peter Rowan (Ray Wylie Hubbard)
10. âThe Messengerâ feat. Ronnie Dunn and Pam Tillis (Ray Wylie Hubbard)
photo by Tammie Arroyo, AFF-USA.com