The Flower of Muscle Shoals, the debut full-length album from Cahalen Morrison and Country Hammer, is a sparkling country gem from front to back. After releasing several recordings as part of acclaimed old-time duo Cahalen Morrison & Eli West, Morrison has further embraced the country music that shaped his youth. While offering up the comforting sounds of country and western's roots, the album plays more like a new classic than a dusty Nashville relic, glimmers of influence from the days of Hank Williams all the way to Dwight Yoakam pepper the album's twelve tracks. Morrison's commanding vocals steer listeners through the expansive landscape of his songwriting, marked by the subtle, yet striking truths he conveys with poetic ease. The Flower of Muscle Shoals lilts and swings through graceful arrangements of guitars, pedal steel, fiddle, bass and percussion, with a rich texture and genuine approach that is sure to rouse any fan of country and old-time music.

Tracklist:

Nightime Is Here on the Valley
The Flower of Muscle Shoals
Cascabel Valley
Sorrow Lines the Highway of Regret
The Delta Divine
Over and Over and Over Again
I've Won Every Battle, But I've Lost Every War
Our Love Is Like a Hurricane
San Luis 1
Through Your Window 1
Hobbled and Grazing 1
A Daisy in Tennessee

UPC: 877746007118
Label: Free Dirt Records
Release Date: 9.16.14
Format: Vinyl

Cahalen Morrison & Country Hammer - Flower of Muscle Shoals (LP)