Stoned Cold Country

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Stoned Cold Country has its share of high points, accounting for roughly a half hour of the album. But that leaves a good forty minutes with little of merit. That weighs heavy enough on the rest of the album that it has no chance, no chance. Heartbreaker. Forthcoming Star-Studded Record Features Covers from Country’s Biggest Stars: Jimmie Allen, Brooks & Dunn, Brothers Osborne, Eric Church, Steve Earle, Elle King, Marcus King, Little Big Town, Ashley McBryde, Maren Morris, Elvie Shane, Koe Wetzel, The War And Treaty, Lainey Wilson & Zac Brown Band The album features vibrant contributions from Jimmie Allen, Brooks & Dunn, Brothers Osborne, Eric Church, Steve Earle, Elle King, Marcus King, Little Big Town, Ashley McBryde, Maren Morris, Shane, Koe Wetzel, The War And Treaty, Lainey Wilson & Zac Brown Band – all of whom inject their own trademark sonic styles into the revered music of the Stones, creating a powerful homage to one of the most enduring, trailblazing and influential bands in the world.

The result became Stoned Cold Country – “A love letter to The Rolling Stones from Nashville,” in Deaton’s own words – and a toast to not only one of the best bands to ever do it, but specifically to their supreme influence on the past and present world of country music. Elvie Shane covers the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil" for Stoned Cold Country". EverettPost.com. January 13, 2023 . Retrieved January 14, 2023. Patton, Alli (March 3, 2023). "Jimmie Allen Drops Blues-Fueled Cover of the Rolling Stones' "Miss You" ". American Songwriter . Retrieved March 16, 2023. Jimmie Allen, Brooks & Dunn, Brothers Osborne, Eric Church, Steve Earle, Elle King, Marcus King, Little Big Town, Ashley McBryde, Maren Morris, Elvie Shane, Koe Wetzel, The War And Treaty, Lainey Wilson & Zac Brown Band Brodsky, Rachel (November 4, 2022). "Ashley McBryde, Maren Morris, Steve Earle, & More Cover Rolling Stones on New Tribute Album". Stereogum . Retrieved November 19, 2022.

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Tribute albums are fairly common in country music. It seems almost like tradition for artists to tip their hats to the legends that came before. What is unique about the genre’s latest tribute collection, Stoned Cold Country, is who they’re honoring. To do so, Deaton had to ensure he had unfettered freedom to make the project he wanted. “Hartwig is one of my dearest friends, and I told him, ‘Listen, I’m getting ready to go deep on this and I need to ask you one question from a business standpoint before I go under here: how many BMG artists do I have to have on the record?’” Deaton recalls. “And he said, ‘Go make the best record you can make. There’s no minimum, there’s no maximum.’” The album ended up with three BMG artists: Wilson, Jimmie Allen and Shane. Broerman, Michael (November 8, 2022). " Stoned Cold Country to Feature Twangy Rolling Stones Covers From Zac Brown Band, Marcus King, More". Live for Live Music . Retrieved November 19, 2022.

In honor of the 60th anniversary of The Rolling Stones, country artists banded together to create a tribute album called Stoned Cold Country, out now. Listen below. Newman, Melinda (February 16, 2023). "Behind the Scenes of Country Music's Rolling Stones Tribute Album with Producer Robert Deaton and BMG's Hartwig Masuch". Billboard . Retrieved March 19, 2023. Rose, Jess (November 2, 2022). "Jimmie Allen, Eric Church + More Hop on Rolling Stones Tribute Album, Stoned Cold Country". Taste of Country . Retrieved December 15, 2022. Elle King has a much more idiosyncratic voice, but it’s not what “Tumbling Dice” needs to get rolling. Maren Morris seems like a good match in theory for “Dead Flowers”— and she’s one of the best country stars we have, God bless her — but she can’t quite make herself into a convincing heroin fiend. (Many, of course, would hold that to her credit.)

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Chua, Jeremy (February 17, 2023). "Lainey Wilson Tributes the Rolling Stones With "You Can't Always Get What You Want" ". Taste of Country . Retrieved February 23, 2023.

Stoned Cold Country – Nashville’s Love Letter to The Rolling Stones – Set to Arrive 17th March 2023 Masuch says BMG’s position is to look at such projects in a comprehensive way. Though there is no official word on a documentary, Deaton says, “there were six or seven cameras on every session that we did,” and Masuch brings up the idea of “maybe turning [the album] into a live event, if possible, at a certain point. It would be [amazing] to have those artists in a big venue, performing their favorite songs, and maybe getting one or two members of [the Rolling Stones] to be around.” Long fascinated by the Stones, and specifically their country roots, Deaton spent the past several years on a specific mission: namely to shine a light on the Stones’ influence not only on Country music at large, but more specifically on some of its most convention-busting contemporary artists. I wanted everybody in the same room together so that they all could feed off of each other and [have] it be as organic and as real as possible,” Deaton says. “Whatever that Stones thing is that they have [whenever] they’re in a room, I wanted to be able to create that and get as close to it as we possibly could.” In honor of the 60th Anniversary of The Rolling Stones, country music is celebrating with a tribute album called Stoned Cold Country. Country artists celebrate the legacy of The Rolling Stones through fourteen distinct covers of some of their greatest hits. The exciting new project is officially out now.

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Others featured on the record include Jimmie Allen, Steve Earle, Marcus King, Little Big Town, Elvie Shane and Koe Wetzel.