Here’s news of a new release from Coal Records.
Scott Holstein found himself, in the Spring of 2009, making a move to the “Music City” Nashville, Tn. After years of road gigs and paying his dues along side the “Legends” of the music business. He felt he had enough under his hat to focus on his own recording career. As a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who’s silent career had mostly consisted on others music endeavours, he kept busy as a “sideman” and “frontman” through the years but Holstein had his own bigger picture in mind. He was encouraged to make the move from industry professional and Grammy Award winning Producer/Engineer/Musician Randy Kohrs after the two met at a festival near Macon Georgia. Randy Kohrs was producing great Bluegrass records and recording on hit sessions from Tom T. Hall, Dolly Parton and Dierks Bentley to Hank Williams III, Sam Bush and Mountain Heart, to name a few. It was engineered by Mike Latterell and all tracked in one rainy-night session. An original album was in the making and Holstein sure had some stories to tell.
Scott Holstein, who grew up in the back hollows and hills of Appalachia, is no stranger to life in a “Cold Coal Town” and it mirrors in his music. Perhaps his lyrical visions come from family history. His Grandfather after serving in World War 1, came home to find another war to fight- in the coal fields. In 1921″ The Battle of Blair Mountain” found nearly 10,000 miners taking up arms against the clutches of tyrant Coal Companies. The miners tied red bandannas around their necks to show solidarity -hence the true meaning of “Redneck”.
Holstein had several original albums to record and a sound all his own . He was looking for a producer with the same vision for the music as he had. Randy Kohrs would put together Nashville’s Acoustic Elite to start the first recordings – Cold Coal Town –
The Bluegrass Sessions Vol.1 was born. These recordings would mark the beginning of a legacy for Scott Holstein and his “Original” music!
Scott Holstein, who grew up in the back hollows and hills of Appalachia is no stranger to life in a “Cold Coal Town” and it mirrors in his music. Perhaps his lyrical visions come from family history. His Grandfather after serving in World War 1, came home to find another war to fight- in the coal fields. In 1921″ The Battle of Blair Mountain” found nearly 10,000 miners taking up arms against the clutches of tyrant Coal Companies. The miners tied red bandannas around their necks to show solidarity -hence the true meaning of “Redneck”.
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