Tag: Trey Hensley

Compass Records has announced a July 8 release date for The Country Blues, the sophomore project from Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley.

Their unique sound is based on Rob’s stunning mastery of the reso-guitar and Trey’s soulful country/bluegrass singing and flatpicking guitar. Their act started as a side project when Rob was still a member of Blue highway, and Trey was working as a country artist, but the attention they received and the music they made convinced them to throw in together full time.

It’s rare for a new pairing like theirs to get such notice right out of the gate, but their debut album, Before The Sun Goes Down, drew a Grammy nomination for Best Bluegrass Album of 2016.

The Country Blues will also feature guest performances by Mike Bub on bass and John Alvey on drums, with additional guest spots from Ron Block, Vince Gill, Aubrey Haynie, Carl Jackson, Shawn Lane, Andy Leftwich, Robinella and John Randall Stewart.

Not too shabby.

Track listing follows:

1. Ballad Of A Well Known Gun 
2. Everywhere I Go is a Long Way from Home
3. That’s What Leaving’s For
4. Pray Enough 
5. Leave My Woman Alone 
6. I Won’t GIve Up My Train
7. Biscuits and Gravy 
8. Friend Of The Devil
9. May You Never Be Alone
10. Willie Jones
11. One Way Out 

You can hear the added confidence from working together this past year or so all over the world in their polished, grass-inflected, alt-country sound. I’m sure Compass will be pushing this to Americana and country broadcasters in short order.

Compass Records has announced January 13, 2015 as the release date for Before The Sun Goes Down, the upcoming CD from Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley.

It’s a fun album, that mixes hard driving bluegrass with classic country based around Trey’s strong voice and flatpicking skills, and Rob’s unquestioned mastery of the resonator slide guitar. This is a full band project, with top Nashville pickers and singers filling the bill.

The track listing includes:

1. Before the Sun Goes Down
2. Lightning
3. I’d Rather Be Gone
4. Georgia on a Fast Train
5. My Way is the Highway
6. Workin’ Man Can’t Get Nowhere Today
7. When My Last Song is Sung
8. Pride and Joy
9. More Than Roses
10. Raisin’ the Dickens
11. Misery
12. Little Cabin on the Hill
13. There Ain’t No Good Chain Gang

Prior to the album release, Rob and Trey have scheduled a brief west coast duo tour in the first half of December.

• 12/4/14 – Royal Room – Seattle, WA
• 12/5/14 – Green Frog – Bellingham, WA
• 12/6/14 – Treehouse – Leavenworth, CA
• 12/7/14 – Little River Inn – Little River, CA
• 12/9/14 – Tallman Hotel – Upper Lake, CA
• 12/11/14 – Don Quixote’s – Felton, CA
• 12/12/14 – Boulevard Music – Culver City, CA
• 12/13/14 – Powerhouse – Del Mar, CA

Trey has recorded previously on his own, and generated a good bit of notice for his participation on the current Blue Highway album, The Game, on which he sings My Last Day In The Mine. His Merle Haggard-inflected country voice is the perfect complement to this coal mining number, and he’s sure to win a whole big bunch of new fans when Before The Sun Goes Down hits in the new year.