SINGLE RELEASE
SHAWN LANE & RICHARD BENNETT
“Grey Wind”
DESCRIPTION:
Critically-acclaimed musicians Shawn Lane (of Blue Highway) and Richard Bennett are back in the studio working on another anticipated duet project set for release in 2023. When both worlds collide, the result is an acoustic, jam-type style feel. That’s especially the case with their new single, “Grey Wind.”
“I was going through a rough patch and was talking to my brother about it,” explains Shawn Lane. “He told me ‘you know, it can only rain so long’ – this song just fell out of the sky on me one day.”
Written solely by Lane, the song offers an optimistic message about life and how things always get better. In addition to powerful lead vocals from Lane, it’s accompanied by the fast-paced guitar picking of Bennett who also provides harmony vocals. It’s reminiscent of their previous EP Land and Harbor. Released in early 2019, it marked their first music venture together after co-writing for years. It proved to be an overwhelming success, especially with the lead single “Shady Grove.”
Prior to releasing music together, both Shawn Lane and Richard Bennett have both carved out their own paths in the Bluegrass, American and Roots genres. Over the years he’s also shared the stage with the likes of music legends Ricky Skaggs and Doyle Lawson. On the other end, Bennett was a member of JD Crowe and the New South, while also performing on the legendary Grand Ole Opry multiple times with Bobby Osborne.
KEY SELLING POINTS
- Shawn Lane and Richard Bennett have a combined five Grammy nominations while also penning multiple No. 1 hits between the two of them.
- Shawn Lane is a 28-time IBMA Award winner with Blue Highway.
- Lane is also a respected songwriter and was nominated as 2015 IBMA Songwriter of the Year, penning such iconic songs as The Game, Sycamore Hollow, and Tears Fell on Missouri.
- Lane played in the bands of both Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver prior to becoming a founding member of Blue Highway in 1994.
- Bennett appeared on J.D.Crowe's 1995 album "Flashback," which was nominated for two GRAMMY Awards.
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