Willie Watson Willie Watson LP

A founding member of Old Crow Medicine Show, and a staple on the folk and Americana circuit — Willie Watson is no stranger to the stage and to audiences. But this is his first album of original music, aptly self titled, and a bold and confident statement in both song mastery and sonics. This record is about beating the devil. Willie didn't make any specific pact with him, but he had been tangled up with him his whole life. This album is about finding himself free of that devil, and learning to love himself again. It is about no longer leaning on old sounds and old folk singers and the music they made, and instead about learning to express himself freely and without limits. The result is a masterpiece.

"This is the first time in my life I've released a full album of songs that I wrote. When I split from Old Crow, I was really afraid to write songs, so fear held me back for 10 years. I got over that and just did it anyway, and it's a big thing! It's like my first record ever, honestly."

Co-produced with Gabe Witcher (Punch Brothers) and Kenneth Pattingale (Milk Carton Kids), and co written with Morgan Nagler (Phoebe Bridgers, Haim, Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings).