Mr. Jukebox

by Joshua Hedley

Overview

The very title Mr. Jukebox signals that Joshua Hedley's 2018 debut album is a throwback to an older time -- one when jukeboxes were a common sight in the corner bar. Roughly, that would be the '60s, and from its honeyed production to its dollar-bin cover art, that's precisely the era Hedley evokes on this swift 30-minute album. Hedley's fantasia of '60s country is constructed in equal parts from Nashville and Texas: he can kick up some dust on a hardwood honky tonk floor, but the music is given a warm, shiny polish and tight arrangements that recall the heyday of the Music City. If Hedley is sometimes a bit too tidy a singer, that suits the precision tuning of his music. This isn't a casual reconstruction of a bygone era; it's a careful reconstruction of all the attributes of '60s mainstream country. It's pretty irresistible as a sheer time capsule, but Hedley isn't relying just on sonics; he constructs ten sturdy songs that give Mr. Jukebox the foundation to be something more than nostalgia. By exceeding so well in his craft, Hedley makes the old sounds feel new again. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	04/20/2018
Label:	Third Man Records
UPC:	0813547025746
Rank:	89164

Tracks

1. Counting My Tears
2. Mr. Jukebox
3. Weird Thought Thinker
4. Let's Take a Vacation
5. If These Walls Could Talk
6. I Never (Shed a Tear)
7. This Time
8. Don't Waste Your Tears
9. Let Them Talk
10. When You Wish Upon a Star

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Joshua Hedley   Primary Artist,Fiddle,Vocals
Zach Casebolt   Violin
Jordan Lehning   Strings,Vocals (Background)
Jon Radford   Drums,Percussion
Kristen Rogers   Vocals (Background)
Misa Arriaga   Vocals (Background)
Kristin Weber   Violin,Vocals (Background)
Eddie Lange   Guitar,Guitar (Steel)
Cassie Shudak   Viola
Melodie Chase   Cello
Michael Rinne   Bass
Jeff Taylor   Accordion
Skylar Wilson   Triangle,Piano
Jeremy Fetzer   Guitar,Guitar (Baritone)
Micah Hulscher   Piano,Organ
Charlie McCoy   Bass Harmonica,Vibraphone,Harmonica
Bryan Owings   Drums

Technical Credits

Michael Rinne   Tic Tac
Jordan Lehning   Mixing,Producer,Vocal Arrangement
Joshua Hedley   Composer
Jonny Fritz   Composer
Skylar Wilson   Producer,Composer
Jamie Goodsell   Photography
Jeremy Ferguson   Engineer
Sangwook "Sunny" Nam   Mastering
Ned Washington   Composer
Leigh Harline   Composer