Colt Ford to come to Mill City Nights June 6
For Immediate Release
Friday, June 6 at Mill City Nights
Event Details: Colt Ford
Venue: Mill City Nights
Show Date/Time: Friday, June 6, 2014 at 9pm. Doors open at 8pm. Ages 18+
GA Ticket Prices: $22 ($25 DOS)
Tickets on sale Friday, March 7 at 10am at the Mill City Nights box office, Electric Fetus in
Minneapolis
, Discland in
Bloomington
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Colt Ford is back with his best album ever and all it took was a return to his roots.
I went backwards, Colt says. I went back to Ride Through The Country. Which is not to say Colt simply re-hashed his breakthrough album. Quite the contrary, in fact.
Declaration of
Independence
, released on Colts own Average Joes Entertainment, will no doubt go down as one of the most noteworthy releases this year, which is saying a lot for a man who has already sold nearly a million albums and 3 million downloads. From planting his patriotic flag on the albums first track, "Answer to No One, "and closing the album with a prayer on the poetic, honest, and heartfelt "Angels and Demons," which features a conversation with God, the Athens, Georgia native has covered every human emotion on this record and then some.
Longtime collaborator
Shannon
Fat Shan Houchins handles production duties on the album; all-star producer Dann Huff (Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts) also adds his skills to Colts groundbreaking effort.
In all, Colt wrote or co-wrote 14 of the albums 15 tracks. This album is very real and honest and by far the best record Ive ever made, Colt says with pride. The last two recordsI stand up and cheer for thembut I tried to make a lot of people happy on the last two records and I took the edge off of it. On this record I put the edge back on there.
The former professional golfer and collaborator with Jermaine Dupri is used to adversity, taking country music by storm at a time when Nashville labels deemed him not pretty enough and country radio sees him as too distinct to add to their playlists.
The fact is Colt Ford is hard to categorize is exactly why hes been successful. His fans appreciate his diverse musical talents by the boatloads, as a visit to one of his shows will prove.
Colts list of guest superstars on Declaration of Independence is an impressive one. Jason Aldean, for whom Colt co-wrote the smash Dirt Road Anthem, lends his vocal talents to Drivin Around, while Jake Owen adds his unique spin on Back, the albums first single.
Jason and I tried to do songs on the last two records and we just hadnt found the right song, Colt says of the duet with Jason. As soon as I heard this one I knew it was the right song. Its fun. Its Jason being Jason and me being me.
And while its the lone song on the album Colt didnt writeit was penned by hit tunesmiths Craig Wiseman, Rodney Clawson and Chris Tompkinshe calls Drivin Around a gigantic tune.
Similarly, Colt says he and Jake were just looking for the right song, which they found in Back a very personal song that Colt co-wrote. With a strong hook and powerful verses, the song will make everyone that hears it want to call their mom and dad to talk about growing up.
His collaboration with Darius Rucker on Way Too Early is another of the albums highlights. Ive known D for a while and hes got such a distinctive voice. I thought this song suited him very well, says Colt. The song says it all: Sometimes late comes way too early. Everyone can relate to that. Sometimes things are over way to soon.
Meanwhile, Kix Brooks of Brooks & Dunn fame guests on All In and label mates Montgomery Gentry add their distinctive gusto to Aint Out Of The Woods. Thats as country honky tonk as you can possibly get, Colt says of the former tune.
colt bio2Those familiar with Colts lotta-fun-legacy shouldnt be surprised that Declaration of Independence is chock-full of good time anthems and left turns. I hear artists say, Ive got 10 songs and theyre all singles. Well, I dont know if I want to even hear that record, because that shouldnt be the case, Colt contends. If you did 10 songs and theyre all singles you did a whole album of vanilla. I would prefer to have a few different flavors. Just because something isnt designed as a single, doesnt mean its not a great song.
While some may see Colts duet with Wayne Morris of Boyz II Men on Happy In Hell as a strange combination, Colt disagrees. Great songs are great songs, he says. I dont care who sings them. I just like making the coolest songs I can make. At the end of the day Im a country artist 100% through and through, but that dont mean you cant like other music.
For the legion of fans that have seen Colts live showsover 750,000 did in 2011 alonethe edge is what theyve come to expect. In the same way that a superstar athlete leaves everything he has on the field, Colt knows no other way to perform than to be all in. I give it everything Ive got when I go out on stage, he says. Its about the fans. Thats my goal, to reach and touch as many people as I can. I dont really have any goals beyond that. Im so blessed and lucky to play music for a living.
That Colt has seen little love from mainstream media and radio only heightens his resolve to get his music in the hands of his fans. Im definitely an underdog, Colt admits. There aint no question about that. Everything about me says I shouldnt be able to do what I do.
Perhaps its that sense of not belonging that allows Colt to connect to his blue-collar fans. Theres nothing about me that aint country, Colt says with a laugh.
As millions of fans and Colts artist friends know, truer words have never been spoken.
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Marketing - AEG Live
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