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Salad Days Magazine | September 16, 2024

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CHUCK RAGAN NEW SINGLE ‘WILD IN OUR WAYS’ OUT NOW

CHUCK RAGAN NEW SINGLE ‘WILD IN OUR WAYS’ OUT NOW
Salad Days

RETURNS WITH NEW ALBUM ‘LOVE AND LORE’ OUT OCTOBER 25TH.

‘Wild In Our Ways’ was produced by Todd Beene and Chuck Ragan, engineered by Ryan Williams at Black Bear Studios in Gainesville, FL and features Spencer Duncan on bass, George Rebelo (Hot Water Music) on drums, Todd Beene on guitar, Chris Cresswell (Hot Water Music, The Flatliners) on backing vocals. A song of survival and struggle, is a defiant anthem that pulls for the underdog and lifts him up high. “We could say anything and / Love the dirt on an endless road / We’re not meant to be alone / Stop dead in tracks we sing / We’re not meant to surrender, not meant to bow out” he sings with fist-up, blue collar conviction. The one theme throughout all of this is the way that Chuck approaches everything with a level of honesty and integrity that can’t be faked—and that sentiment is undeniable on ‘Love And Lore’, his first solo collection in ten years.

‘LOVE AND LORE’ TRACKLISTING:
1 All In
2 Wild In Our Ways
3 Northern World
4 Echo The Halls
5 Winter
6 Aching Hour
7 Waiting Out The Storm
8 One More Shot
9 Reel My Heart
10 Hanging On

That sums up his fiery first solo collection in a decade as well as his career as co-frontman of perennial punk band Hot Water Music and a legendary solo artist. Always pushing boundaries and defying genres, Chuck’s music constantly strives for and, more importantly, achieves the rare distinction of being both groundbreaking yet feeling quite distinctly Chuck. His new single, the fiery rocker ‘Wild In Our Ways’ is a perfect example. The chiming guitar attack that launches the track sounds harder than most of Chuck’s solo material, but the second his instantly recognizable and road-worn vocals enter the picture, it drapes you with that comforting Chuck Ragan™ warmth, like a flannel blanket around a campfire.

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