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Karin McLaughlin:<\/strong> I was lucky enough to have Brent Truitt from the Steeldrivers call in to talk to us a little bit from the road.  They are quite busy and they have a great gig coming up that we are going to talk about a little bit later \u2013 Brent \u2013 thank you so much for taking some time while y\u2019all are on the road, I know you guys are busy<\/p>\n

Brent Truitt<\/strong>: Oh, you bet, no problem Karin.<\/p>\n

KM: <\/strong>So, let\u2019s see, Steeldrivers \u2013 10 years\u2026I guess congratulations first of all are in order on that for sure!  When I think an about an entire decade, I think how much has changed.  Number one, I\u2019ve changed, everything around me has changed, and it\u2019s absolutely crazy.  Now, you guys are definitely familiar with change but it goes without saying, that your ability to adapt to change, and to do it definitely with style and grace, has served you very well. <\/p>\n

BT<\/strong>: Well, thank you<\/p>\n

KM: <\/strong>You guys have a Grammy win, and you\u2019ve got a lot of other accolades to go along with it.  But you guys have gone through a lot of changes throughout the years.  You\u2019ve had some members leave the band, but you\u2019ve also, recently, picked up a new lead singer.<\/p>\n

BT:<\/strong> Yeah<\/p>\n

KM: <\/strong>So, I\u2019m kind of curious as to how you meld and introduce a new singer into a group that has been consistent and together for so long.  And make sure that it\u2019s a relationship that\u2019s meant for the long term.<\/p>\n

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BT: <\/strong> Well, I\u2019ll tell you what \u2013 it\u2019s luck (laughs), I\u2019m just gonna be honest.  No, I\u2019m not kidding \u2013 both times \u2013 when Chris Stapleton left, you know they kind of rambled around and were kinda lost for a little bit and Mike Henderson had heard, and maybe written some, with Gary Nichols, who took Chris\u2019 place, and he came up and tried out and we were like \u201cWow, you sound great!\u201d  He had his own thing but he had this kind of bluesy, you know, gritty thing that Chris had.  He was a different guitar player, by a long shot, but it was just a great fit and the band was able to kinda do all the stuff that they\u2019d already recorded with Chris, cause Gary could cover that with ease and then it just kinda also , it just changed into its own thing, which is what \u2013 that same thing is happening with Kelvin, Kelvin Damrell, our new guy.  He\u2019s actually from really close to where Chris is from in Kentucky.  We found him, believe it or not \u2013 Tammy\u2019s daughter, is a young teenager and they all live on YouTube.  She was looking around on YouTube one night after we had to part ways with Gary and she heard this guy and we were all looking around on YouTube kinda racking our brains, trying to think of somebody.  We wanted somebody who could, you know, do a good job on the old stuff.  We weren\u2019t really trying to replace Gary or Chris because we wanted to be able to \u2013 you know, our fans, we had kinda outgrown ourselves \u2013 our fans are more about our songs than they are about any one Steeldriver.   You know, when Gary left, we thought well maybe this is gonna be the end, but we went out with Kelvin and did a few shows and they loved him!  It was great, he\u2019s able to do the old stuff and he\u2019s able to bring his own thing to the new stuff we\u2019re doing and it\u2019s just like, \u2018How do you get that lucky twice?\u2019  To find two guys that are so great, you know?  And Gary was just awesome and we were afraid we weren\u2019t gonna find somebody, you know, that could kinda fill his shoes but I\u2019ll be darned if it didn\u2019t happen again.  I called him up and I said \u201cHey man, you ever heard of The Steeldrivers?\u201d and he was like, \u201cYeah man, I love Chris Stapleton, I love Steeldrivers!\u201d and so we brought him down and he basically knew all four records.<\/strong><\/p>\n

KM:<\/strong> Wow<\/p>\n

BT:<\/strong> Showed up and knew a whole pile of songs and we were all just kinda like \u2018Wow, this is great.  He\u2019s young, you know, he\u2019s young enough to be my kid, which hurts to say.  So he\u2019s bringing a whole new energy and we\u2019re just having a great time!   It always hard to lose somebody you\u2019ve been touring with for so long but there\u2019s definitely a new energy and kind of just a new vibe going.  And the old songs are still alive.  It\u2019s important for us to keep everything \u2013 we wanna keep the catalog growing but we want to be able to, you know, pay homage to the old stuff.  To be able to pull that off, we couldn\u2019t just go find any singer, we had to find the right guy so we all just feel amazingly lucky.<\/p>\n

KM: <\/strong>Ironic he\u2019s from the same area as Chris (Stapleton).  They must grow lead singers out there like weeds.<\/p>\n

BT: <\/strong>It\u2019s crazy.  And when you hear him, have you heard him yet?<\/p>\n

KM:<\/strong> I heard the new track that I think is on the website.<\/p>\n

BT:<\/strong> Ok, good.  The first night he played with us, he got a rousing standing ovation.  Like a long, big time standing ovation.  It happened to be the night that Bill Murray was in the audience.  His first gig with us he went out to dinner with Bill Murray after (laughs) which is crazy!<\/p>\n

KM:<\/strong> (laughs) Not a bad showing!<\/p>\n

BT:<\/strong> Yeah, it was great! Bill gave him a lot of crap, it was pretty funny.<\/p>\n

KM:<\/strong> He proved himself on night one huh?!<\/p>\n

BT:<\/strong> Yeah, right out of the chute. It was awesome!<\/p>\n

KM: <\/strong>Now The Steeldrivers have also been a constant in a scene that has changed quite a bit over the last few years.  Bluegrass has kind of taken off on this trajectory of something that it never could\u2019ve been imagined to be, you know, a decade and a half, two decades ago.  It was its own little realm of very specific fans but now you see a lot of bluegrass bands playing festivals and getting worked into these bigger festivals with jam bands and all this other stuff.  How have you guys seen the changes and how have you kind of rolled with the punches and made sure \u2013 you guys have stayed in the forefront of that scene throughout, no matter what the changes are and kind of always been this standard of great music throughout \u2013 how do you guys \u200bdevelop as a band and make sure that you stay in the mix and at the\u200b forefront of all that change?<\/p>\n

BT: <\/strong>Well, that\u2019s a really good question. I\u2019m not sure that we know exactly.<\/p>\n

KM: <\/strong>(laughs)<\/p>\n

BT: <\/strong>We try to always have really good songs.  I mean that\u2019s really – that\u2019s kinda where it all started.  The original band \u2013 those first two records \u2013 it was just chalk full of awesome songs, you know, with Chris and Henderson writing and Tammy\u2019s kinda really stepped up since then, you know Gary wrote a bunch of songs on the Muscle Shaols record, along with \u2013 Tammy has a lot of songs on there too \u2013 and then we did a couple of old songs that Henderson did.  But right now, Tammy\u2019s really taken the load on the songwriting.  She\u2019s writing all the time, and bringing in great material, so really I think, at least for our band, if we can kinda maintain the gritty, bluesy bluegrass and keep those songs coming in that fit that mold, I think we\u2019ll be fine.  Now as far as us being on the edge, I don\u2019t know how that happens.  It just kind of \u2013 I think people are drawn to the sound of bluegrass that\u2019s not all really high and whiney and real super traditional.  There are those bands that really love the super traditional stuff \u2013 but it\u2019s true, it really has opened up in the last 10 or 15 years, which is really good for us.  We play bluegrass music but we also kinda play blues and R&B at the same time.  It\u2019s kind of a weird thing but we just feel fortunate to you know, that we\u2019re getting in to those festivals and those kinda shows and we\u2019re selling out a lot of theaters. It\u2019s just been great, we\u2019re just so happy that everybody\u2019s sticking with us through all these changes and we just continue to grow and we\u2019re just having fun and riding the wave.<\/p>\n

KM: <\/strong>Yeah! And you guys \u2013 not only have you been a solid presence in the bluegrass scene but you guys don\u2019t seem to ever be off the road for very long.  What keeps that life appealing?  And what, more importantly, what makes it so that you guys can stand being around each other for that long of a period of time?  Do you guys do a lot of writing on the road?<\/p>\n

BT: <\/strong>No, not really.  Really when we\u2019re out here, we\u2019re just trying to get the job done.  Like today will be, it\u2019s already been a 12 hour day \u2013 by the time it\u2019s over it\u2019ll probably be closer to 15 or 16 hour day, when you add the travel and the soundcheck and the playing and all that.  I think, or us, we try to not stay out for long periods.  We all have families and I own a recording studio and Tammy writes all the time.  We all have stuff going on so, for us, we try to kinda be home at least usually 3 or 4 days a week \u2013 at least 3 every week.  That really helps.  I mean we couldn\u2019t do the thing where the bands go out and be gone for 2 months.  We\u2019ve all done it, I mean, I\u2019ve done 6 weeks out before.  But this band, we just aren\u2019t gonna do that.  We wanna keep it fun and just, not feel like we\u2019re driving ourselves into the ground.  We\u2019re usually out on Thrusday and home on Sunday, for the most part.<\/p>\n

KM:  <\/strong>Weekend warriors\u2026<\/p>\n

BT:<\/strong> Yes, it really works for us.<\/p>\n

KM:  <\/strong>There\u2019s a lot of festivals that y\u2019all have played and have had the pleasure to play at but you guys also draw plenty of people on your own, selling out, like you mentioned, a bunch of shows.  You guys have a 2 night run in particular coming up real soon, in I think it\u2019s Manchester Music Hall that both nights have completely sold out.<\/p>\n

BT: <\/strong>Wow, that\u2019s good news, I didn\u2019t know that!  I knew one of them was close.<\/p>\n

KM:  <\/strong>Well, there you go, I come with the good news, that\u2019s always a good thing.  But how different is it for you guys to play – and maybe the kind of onstage as well as the audience \u2013 how different is it and do you guys feel the vibes of a solo show versus a festival show?<\/p>\n

BT:  <\/strong>Well, you know, at the solo shows, they\u2019re there just to see you and that\u2019s one obvious thing that happens.  On our solo shows, it\u2019s usually, sometimes it\u2019s theaters \u2013 we have a hard time \u2013 we have really young fans \u2013 our fan range is from 5 to 75 and it\u2019s hard to always please everybody at our shows.  Sometimes we\u2019ll try to have a lot of seating and then some standing so people can dance and have fun.  But the big thing is they\u2019re just there to see you \u2013 you know, they\u2019re there for you and you only and that\u2019s kinda cool when that happens.  The festivals are great too.  Some of them are just awesome.  We\u2019ve played some great festivals.  That\u2019s a good scene \u2013 you get to be around all your buddies and it\u2019s a kind of a place to catch up with everyone.  But the cool thing about doing your own shows is just having 1000 people all singing your songs, it\u2019s crazy.  You\u2019re just like \u2018Wow, this is so cool!  These people paid money to come stand on their feet out here in this.\u2019  We played out in Colorado \u2013 it looked like somebodies backyard \u2013 but somehow they crammed 1000 people into this spot and they were there for hours before we played!  They were just having fun and singing \u2013 it was just awesome, it was crazy, out in the middle of the mountains.  Really fun!  We love those but we love the festivals too.  We try to keep a balance of both<\/p>\n

KM: <\/strong> Those are the die hard fans!  Now this leg of the tour takes you guys up and down the east coast \u2013 you have a few mid-west dates thrown in \u2013 but we\u2019re gonna specifically talk about The Charm City Bluegrass Festival coming up at the end of April in Baltimore.  Now it\u2019s you guys headlining with Travelin McCourey\u2019s, Devil Makes Three, a whole list of others, great bands on this lineup.  Are there certain bands that you guys particularly like to play on a bill with when you do festivals \u2013 like getting together with old friends \u2013 maybe you get some collaborations on stage going or guest spots or something like that?  Is it kinda like coming home to old friends when you get together with certain bands?<\/p>\n

BT: <\/strong>Yeah, definitely!  I mean we\u2019ve all been – you know, this is my 40 somethingth<\/sup> year of touring and being a musician so I\u2019ve got tons of friends that show up at these festivals.  That part is great.  We don\u2019t really have \u2013 there\u2019s no one in particular \u2013 I mean we\u2019re great friends with Del (McCoury), I\u2019m friends with Ricky Scaggs, Sam Bush and Tim O\u2019Brian and all those guys so when we all get together it\u2019s just great to have some time to visit and kinda catch up on family stuff and just you know, it\u2019s kinda like a family.  Especially in the bluegrass world, everybody knows everybody.  We don\u2019t really have any particular favorites I wouldn\u2019t say.  We just enjoy ourselves and are happy to see our buddies at the festivals.<\/p>\n

KM: <\/strong>Are there some road traditions that you guys have as a band that when you get together and you get on the road \u2013 you know \u2013 this is something that you always do together or do certain people have to have certain things going to make sure that they\u2019re content while traveling on the road?<\/p>\n

BT: <\/strong>No, not really \u2013 we were all old road dogs, except for Kelvin, and we\u2019re teaching him quick, we\u2019re busting his butt.<\/p>\n

KM: <\/strong>You\u2019re breaking him in?<\/p>\n

BT: <\/strong>Yeah, he\u2019s just a youngster, I think he\u2019s 25 and he had never been east or west of Kentucky until he went out with us.  He\u2019d never been on a plane.  I mean, there\u2019s a lot of firsts for Kelvin.  But yeah, for the rest of us, all of us have just been doing it for so long that it\u2019s just kind of like, there\u2019s really no, anything special anybody needs.  We just kinda roll.  A lot of times, we try to go out and have a meal together when we can or after a show we might end up at an Applebees having a cocktail and some appetizers or something.  There\u2019s no set thing, we just kinda get er done.<\/p>\n

KM: <\/strong>So now that you guys have this youngster aboard, does it kind of bring a fresh new light?  I know that it\u2019s probably exciting always to be able to do what you do and love what you do and do it so well, but now that you have this kind of, wide-eyed, not any disrespect, but baby, on the road with you –<\/p>\n

BT: <\/strong>He is a baby (laughs)<\/p>\n

KM: <\/strong>Is it kind of opening up things and reminding you guys, that this is super exciting and this is what you get to do every single day?<\/p>\n

BT:<\/strong> Yes.<\/p>\n

KM:<\/strong> I\u2019m sure he\u2019s like a giddy little teenager but does it put a new perspective on things and give you guys a refresh on what you\u2019re doing and why?  How does he see it?  I\u2019m curious to know his reaction to this whole new world that he\u2019s been thrown into.  He gets to do it with some people that have been absolutely amazing and knowledgeable and experienced and very recognized in the field.  So I\u2019m sure he is really rolling in it right about now.<\/p>\n

BT: <\/strong>Yeah, he is.  And to answer the first part of your question, yeah it is nice to have a fresh vibe.  He\u2019s just so young and he\u2019s really funny and he\u2019s a smart kid.  He\u2019s got a lot going on.  He\u2019s a great player so it\u2019s really fun.  We were all just\u200b basically ill when Gary left but having this new, young guy is just really great.  Plus, he\u2019s got a strong back so he can carry a lot of merch. But for him \u2013 I can\u2019t really speak for him, but I can see it in his eyes.  Sometimes when something new happens, it\u2019s just like \u2018Wow!\u2019  I mean, can you imagine, being 24 and sitting down to dinner with Bill Murray?  And I mean, he just cruised right through it.<\/p>\n

KM: <\/strong>That\u2019s awesome<\/p>\n

BT: <\/strong>His first time on the Opry \u2013 it was just great.  Cause, man that\u2019s a big thing, playing the Opry, for anybody that\u2019s in our genre, it\u2019s a huge thing.  And he just walked right up to that mic and he ripped it!  It was great and he got a great response from the crowd.  He\u2019s loving it, I mean, he\u2019s just soaking it up<\/p>\n

KM:<\/strong> That\u2019s great<\/p>\n

BT:<\/strong> And it\u2019s good to have somebody we can kinda pick on (laughs)<\/p>\n

KM: <\/strong>(laughs) The new kid\u2026<\/p>\n

BT: <\/strong>Oh yeah! And he takes it with a smile<\/p>\n

KM: <\/strong>Well, that\u2019s good, that\u2019s nice that you guys were so lucky to find someone that kind of, steps up to the plate, and really, even though he is young, meshes well with the band right away and can do all these things.  Like you said, stepping up at the Opry and having the confidence and just getting it done.<\/p>\n

BT: <\/strong>Yeah, he\u2019s doing it and he\u2019s doing great.  I mean, we call him a kid but he\u2019s a man, he\u2019s\u2019 a full grown man.  He\u2019s got a wife and two young kids.  I think he might still be doing it, I think he\u2019s doing it part time but he\u2019s a certified chimney sweep.<\/p>\n

KM: <\/strong>Really?<\/p>\n

BT:<\/strong> He\u2019ll go home, work a couple days and then come back out with us.  Hopefully it won\u2019t be too long before he\u2019s able to quit that and do this full time (laughs).  But he likes it, he loves building stuff, he\u2019s a construction guy and he likes to work with his hands. He really, he\u2019s just soaking it up.<\/p>\n

KM: <\/strong>Interesting.  So, you guys have quite a bit of tour dates coming up.  What else is on the horizon for Steeldrivers?  What are you guys looking forward to this Spring and Summer?<\/p>\n

BT:<\/strong> Well, right now, our big thing is to get our record out.  We were supposed to have one out already and we\u2019ve already been working on one with Gary, so that\u2019s the big thing right now.  We try to, before every trip, we try to get together down in Nashville the day before and work on some of these songs\u200b that Tammy\u2019s writing.  She\u2019s working with all kinds of great Nashville writers and she\u2019s bringing in some great stuff.  And just doing some great stuff so right now, we\u2019re kinda in what we call \u2018record prep\u2019.  We\u2019re just trying to pick the songs, kind of arrange them a little bit and maybe play one or two live that trip, just to kinda see how they feel.  So that\u2019s the big thing right now is getting the next record.  Kinda getting the songs chosen and written and worked out and playing them live some before going in the studio, but that\u2019s our big thing right now, just the new record.  That\u2019s foremost in our process right now.  \u200b<\/p>\n

KM: <\/strong>Alright, well, I think that\u2019s about all the time that we have for today.  I definitely want to thank you so much \u2013 I know that being on tour and being on the road, it\u2019s not always easy and you need time to yourself \u2013 so I appreciate the time that you take out to talk to people like me<\/p>\n

BT<\/strong>: No problem.  Tammy did one in the car today too.  We love it, that\u2019s what we do so it\u2019s not a problem at all.<\/p>\n

KM: <\/strong>Well, thank you very much and I wish you guys well on the rest of your tour and the album and hopefully to see you at Charm City<\/p>\n

BT: <\/strong>Yes!  Thanks Karin<\/p>\n

The SteelDrivers are scheduled to perform on Saturday, April 28, 2018 <\/strong>at the Charm City Bluegrass Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To learn more about The SteelDrivers you can goto their website<\/a> or Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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