Earlier this year, revered Texas musician Jaret Ray Reddick surprised fans and wowed critics with his debut country album, “Just Woke Up.” A few short months later, he’s back to release a new video for the emotionally wrenching single Drunk As It Takes, which features guest Frank Turner and stars actor Thomas Ian Nicholas (of “American Pie” and “Rookie Of The Year” fame).
Check out the video for Drunk As It Takes below:
| Commenting on the song and video Jaret states: “I wrote ‘Drunk as it Takes’ 13 years ago with the hopes someone else would make it a huge hit! Well, that didn’t happen. Instead, the song sat there in a pile of songs destined only to be heard by me every few years, and no one else…ever! Then the pandemic afforded me the time to finally make the country album I have been wanting to make for many years. And there was this song. And it fit the vibe! I can’t express how blessed I feel to have Frank Turner guest on this recording. He is easily my favorite artist of the last 15 or so years. And then Thomas Ian Nicholas agreed to be in the video. Suddenly, there is a visual representation of the pain portrayed in the song. I have awesome friends!“ Meanwhile, Frank Turner says of their collaboration: “Getting to work with Jaret in any fashion is a privilege. Over our lockdown chats we established that, like most songwriters, we are at heart country music fans. So singing on a proper country song was a joy and a privilege.“ Actor Thomas Ian Nicholas adds: “The whole Jaret Ray Reddick album is so good. I jumped at the chance to be a part of the music video. I think we really encapsulated the melancholy vibes of the song.“ |
| Drunk As It Takes follows on from the release of two previous singles from Just Woke Up. The lyric video for the first single Songs About Texas is available on this link, while the full music video for One Of The Good Ones can be seen on this link. Having released the brand new music video, Jaret Ray Reddick is finishing 2022 by celebrating his solo album with two shows in his home away from home – the UK! Jaret is wrapping up his live shows for 2022 in style with his first country headline shows on this side of the Atlantic. Jaret will hit The Boston Music Room in London on Tuesday December 6th and follow that with a show at The Asylum in Birmingham on Wednesday December 7th. Jaret will be supported on these dates by West Midlands UK country duo Gasoline and Matches, and just added to the line up – the star of the Drunk As It Takes video – Thomas Ian Nicholas and his band. These shows will follow on from Bowling For Soup’s short run of dates in Belfast (2nd – sold out), Dublin (3rd) and Torquay (5th) at the beginning of December. Tickets for the shows are on sale now from AXS, Ticketweb and AEG Presents. |
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| Praise For “Just Woke Up”:“It’s funny, it’s toe-tapping, it’s sing-along-to-able. I didn’t expect to be disappointed, but I also didn’t expect to enjoy Just Woke Up as much as I did” – Moshville Times“He’s just having fun with it and that’s exactly what Just Woke Up is: fun” – Distorted Sound Magazine“Just Woke Up is a perfect debut country album for Jaret Ray Reddick” – BareBones Ent |
| Under his full name Jaret Ray Reddick, Jaret has released something he’s wanted to make all of his musical life – a country album. Drawing on his Texan roots and family connections to the world of country music, as well as the sudden free time in his schedule caused by the COVID pandemic, Jaret worked both solo and in tandem with his longtime friend Zac Maloy on a set of Red Dirt (Texas) Country songs. The end result is the debut solo album from Jaret Ray Reddick – Just Woke Up! Jaret celebrated the release of Just Woke Up with his first two live performances as a country artists at the prestigious C2C (Country to Country) Festival at The O2 Arena In London. He won rave reviews from those in attendance – both from brand new fans and longtime Bowling For Soup supporters who had come to hear Jaret as they’d never heard him before. Just Woke Up features a dozen tracks of what could be described as proper Texan country music. The album features some special guests, most notably one of Jaret’s favourite musicians and good friend Frank Turner who features on “Drunk As It Takes”. There’s also a cameo for Uncle Kracker on the album opener “Way More Country”. Other highlights include the tribute to home in the aforementioned single “Songs About Texas”, the family tribute “Royal Family” and “One Of The Good Ones”. There are also country re-workings of two of Bowling For Soup’s most popular songs, Ohio (Come Back To Texas) and The Bitch Song, which are likely to please fans old and new alike. |
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| Jaret Ray Reddick – Just Woke Up Track List 1) Way More Country (feat Uncle Kracker) 2) One Of The Good Ones 3) Songs About Texas 4) Ohio (Come Back To Texas) 5) Royal Family 6) Doggonit! 7) Drunk As It Takes (feat Frank Turner) 8) You And Beer (feat Cody Canada) 9) Natalie (feat Stephen Egerton) 10) My Truck Up And Left Me 11) Back In 83 12) The Bitch Song |