The quiet can afford you those things and I’m taking advantage of it. Other than working on Lightning on the Mountain, have you been working on any other projects since TT went quiet? Has the extra time allowed you to play with any other bands or play on other people’s albums? Over a year ago the Turnpike Troubadours decided to have a break from touring. There was a point in there that I knew I’d have to put them on something, get them out into the world and not let them sit, shrivel & die. Then I wrote more: songs from scratch, re-worded songs from old melodies of mine, slapping lyrics on original fiddle tunes, & so on. We already had enough though so I put mine aside. I wanted to have some songs in case we needed them so I got busy. I began the process when we were in the studio for that album. When did you start writing the songs for Lightning on the Mountain? Was this album already in your head back then? How long have you been planning this project and been working on these songs? Have some of them been with you for a long time? It’s nearly three years since the release of the last Turnpike Troubadours album in October 2017. I’ve always been a part of the musical composition part of the songs and I’ve gotten better over the past 2-3 years with lyrical composition. That being said, I think I could write with/for the Troubadours. When you write without inhibition, the style seems to fit you personally more than it would if you have somebody else in mind. They were mostly songs that came out unabridged and I’ve continued that pattern of writing these last few months. That’s what I feel that I may have done with this first record. We have a formula as that band and I wasn’t going to throw a wrench in there. I knew better than to force certain songs into that space. Some of my songs wouldn’t fit within the realm of the Turnpike Troubadours and that was part of the reason I ended up putting out a record. The band, “Turnpike Troubadours”, is the lineup w/ Evan as the frontman and a certain style of song. and Wes Sharon, my producer, played bass on several of the songs. But I also had many other fantastic musicians on the album: Byron Berline, Ian Moore, Kevin “Haystack” Foster (Jason Eady), Grant Tracy (Jason Boland & The Stragglers), Chris Jones & Issac Stalling (Chris Jones & The Flycatchers), Dan Walker (Heart, Ann Wilson), Kullen Fox (Charley Crockett), Chandra Graham & Myra Beasley, Ken Pomeroy. We’ve traveled hard together and we know each other’s capabilities so it only made sense to have friends that I trust on my first record. Does it feel strange using the same band without using the name, or was this just the natural thing to do? In the review of the song they state that “Nix, the longtime fiddle player in Turnpike Troubadours, is just as powerful under his own name as he is with the band”. It was great to see your song Josephine included in Rolling Stone Country’s music picks of the week. Let’s see what Kyle Nix has to say about his debut album and his chance to record his songs with a band best know for playing someone else’s songs. From a Whiskey Preachin point of view, any record with a track like Shelby 65 would be worth attention, but this collection is no one-track wonder. There’s steel where needed and Nix’s fiddle propels the arrangements from one story to the next. The production is crisp, the drums are solid and the guitars twang and chime. The result is a rock-solid album encompassing a range of styles from across the spectrum of country and Americana music. With the rest of his band mates in a similar situation with regards to their main band commitments, it makes sense that Nix chose to use them for his solo debut. Many people may wonder why he has waited until now to step up to the mic? Suffice to say, holding down fiddle duties for a majorly popular touring band can’t leave much time for side projects. While Turnpike Troubadours remain on pause as a band, Nix has used the opportunity to spread his wings, bringing his voice and his songs front and centre. Kyle Nix plays fiddle for Turnpike Troubadours, a popular cornerstone of Oklahoma’s red dirt music, and is far from being a newcomer.
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