Area Code 601 is the latest live track and single from William Tyler, on which he is joined by his psychedelic dreamers – The Impossible Truth – featuring Brian Kotzur on percussion (Silver Jews, Country Westerns), Jack Lawrence on bass guitar (Raconteurs, Dead Weather) and Nashville pedal steel maverick and Third Man recording artist Luke Schneider on pedal steel guitar.
The track is taken from “Secret Stratosphere“, which is out March 31 on Merge Records (lnk.to/SecretStratosphere). The album was recorded at Yellowhammer Brewing in Huntsville, Alabama, May 29, 2021, mixed by Jake Davis, mastered by Warren Defever at Third Man Mastering and filmed by Josh Shoemaker.
Kosmische and post-rock influences are brought to the fore, as can be heard on this Hawkwind meets The Charlie Daniels Band number Area Code 601, also our Song of the Day.
For those unfamiliar with the area codes of the US, 601 is Jackson, Mississippi. Tyler has roots in Mississippi, and his mother, Adele, is a Jackson native. His maternal grandfather also worked in the Jackson symphony. Those of you that have followed Tyler’s musical course offer the last few years may also recall that his 2016 album ‘Modern Country‘ was recorded in Oxford, Mississippi, known as “the cultural mecca of the South”.