He was never born to lose. It just took some time to get here. A voice both angelic and born of the earth, the Nashville rabble-rouser breaks melodies over his electric guitar, letting them heave and soar. He unabashedly rides the line between classic rock and alt-country, and you could try to define him — but that’d be downright fruitless.
“A friend with weed is a friend, indeed,” Kyle Daniel sings on this dance-hall-worthy throwback, which preaches the benefits of cannabis-friendly companionship. Packed with Daniel’s muscular guitar leads and booming baritone, “A Friend With Weed” swaggers with the buzzed bravado of a classic outlaw-country song.
Like the mother find from an excavation effort into the burned out ruins of a vintage recording studio, exhumed from a rusted shut 2-inch reel-to-reel tape canister containing some lost and forgotten country music classic, David Quinn’s Wanderin’ Fool sets you back some 70 years in time as soon as it’s cued up on your listening device of choice. Whether your question is where country music came from, or where it has gone, the answer is contained in this record.
Kyle Daniel has been weaving his high-and-mighty pot singalong “A Friend With Weed” into his live shows for the past few months, but the song received its more official debut on Friday night in Nashville, just in time for 420.
Delivering a tight 45-minute set of brawny country-rock as the opening act for enduring Southern-rock group the Marshall Tucker Band at the War Memorial Auditorium, Daniel embraced his twangier side on “A Friend With Weed,” a loping country salute to buddies with bud.
Just in time for 4/20 festivities, Nashville singer-songwriter Kyle Daniel is premiering his stoner-friendly new song “A Friend With Weed” exclusively for readers of The Boot. Press play below to listen, and just try to resist the urge to light up.
“Seeking bassist for loud, fast, extremely drunk rock & roll side project. Influences: Dead Boys, Dead Kennedys, Stooges, MC5, Mudhoney, early Replacements. Minimal time commitment. We have to really like hanging out with you. Also, no complaining or creative disagreements allowed. In fact, creativity is frowned upon. We favor pure adrenaline and enthusiasm over chops and interesting ideas. Have no songs yet, but we have a show booked.” That’s the Facebook add answered by bassist Jesse Cole, who would go on to finalize the creation of the fast, loud and seedy garage punk band, Illiterates. READ MORE…