Every great artist needs a good story to tell. For Bill Filipiak, a producer for the Grand Ole Opry, has worked with a list that would giddy up the most casual music listener. With a gritty voice and a knack for roadhouse rhythm blues, Filipiak has used his tenacious chops and ears that have heard everyone from Willie to Emmylou as a cornerstone for his own bodacious Americana sound. on his new LP Medicine, I Need.
“When you have the opportunity to talk songwriting with these people and watch them perform—I’m talking about folks like Larkin Poe, Sarah Jarosz, Molly Tuttle, Bryan Sutton and Allison Russell; artists like Lera Lynn and Maggie Rose, who insist on finding their own path while staying true to who they are; or maybe you spend a couple days with a legend like Keb Mo, George Thorogood or Ray Wylie Hubbard—after that,” Filipiak says, “it’s hard not to pick up your instrument, try to emulate what they’ve done, then come up with your own idea and follow through on it.”
Glide is premiering the chugging rocker “When The Blues Come Calling,” which prowls with a John Hiatt meets Steve Earle rumble atop a toasty harmonica lick that is undeniably old school and full of edge.
Read more and check out the song at Glide Magazine.
