Drake White
& The Big Fire
by Kelsey Butler
eing from a small town in Alabama
is something that I love and always
will.” Drake White says he is proud to come
from the Heart of Dixie. “B now . . . Instead of one album a year I
would love to release two or three songs
a month and at the end of the year turn
around there be 30 or 40 songs.”
The Hokes Bluff native will headline the
second annual Knox Outdoors Music
Festival on April 21 at Zinn Park in Anniston
with his band, The Big Fire. White recognizes that people want new
music. He says, “They listen to one or two
songs and then they’re over them . . . and
they’re on to the next thing. I want to have
the next thing up there.”
“There’s such pride, being a musician from
Alabama,” White says. “Percy Sledge, Hank
Williams Sr., Jamey Johnson, Alabama
Shakes, St. Paul and the Broken Bones, I
mean all these just incredible musicians.
Alabama is just histo rically well blessed
with just extraordinary talent. I’m very
proud of that.”
Since the release of his first full-length
album Spark, in August 2016, White has
been working on new music which he
is bursting at the seems to share with
his fans. “We’re about to just bombard
everybody with new music,” White says.
“There’s so many ideas that we have right
Philip Pence
Bass
INSIGHT
Adam Schwind
Drums
White’s plan to provide fresh tunes is set to
begin in the month of April. He says, “Every
couple of months we’ll release new music.
Whether it be three songs, maybe two
songs, four songs.” In fact, we could see as
many as five new songs from White in the
coming weeks on Spotify and iTunes.
Spark which included hits like “Makin’ Me
Look Good Again”, “It Feels Good”, and
“Back to Free” gave us a glimpse into the
brand that White is building, and his new
music promises to continue that message
of sitting around a fire and enjoying the
simple, beautiful things in life.
Jon Aanestad
Fiddle
Jabe Beyer
Guitar
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