On Thursday June 30th, WagonWheel Presents… welcomes Rod Picott back to The Greystones. Rod has garnered a loyal cult audience across the U.S. and Europe. The Nashville based musician (usually) tours tirelessly and continues to garner rave reviews for both his songwriting skills and darkly humorous, compelling live show.
He returns to the UK in support of latest release Paper Hearts & Broken Arrows, his fourteenth album, following on from the lockdown project double CD Wood, Steel, Dust & Dreams featuring new recordings of all Rod’s co-writes with Slaid Cleaves.
Support comes from Paul Handyside. Advance tickets priced at £12 are available from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/517341 or entry on the night will be £15. Doors open 7.45pm. Please note we can only accept cash payment on the night for entry to the show, however The Greystones itself is now a cashless venue and they only accept card payments at the bar.
***ROD PICOTT***
Rod Picott has released thirteen albums over the last twenty years and at the age of fifty-seven his engine is still running strong. Picott, a former construction worker, traded his hammer for a guitar and never looked into the rear view mirror. Picott has written two poetry collections God In His Slippers and Murmuration (Mezcalita Press). His book of short stories titled Out Past The Wires is published by Working Title Farm. Rod Picott was born in New Hampshire, raised in Maine and has lived in Nashville Tennessee for twenty-five years. He is unnaturally prolific and released four albums in the last three years to rave reviews.
Picott has had songs placed in television and film projects including The FX series Justified and the Michael Douglas film Solitary Man. His song “Circus Girl” was featured in the PBS documentary Circus.
Picott types with two fingers as he failed typing class – though excelled in English and Literature. Rod Picott has toured as the opening act for Alison Krauss & Union Station and won the song of the year award at The Austin Music Awards for his song “Broke Down” co-written with Slaid Cleaves. Picott’s latest release is a double cd titled Wood, Steal Dust & Dreams featuring the twenty-three songs co-written with Slaid Cleaves over the last thirty years.
2022 will see the release of Rod Picott’s fourteenth album titled Paper Hearts & Broken Arrows. It is a collection of some of the strongest songs Picott has put to tape, ranging from a heartbreaking narrative of boxer Sonny Liston’s tragic life to a full-throated and rocking declaration of loyalty. The album was produced by noted producer/ videographer Neilson Hubbard (John Prine, Lucinda Williams, Orphan Brigade). Pre-sales are accompanied by a raw collection of the acoustic demos recorded at Picott’s minimal home studio – bumped guitars, cursing, barking dogs and overhead planes are included.
“seriously gifted” – No Depression
“Picott sings with a bare and bones grace reminiscent of Springsteen’s Nebraska and the off the cuff lyrical and musical directness of the late Jason Molina. Too many important artists fly under the musical radar today, and Picott is yet another valid wordsmith that needs to be heard.” – Glide Magazine
***PAUL HANDYSIDE***
Paul Handyside is a folk and roots singer songwriter.
He began his musical career with eighties indie darlings Hurrah! The jangle pop band had album releases on Kitchenware and Arista Records from 1982 to 1991 and toured extensively worldwide. During the nineties he toured and recorded with friend and Kitchenware labelmate Martin Stephenson.
Handyside formed Bronze in 2001. Still embracing chiming, Rickenbacker driven pop, and increasingly alt country, they released two albums. 2007’s debut solo album Future’s Dream was followed in 2013 by Wayward Son and further developed his own brand of folk-tinged Americana. 2016’s Tide, Timber & Grain introduced elements of traditional British folk and sixties protest songs to Handyside’s now well established and diverse musical palette.
The fourth album Loveless Town was released in 2021. As is evident in the title track the songs have an even stronger resonance with country and Americana, the counterpoint to which is “Hartley Pit Catastrophe”, a true story from his native North East with its English folk sensibilities.
Tonight Paul is joined by regular sideman and producer Rob Tickell.
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