{"product_id":"mother-road-cd","title":"Mother Road - CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn audacious and heart-pounding map of the soul,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMother Road\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efinds Grace deconstructing her deepest fears and darkest regrets, charting the fallout with brutal honesty and emotional daring. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrace Potter on the meaning of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMother Road\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“In Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck called Route 66 the ‘The Mother of all roads...the road of flight.’ As I zeroed out my odometer and started west on my road trip across the US, I hoped that driving the road of flight would give me a bird’s eye view of my life. But it didn’t take long to realize that I was not flying; I was running away. In the solitude, I found myself smashing open the piggy bank of deeply-buried memories. Those gems of my real-life exploits spilled into my creative consciousness and emboldened me to write an album that reaches far beyond what actually happened–launching me down the alternate-reality roads of what could have happened.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduced by Eric Valentine (Queens of the Stone Age, Nickel Creek) and recorded at RCA’s famed Studio A in Nashville and Topangadise in Topanga, CA,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMother Road\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efollows Grace’s 2019’s acclaimed, 2X GRAMMY-nominated album,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDaylight\u003c\/em\u003e. Throughout the album’s 10 original tracks, Grace, along with contributions from a top-flight band including guitarist Nick Bockrath, bassist Tim Deaux, drummer Matt Musty, pedal steel guitarist Dan Kalisher, and keyboardist Benmont Tench, commands an expansive soundscape of soulful rock, roots, funk, country, and R\u0026amp;B.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMother Road\u003c\/em\u003e’s myriad high points include the searing “Ready Set Go,” which ricochets with stinging slide guitar and attitude to burn; “Lady Vagabond,” a paean to anti-heroines everywhere; the self-deceptive “Rose Colored Rearview;” the spirit-purifying “All My Ghosts;” and the album’s wild, theatrical finale, “Masterpiece.” At the album’s center is “Little Hitchhiker,” a beautifully detailed story-song co-written by superstar songwriter Natalie Hemby, which poignantly re-imagines the time nine-year-old Potter ran away from home, a profound experience that sparked much of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMother Road\u003c\/em\u003e’s narrative. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrack List:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMother Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTruck Stop Angels\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReady Set Go\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGood Time\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLittle Hitchhiker\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLady Vagabond\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRose-Colored Rearview\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAll My Ghosts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFutureland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMasterpiece\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Concord Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47339851383042,"sku":"888072432178","price":11.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/9007\/7442\/files\/GP_CD_STICKER.png?v=1770421120","url":"https:\/\/soundbendrecords.co\/products\/mother-road-cd","provider":"Sound Bend Records ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}