• One Way Or Another (2022)
The Grateful Dead • Workingman's Dead
Our Lucky 13th release in our Album Hour series, and superstition did not disappoint… this project originated as a live recording on the Hillside at Merlefest 2022, but digital gremlins left us with only a few bits of recorded material.
In response, our amazing Album Hour Family sprang into action! Everyone involved in the project wanted to see it to completion, so ALL of the original live participants headed off to recording studios around the country and played the songs a second time, and we combined original salvaged live tracks with their brand new studio creations to assemble 80 minutes of music that might just be better than the original Hillside love-fest. And we think you might like it too!
Sam Bush, Jens Kruger, Darrell Scott, Jim Lauderdale, Red Young, Noah Wall, Hubby Jenkins, Mason Via… they’re all here, playing every track from “Workingman’s Dead,” along with over two dozen additional songs we wove in to make this Americana classic something you’ve truly never heard before.
One Way Or Another… indeed!
• HALFWAY TO HEAVEN (2021)
The Grateful Dead • John Prine’s 1971 eponymous release combines centuries-old Appalachian roots with the psychedelic sounds and political consciousness of the 1960s, and the Waybacks explore these seminal strains of “Americana” in a roiling hour and a half set of live music that veers from the nostalgic to the unexpected, heartfelt at both extremes. Careful listeners will find tributes to band heroes Bill Withers, Kenny Rogers, Dusty Hill from ZZ Top, and even Neil Peart and Rush.
Featured guests: Sam Bush, Jens Kruger, Tommy Emmanuel, a Jim Lauderdale, Red Young, and Noah Wall.
• FULL ON THE HILL (2018)
Tom Petty • Full Moon Fever (featuring Mike Farris, Tommy Emmanuel, Sam Bush, Buddy Miller, Jerry Douglas, Jim Lauderdale, Jason Crosby, and The Barefoot Movement's Noah Wall and Katie Blomarz)
• WITH A LOTTA HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS (2017)
The Beatles • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (featuring Della Mae's Celia Woodsmith, Sam Bush, Jason Crosby, Jens Kruger, Noah Wall, Jim Lauderdale, Tony Williamson, Christian Sedelmyer, and Rachel Baiman)
• BIRDSONGS (2016)
The Eagles • Greatest Hits (featuring Nicki Bluhm, John Oates, Jim Lauderdale, Noah Wall, Lindsay Lou, Sam Bush, and Jens Kruger)
• BACK IN THE USA (2015)
Bruce Springsteen • Born In The USA (featuring Joan Osborne, Jim Lauderdale, Sam Bush, Jason Crosby, Jens Kruger, and Tony Williamson)