Compass Records Announces Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley's BEFORE THE SUN GOES DOWN!

Compass Records is pleased to announce the upcoming release from Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley, BEFORE THE SUN GOES DOWN. 

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Duo Tour Scheduled for December with Album Release to Follow January 13, 2015

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The album pairs Rob Ickes, the International Bluegrass Music Association's 15-time Dobro Player of Year, with rising singer/guitarist Trey Hensley whom Ickes recently discovered while recording in the Tri-Cities area of East Tennessee.

After collaborating with Hensley on an album track from Blue Highway's current release, and inviting him to guest on some live shows, Ickes was inspired for the two musicians to record a studio project together. BEFORE THE SUN GOES DOWN is the result of that effort and it is a unique project in the way it seamlessly blends contemporary bluegrass and the spare studio stylings of classic '60s and '70s country music. Hensley's voice is something of a miracle, a throwback to the great country singer icons of the genre's first golden era, at one moment evoking an early George Jones or Merle Haggard, and at another, Conway Twitty or Hank Snow.

BEFORE THE SUN GOES DOWN Track Listing: 1. Before the Sun Goes Down 2. Lightning 3. I'd Rather Be Gone 4. Georgia on a Fast Train 5. My Way is the Highway 6. Workin' Man Can't Get Nowhere Today 7. When My Last Song is Sung 8. Pride and Joy 9. More Than Roses 10. Raisin' the Dickens 11. Misery 12. Little Cabin on the Hill 13.There Ain't No Good Chain Gang

The fact that Hensley is still just in his early 20's makes the experience of listening to him even more astounding. His talent has drawn the attention of more than his fair share of Music Row heavy weights including Marty Stuart who said: "Trey Hensley is the real deal – I'm one of his biggest fans."

Dobro master Rob Ickes is the perfect musical foil to Hensley's prodigious talent, both as a musician and co-producer. His Dobro ornaments Hensley's vocal lines with perfect finesse one moment and with jaw-dropping fire the next, showing why he is one of the best to ever pick up the instrument. On the production side of things, Ickes has a solid hand and deep musical understanding which enables him to draw the connections between bluegrass and early country to create a cohesive and highly successful end result.  

The 13-track album includes a hard-driving cover of Billy Joe Shaver’s masterpiece “Georgia on A Fast Train,” which showcases Trey's acoustic guitar chops, “My Way Is The Highway,” an original by Trey that elicits a classic country vibe, as well as the album's title track, which is an elegantly played country shuffle that illustrates just how well Ickes and Hensley have absorbed the sounds of shared musical influences.   

Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley will be on tour in California and the Pacific Northwest in December:

• 12/4/14 – Royal Room – Seattle, WA
• 12/5/14 – Green Frog – Bellingham, WA
• 12/6/14 – Treehouse – Leavenworth, CA
• 12/7/14 – Little River Inn – Little River, CA
• 12/9/14 – Tallman Hotel – Upper Lake, CA
• 12/11/14 – Don Quixote's – Felton, CA
• 12/12/14 – Boulevard Music – Culver City, CA
• 12/13/14 – Powerhouse – Del Mar, CA