Front Porch Singin' The Oak Ridge Boys

• 1 Life is Beautiful 03:53
• 2 Love, Light, and Healing 02:53
• 3 Old Ways 02:43
• 4 Promised Land 03:07
• 5 Red River Valley 02:49
• 6 Life's Railway to Heaven 02:19
• 7 Rock My Soul 01:48
• 8 Swing Down Chariot 01:55
• 9 Till I See You Again 03:17
• 10 Unclouded Day 03:17
• 11 When He Calls 02:06
• Total Runtime 30:07

Info for Front Porch Singin'

New music from The Oak Ridge Boys features new songs, classic covers. The fans of the Oak Ridge Boys had to wait more than three years for new music of their idols. Now the time has finally come: Produced by Grammy Award winner Dave Cobb, Front Porch Singin' will be released via Lightning Rod Records on June 11, 2021 with 11 new songs.

The Oak Ridge Boys are heading to the front porch with their new album. The Country Music Hall of Fame group of Duane Allen, Joe Bonsall, William Lee Golden and Richard Sterban have announced the Summer 2021 release of Front Porch Singin'.

The 11-song project was recorded in 2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, during socially distanced studio sessions at historic RCA Studio A in Nashville. The Oaks are introducing the new project via its lead single, "Love, Light and Healing," an acoustic song that highlights their deep, harmonic voices while offering a sense of comfort.

On their fourth album produced by Grammy-winning producer Dave Cobb, the Oaks offer a handful of new songs alongside covers of classics such as the hymns "Swing Down Chariot," "Life's Railway to Heaven" and "Unclouded Day" — their take on the circa-1890s country-folk number "Red River Valley," and more."

We were sitting in the studio when David Cobb walked in and asked, ‘If you were sitting on the front porch, just singing songs you know, what might you sing?'" frontman Allen recounts in a press release. "We started singing 'Unclouded Day,' and he said, ‘Let's go to the microphones.' That's how this album was recorded."

Adds Bonsall, "This title has become more of an attitude than anything else. What if the four of us were sitting on a porch together and someone begins to sing a favorite old gospel song like 'Swing Down Chariot' or a country and western standard like 'Red River Valley,' and everyone else just joined in? That is what happened at RCA Studio A. But, as usual under producer Dave Cobb's leadership, this album turned into so much more."

The Oak Ridge Boys

The Oak Ridge Boys
Theirs is one of the most distinctive and recognizable sounds in the music industry. The four-part harmonies and upbeat songs of The Oak Ridge Boys have spawned dozens of Country hits and a Number One Pop smash, earned them Grammy, Dove, CMA, and ACM awards and garnered a host of other industry and fan accolades. Every time they step before an audience, the Oaks bring four decades of charted singles, and 50 years of tradition, to a stage show widely acknowledged as among the most exciting anywhere. And each remains as enthusiastic about the process as they have ever been.

“When I go on stage, I get the same feeling I had the first time I sang with The Oak Ridge Boys,” says lead singer Duane Allen. “This is the only job I’ve ever wanted to have.”

“Like everyone else in the group,” adds bass singer extraordinaire, Richard Sterban, “I was a fan of the Oaks before I became a member. I’m still a fan of the group today. Being in The Oak Ridge Boys is the fulfillment of a lifelong dream.”

The two, along with tenor Joe Bonsall and baritone William Lee Golden, comprise one of Country’s truly legendary acts. Their string of hits includes the Country-Pop chart-topper Elvira, as well as Bobbie Sue, Dream On, Thank God For Kids, American Made, I Guess It Never Hurts To Hurt Sometimes, Fancy Free, Gonna Take A Lot Of River and many others. In 2009, they covered a White Stripes song, receiving accolades from Rock reviewers. In 2011, they rerecorded a thirtieth anniversary version of Elvira for a Cracker Barrel Old Country Store project.

The group has scored 12 gold, three platinum, and one double platinum album—plus one double platinum single—and had more than a dozen national Number One singles and over 30 Top Ten hits. ...

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