All Hat - Joshua Hedley

This album is my piece de resistance," says Joshua Hedley of All Hat, his lively new collection of Western Swing tunes. "It's all been building up to this moment. I feel like I'm making music I love more than any other style." 

Produced by Ray Benson of Asleep at the Wheel - Hedley's hero since childhood - the album brims with excitement, wit, and verve, as Hedley expertly navigates the tricky dance rhythms of this jazzy style of twang. 

He hopes folks will get up and dance. "At it's core Western Swing is just dance music. Bob Wills didn't play theatres; he played dance halls. The music is for dancing, and that's what I wanted to come through on these songs. I just want to show people how big a genre country music is and how deep it goes. There's such a diversity of sounds in country music. It's not just one little box that everything fits into.

1. All Hat (No Cattle)
2. Boogie Woogie Tennessee
3. Fresh Hot Biscuits
4. Stuck in Texas (Featuring Ray Benson)
5. Hedliner Polka
6. Come Take a Ride with Me
7. Clueless
8. Mean Mama Blues
9. Crawlin' Home to You
10. The Waltz I Promised to You
11. 11 Over the Line