Cass County, Don Henley’s first solo album in 15 years, has premiered on NPR, which is streaming the album as part of its “First Listen” series. The album can be heard in its entirety HERE up until its September 25 release via Capitol Records.
Named for the northeastern Texas county in which Henley was raised, Cass County represents both Henley’s roots and the next stop on his creative journey. “I was born and raised in Texas. I’m a Southerner and a Texan. So this is a natural progression for me. It’s who I am and where I come from,” says Don Henley, who gives fans a peek at his journey home in the album trailer.
Rolling Stone noted, “Henley has made an album of quietly defiant pure-country modernism…Everything in the music serves the sting and solace in the tales.” US Weekly awarded Cass County four stars, hailing it as “All your ears will want to listen to for the rest of 2015.” “It’s everything you would hope for in a Henley album – wonderfully crafted lyrics with profound observations and powerful metaphors, flawless production and that distinctive voice – but with greater reflection and grace than ever before,” observed The Tennessean.
Recorded primarily in Nashville, TN, and Dallas, TX, Cass County was produced by Henley and Stan Lynch, who also co-wrote 11 of the songs on the album. It includes guest appearances by Merle Haggard, Miranda Lambert, Mick Jagger, Martina McBride, Jamey Johnson, Alison Krauss, Vince Gill and Dolly Parton. View Henley’s official video for “When I Stop Dreaming” featuring Dolly Parton HERE.
Cass County will be available as a 12-song standard CD and digital album, as well as a 16-track deluxe version, which will be available on CD, digitally and a double disc, 180 gram Vinyl LP. A super deluxe version, which includes a 50-page booklet with exclusive photos, collector postcards, deluxe CD album and deluxe Vinyl (2-Disc 180 Gram), will also be available in Henley’s official online store. A limited number of bundles will also be offered, including a T-shirt and 12X12 lithograph.Fans who pre-order Cass County digitally on iTunes or Amazon will instantly receive downloads of five tracks:”Take A Picture of This,” “That Old Flame,” “When I Stop Dreaming,” “Praying for Rain” and “Train in the Distance.”
Henley will launch the “Cass County Tour 2015” on October 3 in Phoenix, Arizona. Singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin will open on all the dates. Each ticket ordered online through the primary ticket outlet will receive a Cass County deluxe CD. Ticket buyers will receive an email notification to confirm the delivery details for their album.
DON HENLEY – CASS COUNTY TOUR 2015
10/3 Phoenix, AZ Comerica Theatre
10/5 San Francisco, CA The Masonic
10/7 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl
10/9 Los Angeles, CA The Forum
10/13 Denver, CO Bellco Theatre
10/15 Dallas, TX Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
10/17 Atlanta, GA Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
10/18 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
11/2 New York, NY Beacon Theatre
11/3 Port Chester, NY Capitol Theatre
11/5 Washington, DC DAR Constitution Hall
11/7 Detroit, MI Fox Theatre Detroit
11/8 Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre
11/10 Toronto, ON Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
11/12 Philadelphia, PA Academy of Music
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About Don Henley
Don Henley, both as solo artist and as a member of the Eagles, has received many accolades, including eight GRAMMY® Awards, numerous gold and platinum records and performed sold-out concert tours worldwide. A respected, popular and critically celebrated musical artist, Henley is a founding member, vocalist and songwriter of the Eagles that has become one of the most influential bands in America. Henley’s solo career is acclaimed with such hits as Dirty Laundry, Heart Of The Matter, Boys Of Summer, The End Of The Innocence, and All She Wants To Do Is Dance. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1998, and will receive the 2015 Kennedy Center honors later this year, as a member of the Eagles.
Henley’s career as a musician and activist continues to evolve. In 1990, he founded the Walden Woods Project (www.walden.org), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to protecting the historic woods in Massachusetts where author/philosopher Henry David Thoreau first championed the concept of land conservation. The Project, celebrating its 25th anniversary has protected vast tracts of Walden Woods from the threat of commercial development, has created a highly acclaimed environmental educational initiative for students (www.worldwidewaldens.org) and maintains the most important library of Thoreau-related research material in the world. In addition, Henley founded the Caddo Lake Institute in his native East Texas, a privately operating foundation to act as an “ecosystem-specific” sponsoring entity, underwriting local wetland science and conservation education including cultural and ecological research and monitoring. Henley also co-founded the Recording Artists’ Coalition, a nonprofit, nonpartisan group formed to represent the interests of recording artists.
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