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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Beau Jennings Son of Thunderbird out June 5th via Clerestory AV
“Blindfold”, the first single from the all-acoustic record, out now

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Clerestory AV is very pleased to announce that the new Beau Jennings record Son of Thunderbird will be released on June 5th, 2020. The record is an acoustic re-imagining of 2019’s acclaimed album The Thunderbird. Jennings performed and recorded the album himself, with contributions from friends John Calvin Abney, Andy Adams, Sherree Chamberlain, Samantha Crain and Chase Kerby.

“Beau Jennings captures what it's like to feel lost in a familiar place.” — NPR Music

Regarding the tune, Jennings relates that "In many ways it gets to the heart of the idea of this album - what do you do when you have nothing to go back to, when you start to observe things as they truly are for the first time? Oddly enough it was inspired by one set of circumstances that at the time felt rather seismic, and in the short time since it was written and released with the band on The Thunderbird, it feels like things have doubled down. The original version I think had more of an upbeat perspective - you know, 'hey we can get through this!' feel, and this time around I think there is more of a world-weariness setting in. 'Yeah we can get through this but you're gonna have to really put in some extra hours here bud'. But I'll need to sit with this one a while to really know."

In many ways, The Thunderbird marked a new beginning for Jennings. He’d previously spent nearly decade creating The Verdigris, an ambitious music and documentary film project inspired by the life of Cherokee cowboy, actor and political humorist Will Rogers.

“After The Verdigris, it took some time to be able to zoom out and write songs not so laser focused on one topic,” he says. “And even though I was trying not to, I still found themes emerging once the songs came together,” Jennings says. “My loose goal was to capture the pure fun and energy I get from playing with the Tigers and to make a classic summertime rock and roll record. The songs are about people and places I know,” he added. “It allowed me to get out of my own way, so to speak. I got to thinking about the stories of everyday people and the things that happen while they’re just living their lives.” Indeed, The Thunderbird is a collection of songs and stories that capture everyday human emotion and experiences in powerful ways.

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To help celebrate the release, Prairie Artisan Ales has created a limited edition persimmon brew also called Son of Thunderbird, which will be available in limited-edition crowlers directly from their taproom.

TRACKLIST:

1. Blindfold

2. The Thunderbird

3. Shakin’

4. Dairy Queen

5. Jimmy Houston

6. OK Death Row Blues

7. Gettin’s Good

8. Back in Town

9. Static Automatic

10. The Other Side
    
    

 PRESS FOR BEAU JENNINGS:

“Deeply felt…emotions that cut like a knife”
— Rolling Stone

“Beau Jennings and the Tigers capture what it's like to feel lost in a familiar place.”
— NPR Music

“Shimmery, pretty production that sands off yesteryear elements that might evoke Creedence Clearwater Revival or alt. country like unrelated namesake, Waylon…it’s honest, modest, humble gentle and emotive.”
— The Big Takeover

 “(Beau Jennings’ record) ’The Verdigris’…is exceedingly different from anything Jennings — and probably anybody else in Oklahoma — has ever done before.”
— The Daily Oklahoman