Episode 63 - Jordan Davis - The Next Thing You Know we will be Dancing in a Parking Lot (external version outside of Spotify)

Biography

Jordan Carl Wheeler Davis (born March 30, 1988) is an American country music singer and songwriter signed to Universal Music Group Nashville's MCA Nashville division.

Davis was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, to mother Luwanna. He has a brother, ⁠Jacob Davis⁠ (who is also a country singer), and a sister, Jentry. His uncle, Stan Paul Davis, wrote ⁠Tracy Lawrence⁠'s hit singles "⁠Today's Lonely Fool⁠" and "⁠Better Man, Better Off⁠".

He began playing guitar when he was twelve years old. He attended C. E. Byrd High School. He then attended Louisiana State University before graduating in 2012.

After graduation, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee and secured a recording contract with Universal Music Group Nashville in 2016.

Davis's debut single, "⁠Singles You Up⁠", came out in mid-2017. He wrote the song with Steven Dale Jones and Justin Ebach. The corresponding debut album, ⁠Home State⁠, released on March 23, 2018.

Songs from this episodeJordan Davis - Next Thing You Know

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c909oqLfao⁠

Jordan Davis - Slow Dance In A Parking Lot

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D3V4s4zzxc⁠

⁠https://www.jordandavisofficial.com/⁠

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E63 - Spotify Has Cancelled Our Show - Yes, it is true!

Podcasting has evolved quite a bit since its early days. As a format, it is increasingly becoming more visual and interactive, with more people around the world creating, listening, and engaging with the medium than ever before.

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And while the core vision of Spotify for Podcasters has remained — to make podcasting so brilliantly simple that anyone, anywhere, can share their voice with the world — like podcasting itself, we’ve expanded our purpose over time. Today we are focused on helping you reach larger, more global audiences and giving you the tools to develop meaningful, authentic connections with those fans.

To that end, we have a couple of important updates to share as they relate to some of our features on Spotify for Podcasters.

Alongside the rollout of this integration and to better optimize the needs of creators today, we are refocusing our attention — and resources — from some of our legacy tooling to the next generation of podcast innovations. As part of that shift, we are discontinuing our web and mobile native creation tools, including recording and editing tools as well as our “Music + Talk” format (an experimental feature that allowed podcasters to include full licensed music tracks in their podcast episodes on Spotify), beginning this June. https://podcasters.spotify.com/resources/learn/create/updates-to-spotify-for-podcasters

EXTERNAL EPISODE 62 - A Thousand Horses - We fill the Room with Smoke and a Room Full of Strangers

A Thousand Horses was founded in 2010 in Nashville by longtime friends, vocalist Michael Hobby and lead guitarist Bill Satcher (both natives of Newberry, South Carolina), along with rhythm guitarist Zach Brown and bassist Graham DeLoach. This ballad is their debut release.

The high-powered new single from A Thousand Horses, “Highway Sound” marks the start of the most dynamic era yet in the Nashville-based band’s career. Produced by GRAMMY Award-winner Jon Randall, the wildly life-affirming anthem delves deeper into the freewheeling originality they’ve embraced since their Dave Cobb-produced debut SOUTHERNALITY—featuring the PLATINUM-certified smash “Smoke”—and artfully merges elements of Southern Rock, Classic Country, and hard-driving Americana. Along with adorning the track with plenty of ear-catching details (achieved in part through such left-of-center instrumentation as electric sitar and talkbox), A Thousand Horses fully capture what frontman Michael Hobby refers to as “the freedom of cutting ties with the negativity of the past, and putting your energy into celebrating a new beginning.”  

Written after a period of intense change in their personal lives, “Highway Sound” first took shape over the course of a weekend trip to a Texas farmhouse in summer 2021, during which Hobby, guitarist Bill Satcher, bassist Graham DeLoach, and former guitarist Zach Brown came up with the song during an impromptu session on the porch. A major leap forward for A Thousand Horses, “Highway Sound” spotlights the powerful musicianship and soulful urgency first revealed on SOUTHERNALITY—a 2015 LP that reached #3 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart, with “Smoke” earning recognition as the first debut single for a group to reach #1 on the Country Airplay charts that decade. Soon after launching their own label, Highway Sound Records, A Thousand Horses returned with their 2022 sophomore album BROKEN HEARTLAND, featuring standouts like “When I Hear Your Name,” “Another Mile,” and “Never Liked the Rain.” Known for their incendiary live show, A Thousand Horses have also toured the country with iconic acts like Lynyrd Skynyrd, Darius Rucker, Jason Aldean, Kid Rock and more. 

Songs featured in this episode:

Smoke

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDWepmUXk3w⁠

Room Full of Strangers

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrQELduz_Lw⁠

YouTube

⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkRTIm4k5MISqXx9NFF22lQ⁠

⁠https://www.athousandhorses.com/⁠

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