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For Immediate Release October 26, 2017

For Immediate Release October 26, 2017 ANDERSON EAST, BRENT COBB AND DAVE COBB COLLABORATE TO HONOR DON WILLIAMS WITH “COME EARLY MORNING” PERFORMANCE FILMED AT HISTORIC RCA STUDIO A IN PARTNERSHIP WITH RAM TRUCKS’ “LONG LIVE THE STORYTELLERS” SERIES

Anderson East, Brent Cobb and Dave Cobb collaborate to honor Don Williams with an intimate performance of “Come Early Morning.” Watch/share HERE. Filmed at Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A, the session is the latest video released as part of Ram Trucks’ “Long Live The Storytellers” series. Watch previous released videos in the series HERE. ABOUT ANDERSON EAST Anderson East’s highly anticipated new album, Encore, will be released January 12 on Low Country Sound/Elektra Records. Already receiving widespread attention, East recently performed the album’s first single, “All On My Mind,” on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (watch HERE) and "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" (watch HERE). The single, which is currently Top 10 and climbing at radio, was co-written by Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid, East and Aaron Raitiere. East is also currently featured as a SiriusXM “Spectrum Certified” artist. Previous artists featured in the music discovery series include Hozier, Kaleo, Leon Bridges and Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats. In celebration of the new album, East will embark on his largest headline tour to date, “Encore World Tour 2018.” The extensive run will span throughout next year. Encore was produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb and recorded at Nashville’s historic RCA Studio along with additional production at House of Blues and Farmland Studio. In addition to “All On My Mind,” the album features “King For A Day” (written by East, Chris Stapleton and Morgane Stapleton), “Girlfriend” (written by East, Cobb, Raitiere and Tim Bergling) as well as renditions of songs by Ted Hawkins and Willie Nelson.

ABOUT BRENT COBB Brent Cobb was born in Americus, GA, about an hour east of Columbus, in the rural south- central part of the state. His breakthrough major label debut album, Shine On Rainy Day, was produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb and was released in 2016 on Low Country Sound/ Elektra Records. Since it’s release, the album has continued to garner overwhelming acclaim leading to a recent Americana Honors & Awards nomination for “Emerging Artist of the Year” as well as a break-out television debut on CONAN (watch HERE). After recently wrapping a sold-out European tour, Brent is currently in the midst of an extensive U.S. tour including over 35 dates as part of “Chris Stapleton’s All-American Road Show.” Most recently his new single, “Ain’t A Road Too Long,” premiered at NPR Music, who calls the song, “…an anthem for the laborers who make music possible—a funny, sweet and funky talking blues in which Cobb counts his blessings while acknowledging the sweat equity it took to secure them…Cobb and his collaborators find transcendence in soul’s leavening and the grease of rock ‘n’ roll.” In addition to his work as an artist, Brent is widely respected as a songwriter garnering cuts by Luke Bryan, The Oak Ridge Boys, Little Big Town, Miranda Lambert and more. ABOUT DAVE COBB Dave Cobb is one of the country’s most in-demand and acclaimed producers. His 2017 projects include two Chris Stapleton albums (From A Room Volume 1 & 2) as well as albums from Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Zac Brown Band, Colter Wall and The Lone Bellow as well as projects for film and television. Still to come, he has projects in the works with Anderson East, Brent Cobb, Brandi Carlile, Old Crow Medicine Show, John Prine, Lori McKenna, Oak Ridge Boys, Ashley Monroe, etc. His previous work includes albums with Sturgill Simpson, Jamey Johnson, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Shooter Jennings, Waylon Jennings, Houndmouth, Judah & The Lion, Rival Sons and Lake Street Dive as well as his acclaimed compilation, Southern Family. In 2016, Cobb was recognized with two awards at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards—Best Country Album (Stapleton’s Traveller) and Best Americana Album (Isbell’s Something More Than Free). Additionally, he won the 2015 CMA Award for Album of the Year (Stapleton’s Traveller) and the 2014 Americana Music Award for “Album of the Year” (Isbell’s Southeastern) as well as Grammy nominations in 2011 and 2007 for Best Country Album (Johnson’s The Guitar Song and That Lonesome Song). Moreover, since 2016, Dave has been the producer in residence at Nashville's historic RCA Studio A. ABOUT RAM TRUCK BRAND Since its launch as a stand-alone division in 2009, the Ram Truck brand has steadily emerged as an industry leader with America’s longest-lasting line of pickups. Creating a distinct identity for Ram trucks has allowed the brand to concentrate on core customers and the features they find valuable. Whether focusing on a family that uses a Ram 1500 day-in and day-out, a hard- working Ram 3500 Heavy Duty owner or a business that depends on its Ram ProMaster commercial van every day for deliveries, Ram has the truck market covered. For more information on Anderson East, Brent Cobb and Dave Cobb please contact Asha Goodman, 615.320.7753, [email protected]. For more information on Ram’s “Long Live the Storytellers,” please contact Nikki Herceg, 615.428.9763, [email protected] or Eileen Wunderlich, 248.512.0332, [email protected].

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