FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPTEMBER 2013 HARD WORKING AMERICANS TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM ON JANUARY 21 VIA MELVIN RECORDS/THIRTY TIGERS ALBUM PRODUCED BY BANDMEMBERS TODD SNIDER & DAVE SCHOOLS FEATURING VETERAN PLAYERS NEAL CASAL, CHAD STAEHLY & DUANE TRUCKS Nashville, TN – What do you get when you take a batch of incredible songs, five veteran players who have never played together, with an arsenal of five musical minds working in unison to reinvent them? You get Hard Working Americans. Hard Working Americans is the self-titled debut from this new musicians’ collective, scheduled for a January 21 release on Melvin Records/Thirty Tigers. Genres meld seamlessly with the birth of this group, featuring artists from the Americana, singer/songwriter, experimental, jam and rock communities. Hard Working Americans is: Todd Snider (vox), Dave Schools of Widespread Panic (bass), Neal Casal of The Chris Robinson Brotherhood (guitars/vox), Chad Staehly of Great American Taxi (keys) and Duane Trucks of Col. Bruce Hampton's school of music and Trucks family lineage (drums). See how Hard Working Americans came to be in this short in-studio EPK: https://vimeo.com/74119257 Hard Working Americans features 11 tracks written by a range of artists that include Randy Newman, Lucinda Williams, Kevin Gordon, Hayes Carll, Kevn Kinney (Drivin’ ‘N Cryin’), Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings, Brian Henneman (The Bottle Rockets), Will Kimbrough, Tommy Womack, Kieran Kane, Chuck Mead (BR5-49), Don Herron and Frankie Miller (Elizabeth Cook). As the five band members came together, they had no idea what to expect. Snider, known more as a songwriter than interpreter of songs, would just start singing and clapping, which then set the creative ideas in motion with his new band mates. This was uncharted territory as the players had not worked together previously, but it became an uninhibited, creative and fruitful environment as their chemistry was almost instant, a very pleasant surprise. In the end, the group created fresh and uniquely original arrangements of great songs, led by Snider’s intrepid vocals and backed by a band of virtuosos. The songs were then sequenced in an order that tells a story of the everyday person, the blue-collar worker, the frustrated, the struggling, the Hard Working American. Hard Working Americans was produced by Dave Schools and Todd Snider. Special guests include John Popper and John Keane. The album was recorded at Bob Weir’s TRI Studios is San Rafael, CA, mastered by Bob Ludwig and mixed by John Keane. Look for Hard Working Americans on tour in early 2014. See full track listing below For more information about Hard Working Americans, please contact Jim Flammia at All Eyes Media [email protected], (615) 227-2770 Hard Working Americans Track Listing "Blackland Farmer" by Frankie Miller [on Elizabeth Cook’s Welder (2010)] "Another Train" by Will Kimbrough on Americanitis (2006) "Down To The Well" by Kevin Gordon & Lucinda Williams on Down To The Well (2005) "The Mountain Song" by Kieran Kane, Chad Jeffers, Sean Locke on Shadows On The Ground (2010) "Stomp And Holler" by Hayes Carll on KMAG YOYO (2011) "Straight To Hell" by Kevn Kinney/Drivin' N' Cryin' on Mystery Road (2007) "Welfare Music" by Brian Henneman & S. Taylor/The Bottle Rockets on The Brooklyn Side (1995) “Mr. President (Have Pity On The Working Man)” By Randy Newman on Good Old Boys (1974) "Run A Mile" by Don Herron & Chuck Mead /BR5-49 on Tangled In The Pines (2004) "I Don't Have A Gun" by Will Kimbrough & Tommy Womack on Godsend (2003) "Wrecking Ball" by David Rawlings & Gillian Welch on Soul Journey (2003) .