Randall King’s Major Label Debut Album “Shot Glass” Coming
George Jones once famously asked, “Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes?” Well when it comes to the buttoned-up, straight-ahead style of country music indicative of George Strait and others, the answer from the new generation of performers is Randall King.
It’s been a long time coming for Randall’s official major label debut album. He signed with Warner Nashville back in 2019, and since then was only a succession of singles, and a rather excellent 4-song EP dedicated to his deceased sister called Leanna. But the new album named Shot Glass will finally arrive on March 18th, and it will hopefully goose the prominence of a guy who’s already garnered a strong following already.
“This record is four years in the making, and there are a lot of things I’ve gone through in those years,” says King. “Heartbreak, love, loss, fear, anger, peace. You hear all of that through this record. It’s a piece of me that I love and can’t wait to share with the world, for it to resonate and hit folks right where they need. There are songs I’ve written over the last five years on this record, some I’ve played out and some nobody has heard yet. I’m excited to drop it and let it off the chain!”
Produced by Bart Butler and Ryan Gore, the album will feature eleven tracks, including seven co-written by King himself. In typical major label fashion, the album includes quite a few songs that have already been released, namely “Hey Cowgirl,” “Record High,” “Baby Do,” and “You In A Honky Tonk,” and King’s version of “I’ll Fly Away” from the Leanna EP.
The good news is that all of these songs are pretty great examples of traditional country music. So anyone worried a major label release may corrupt Randall King shouldn’t be.
A fourth generation hay hauler from the West Texas plains, Randall King is originally from the tiny town of Hereford, just west of Amarillo. He kicked around the Texas scene for a while before getting the attention of Nashville, releasing an EP in 2016, and then a self-titled release in 2018 that had traditional country music fans singing his praises. Randall King also received national recognition when Garth Brooks cut his song “The Road I’m On” for his album FUN.
Randall King is also set to make his Grand Ole Opry debut on March 15th. Shot Glass can now be pre-saved.
TRACK LIST:
1. Baby Do (Randall King, Brandon Kinney, Brice Long)
2. Record High (Rodney Clawson, John Pierce, Drake Milligan)
3. You In A Honky Tonk (John King, Matt Rogers, Brandon Day)
4. Can’t You Feel How That Sounds (Randall King, Brandon Kinney, Brice Long)
5. Roger, Miller Lite and Me (Randall King, Brandon Kinney)
6. Hey Cowgirl (Randall King, Brice Long, Mark Nesler)
7. Hard Way To Make It Rain (Randall King, Dan Smalley)
8. Middle of Nowhere Church (Randall King, Jeffrey Steele)
9. Around Forever (Randall King, Will Bundy, Josh Miller)
10. Shot Glass (Tony Lane, Brett James)
11. I’ll Fly Away (Albert E. Brumley)
February 28, 2022 @ 7:55 pm
Thanks for the heads up Trig, I’ve been a fan of his for awhile now and am really looking forward to this album. His episode of Real Life Real Music is so good, if you don’t have time to watch the whole show make sure you watch his version of I’ll Fly Away/When He Knows Me. It starts around the one hour one minute mark and is definitely a moment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz8-TN2dFqY&t=912s
February 28, 2022 @ 8:00 pm
If this came out in the early 90’s it would be in the shopping cart along with Joe Diffie, Mark Chestnut and Doug Stone. Look forward to hearing the rest of the album.
March 1, 2022 @ 4:22 am
I’ve come across quite a few songs and albums that if they had come out 25 years ago, they would have been at the top of the charts. Hopefully this will be the symbol of a turn-around for mainstream country.
March 1, 2022 @ 5:46 am
I feel/see/hear some Dwight Yoakum in that video- which is a good thang!
March 1, 2022 @ 6:55 am
I’m excited for this album. I’d be more excited if I hadn’t heard half it already. I was worried this was going to happen with all the loose songs and EPs.
March 1, 2022 @ 8:01 am
good deal. been looking forward to a real album from this guy. I already own all of the previously released singles, hopefully iTunes won’t make me pay for the again.
March 1, 2022 @ 11:47 am
He released a full album back in 2018. It’s a self titled with 13 tracks. Not sure if it’s available on itunes though.
March 1, 2022 @ 11:55 am
“Mirror Mirror” is a great song from that album!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkTymGMAfgU
March 1, 2022 @ 7:54 pm
Anxious to listen to this. I enjoy his music. Still need to catch him at a show. Also still need to get my hands on his self titled album.
March 1, 2022 @ 8:08 pm
I love Randall King, he is the real deal, I have everything he’s done up to this album. Really looking forward to hearing the whole thing. Check out the song, “Taking Me A Heartbreak” Solid Country Gold. Put’s on a good live show also.
March 2, 2022 @ 10:26 am
Happy for Randall, really nice guy. Seen him open for a number of people. He opened for Cody Johnson at the PBR bar in Louisville in 2019 and the local radio guy was trying to hype him up for intros and all I kept thinking was “Jackass, I bet you’ve not listened to a single song of his before today.”
March 2, 2022 @ 11:47 pm
Now this guy is real country and should b played all over and all the time but since he doesn’t sound like Walker Hayes he probably won’t make it cause the kids today don’t want real country music they want this pop country which is really too bad they r going to destroy Country music forever
March 31, 2022 @ 1:06 pm
this guy and Cody Johnson along with a few others are bringing back real country and I hope it sticks around for a while cant wait for it