专辑简介

Whether you classify DoubleShot as Americana, Country, Folk, Red Dirt, or Texas Country, this acoustic duo writes music that is meaningful not only to themselves but also to the fans who follow them. One listen to DoubleShot's debut studio album "First Things First" and you'll understand there is meaning behind this title. From the opening track "Just Be Yourself" (the duo's first collaborative writing effort) you begin to get a feel for their heavy sense of down-home roots in Faith and family. The album's second track is a tribute to those "Mentors" each of us have, who help us navigate through life's challenges. Two of the album's tracks deal with the emotion of losing a loved one and the Faith and time it takes to process such a loss. In the first of these ballads, "Weight On My Back", lead vocalist Dennis Nix delivers an emotionally powered account of this process while the albums fifth track "Losing Pop" (written in memory of the duo's mutual friend's father Harold 'Pop' Johnson) is a more uplifting story of the memories and legacy left behind by the older generation. At one point the duo even touches on the realm of politics encouraging the listener to exercise their right to vote in "Make A Change". While each track possesses it's own personality and charm, the closing track to this debut offering gives the listener an idea of what it may be like on any given night sitting on the back porch or maybe even the tailgate of a pickup truck listening to Nix softly sing a tale of lost love while the guitarist of the pair, Kimball Davis, precisely picks a quiet and peacful melody to a background choir of crickets (and the occasional bark). All in all, this debut album delivers the character and values of it's authors and is offered by the duo as a gift to their loyal live fan base with this message to the listener: "We want to thank God for blessing us with the gift of music... it is our hope that at least one of these songs we have written will fulfill a need in your life. What a blessing and a dream come true." - DoubleShot