[Cover photo credit to Ben Day Todd and Kristian Garrard]

Folk and Blues-leaning group Lonesome Shack will be releasing their eighth studio album Song Of The Horse on July 19th, 2024. “Fresh Bones” is the first single from the new LP, out now.

Song Of The Horse was recorded by Johnny Goss in a three day session at Dandelion Gold on the outskirts of Tucson, AZ. The band was joined by their old friend and Tucson musician Tom Walbank on harmonica for the session.

Lonesome Shack began on the edge of the Gila Wilderness in Catron County, New Mexico, where Ben Day Todd lived in a small shack for four years. There he began performing and recording under the name Lonesome Shack. Ben Day Todd met longtime band mates Kristian Garrard and Luke Bergman at Cafe Racer in Seattle, WA in the late 2000’s. Now the trio continues to meet up for recordings and performances worldwide even though they live at a distance.

Ben Day Todd shares about the new track:

Bones are a recurring theme in my songs. I wrote this shortly after my son was diagnosed with Osteogenesis Imperfecta, a rare genetic condition that causes brittle bones. I was feeling a loss of control, a reverence for forces greater than myself, and a strange clarity that comes with stepping into the unknown.

Lonesome Shack 2024 Tour Dates

June 23 – Grand Old Echo – Los Angeles, CA

July 21 – Raut Oak Fest – Riegsee, Germany

[more dates to be announced soon]