Ronnie Fauss: Built to Break – VINYL LP

Fauss, who was described in Vanity Fair as ‘a cross between Steve Earle and Gram Parsons,’ recorded the eleven new songs over five months in almost as many cities: Colleyville, Nashville, Dallas and Chicago. The record finds Fauss trading verses with Old 97’s front man Rhett Miller on ‘Eighteen Wheels,’ a rolling barroom ode to long-distance trucking that simultaneously pays tribute to Fauss’ myriad influences: Hank, Waylon, Willie, Cash, Dylan and Emmylou. The centerpiece may be Fauss’ honest and austere rendition of the beautiful 2013 Phosphorescent track ‘Song for Zula.’