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Claude Carmichael\u2019s first solo album project \u2013 featuring eight tracks \u2013 is available now at all streamers worldwide<\/p>\n
NASHVILLE, TN, UNITED STATES, August 20, 2026 \/EINPresswire.com<\/a>\/ \u2014 Decades in the making, Americana musician Claude Carmichael has moved from behind the boards to in front of the microphone with Tennessee Hill, his debut solo album, which is available now via his website or your favorite streaming platform. Drawing from influences that range from Guy Clark and Van Morrison to Rodney Crowell and John Hiatt, Carmichael weaves thoughtful observations of life with dashes of humor matched with music that suggests a thinking person\u2019s poet.<\/p>\n \n There\u2019s real heartbreak within the tracks of \u201cTennessee Hill,\u201d held within songs like \u201cThe Bottom of a Well,\u201d which channels the dark humor of Leon Russell\u2019s \u201cTight Rope\u201d into a song about being flat out depressed and laughing about it anyway, and \u201cInstead of Me,\u201d built from a friend\u2019s line about a divorce that Carmichael originally wrote with a woman\u2019s voice in mind (with hopes for just that in a future recording).<\/p>\n Classic honky tonk storytelling can be found in \u201cFull Time Heartache,\u201d a cheatin\u2019 song co-written with Jeanie McQuinn and road tested on a dance floor in Virginia, with Travis Toy\u2019s steel guitar pushing it along. And, not to be outdone, is a humor-filled wink at his Tennessee hometown\u2019s own transformation in \u201cToo Many Yankees (Bless Their Hearts),\u201d a true story told with affection by a longtime local who, after spending a third of his life in New York City, is more than qualified to poke fun, especially with a \u201cBonafide Yankee\u201d like Casey Wasner co-producing the track.<\/p>\n \n \u201cTennessee Hill\u201d softens into something more personal on \u201cPrecious One,\u201d a lullaby Carmichael wrote for his daughter, and \u201cThe Last Lullaby,\u201d an old fashioned, almost 19th century love song that traces back to a barefoot, overalls-clad serenade he once played beneath a girl\u2019s window with a violin he could barely play. The story is now beautifully told on the record with the beautiful playing of violist Audrey Swank.<\/p>\n \n \u201cSonia Lee\u201d borrows its title from the name a fellow Nashville songwriter and repurposes it for one of Carmichael\u2019s most vivid summer memories. And then there\u2019s the title track, \u201cTennessee Hill,\u201d the song that gave the record its name and its heart. It\u2019s a quiet account of the night Carmichael understood, while driving home from the Bluebird Cafe, that Franklin wasn\u2019t a stop along the way anymore. It was home.<\/p>\n \n Recorded and co-produced by Claude Carmichael and Casey Wasner at Purple House in Leipers Fork, Tennessee, Tennessee Hill is but the latest musical effort in a storied career built largely behind the scenes of the music industry. From early days singing alongside Billy Joel on The Stranger (at producer Phil Ramone\u2019s invitation) to award-winning years as a music director, producer and arranger for IMAX film soundtracks and television specials, \u201cTennessee Hill\u201d is Claude\u2019s years-in-the-making step towards the spotlight with a cohesive collection that is just the beginning of a chapter of music crafted with astute observations by an expert musician at the beginning of a delightful new chapter.<\/p>\n \n More on Claude Carmichael\u2019s career, awards, and film and TV work can be found at Bigscreenmusic.com<\/a>. You can find more about Tennessee Hill at claudecarmichael.com<\/a><\/p>\n \n Tennessee Hill Tracklist \n About Claude Carmichael:<\/p>\n \n Claude Carmichael is a singer, songwriter, and producer whose career spans New York session work (Billy Joel, The Bermuda Depths) and environmental\/documentary music, including a Daytime Emmy for \u201cThis Island Earth\u201d and IMAX soundtracks with artists like Bonnie Raitt and Paul McCartney. Now settled in Franklin, Tennessee, he released his debut album, Tennessee Hill, in 2026.<\/p>\n
1.\tBottom of a Well
2.\tTennessee Hill
3.\tFull Time Heartache
4.\tInstead of Me
5.\tSonia Lee
6.\tToo Many Yankees (Bless Their Hearts)
7.\tPrecious One
8.\tThe Last Lullaby<\/p>\n
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