Alt-country queen Margo Price recruited bluegrass superstar Billy Strings to turn her new cover of Andrew Combs‘ “Too Stoned To Cry” into a wistful country duet.
“It was such a joy to work with Billy on this song,” Price said of the collaboration. “He really nailed the vocals and laid down a beautiful lead. I have wanted to record this song for years now, ever since I heard the writer Andrew Combs sing it. My buddy Beau Bedford and I had been in the studio together working on an Orville Peck track, and I asked him to produce this single for me. He put together a really great band – Beau and I, plus my husband Jeremy Ivey played acoustic, Aksel Coe on drums, Misa Arriaga on bass, Russ Pahl on pedal steel, Joey McClellan on electric. Once we got Billy to add his guitar and singing, I knew this song was gonna be a special recording.”
Following her 2023 album, Strays, recent collaborations with Orville Peck, T Bone Burnett, Mike Campbell and more, and a stint on the road with Tedeschi Trucks Band, the new track finds Margo Price returning to the poignant, thoughtful style of music that first cemented her place in the pantheon of today’s great country storytellers.
“Too Stoned To Cry” foresees the start of a fresh chapter for Margo Price, a restless spirit in the midst of a year of changes. From her new sound and bandmates, to both her look and outlook, she has written extensively and unabashedly in her Substack-based publication, Rawdoggin’ Reality, about the state of hwerself, her career and the world around her, the rabbit holes she has gone down, and the regrets she lacks. “When I first came on the scene,” Price reflected, “I was a countryfied, hard headed, whiskey drinkin nobody who was pissed off at the establishment. All of that’s still true, except for the whiskey drinkin part. If anything, now that I’ve lived for a while inside of the establishment, I’m even more pissed off. I’ve let some people go, I’m still fighting with others to let me be myself, but I know, I’m gonna make this next record the way I want to make it, no matter what it takes.”
Listen to “Too Stoned to Cry” by Margo Price and Billy Strings on the platform of your choice here. Watch the official lyric video for the track below.
Margo Price, Billy Strings – “Too Stoned To Cry” (Andrew Combs) – Official Lyric Video
Next up for Margo Price is an appearance at Farm Aid at Saratoga Springs, NY’s Saratoga Performing Arts Center on Saturday, September 21st, for which she serves on the board of directors alongside Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, and Dave Matthews. Find ticketing information for Farm Aid here.
Billy Strings will mount the latest edition of his Renewal festival Buena Vista, CO later this month before heading out on a fall tour. For tickets to upcoming Billy Strings tour dates, head here.
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