You can’t solve everything with drinking. Particularly if the problem you need to solve is the drinking. There’s enough country music out there to attest to that, and “Whiskey Songs,” the latest single from Prince Edward Island’s Lawrence Maxwell, offers the final word on that.
Lawrence Maxwell has been giving himself a practical education in classic country songs during his day job: detailing cars.
“That gives me a lot of time to listen to music,” says Maxwell. “I was listening to a lot of old country songs one day and naturally there was the theme of ‘whiskey.’ I thought, ‘man, you think we would learned from all these whiskey songs by now.’
Naturally, he came to the same conclusion that many country artists have come to before him: if you’ve got troubles, the answer isn’t at the bottom of a bottle.
“I wrote the chorus in my head at work then went home and wrote the rest. The theme turned to using alcohol after a breakup. I thought about a relationship that ended and then tried to feel what it was like from her perspective. I knew that it called for a female vocalist to share that side of it, so I reached out to Bridgette Blanchard.”
Together, the pair duet through their woes. And, as Maxwell says, “we should have listened to the whiskey songs.”
The song will be featured on Lawrence Maxwell’s upcoming album, Almost Natural which is set for release in June, 2020.
Tour Dates:
02.29.20 – Charlottetown, PE @ Olde Dublin Pub
03.13.20 – Truro, NS @ The Nook and Cranny
03.20.20 – Montague, PE @ Copper Bottom Brewing
03.21.20 – Charlottetown, PE @ Baba’s Lounge
04.20.20 – Charlottetown, PE @ Sportsman’s Club
04.21.20 – Borden-Carleton, PE @ Lone Oak Brewing Co.
04.23.20 – Halifax, NS @ The Old Triangle Irish Alehouse
05.30.20 – Borden-Carleton, PE @ Lone Oak Brewing Co.
06.06.20 – Hammonds Plains, NS @ Edible Matters
06.12.20 – Charlottetown, NS @ Piatto Pizzeria + Enoteca Charlottetown
06.30.20 – Belle River, PE @ Wedding – Good Ol’ Boys
07.10.20 – Charlottetown, PE @ Piatto Pizzeria + Enoteca Charlottetown
07.11.20 – Borden-Carleton, PE @ Lone Oak Brewing Co.
07.15.20 – Halifax, NS @ The Old Triangle Irish Alehouse
07.19.20 – Mont-Carmel, PE @ Mont-Carmel Parish Hall
08.07.20 – Charlottetown, PE @ Piatto Pizzeria + Enoteca Charlottetown
08.08.20 – Halifax, NS @ The Old Triangle Irish Alehouse
08.15.20 – Borden-Carleton, PE @ Lone Oak Brewing Co.
08.22.20 – Hammonds Plains, NS @ Edible Matters
10.04.20 – Halifax, NS @ The Old Triangle Irish Alehouse
10.31.20 – Hammonds Plains, NS @ Edible Matters