Indiana Quintet Is “Real Deal” – Lee Zimmerman, Bluegrass Today
Nashville, TN – – The Caleb Daugherty Band brings sheer Bluegrass joy to Aubrey Holt’s (The Boys From Indiana), “Daylight’s Burning.” Alive with energy, the new single features expressive pickin’ and outstanding vocals. The track kicks off with a sprightly banjo intro that sets the stage for a good old-fashioned hootenanny of a time, highlighted by special guest Ron Stewart’s fiddle.
Well the rooster’s crowing gotta rise and shine
Daylight’s burning ain’t gotta lot of time
When the day is over and the work’s all done
We’ll sing and dance and have a little fun
Today my thoughts took me back in time
To a hillside farm on the county line
It seems just like it was yesterday
And I seem to hear my mother say
Hurry up kids get out of that bed
We’ve got a cow to milk and hogs to be fed
Chickens cackling out in the yard
It’s a brand new day, we gotta hit it hard (A. Holt)
Praise for the quintet is coming in from all quarters, including radio. Daniel Mullins of Real Roots Radio notes, “Caleb sings with the same sense of honesty and sincerity that Aubrey Holt wrote his songs with, and his rich voice matched with this masterpiece is a perfect combination.” The Grascals’ Danny Roberts notes their music is “much in the style of J.D. Crowe & The New South,” while Bluegrassers Kenny & Amanda Smith add, “Caleb sings straight from the heart and has a voice as big as an Indiana cornfield.” Entertainer Lorrie Morgan believes Caleb is “an amazing artist, a true singer who knows how to pick great songs,” while Bluegrass icon Rickey Wasson declares Caleb is “one of the most gifted young singers out there today.”