Margo Price is becoming the female Willie Nelson. The country singer has toured with Nelson and just got finished opening for Tedeschi Trucks Band.
Her latest effort is the high tune, "Too Stoned to Cry," that features Billy Strings; he sings the second verse and takes an acoustic guitar solo.
The chorus says it all:
There's whiskey and wine
And pills for the pain
Fast, easy women
And a little cocaine
I'm walking the line
Between hell bent and high
I ain't happy
I'm too stoned to cry.
Price explains how the song came together:
"It was such a joy to work with Billy on this song. He really nailed the vocals and laid down a beautiful lead. 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."
Price is performing at Farm Aid on Sept. 21 and has a light schedule through the rest of the year.
MORE HIGH TUNES
• Jimmy Buffett's "The Gummies Just Kicked In"
• Toby Keith's "Wacky Tobaccy"
• Willie Nelson's "Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die"
