Bluesy country rock band Ghost Hounds joined us bright and early at Dee's Country Cocktail Lounge in Madison, TN during AMERICANAFEST 2025 to share two songs from their current record Almost Home.
They went with a duo configuration for this No Depression Session, featuring frontman SAVNT and guitarist Tyler Chiarelli. There's nowhere to hide in a configuration like this, and SAVNT's voice soars on Ghost Hound's interpretation of Patty Griffin's "Long Ride Home." Please take a minute (four minutes, rather) to give the album version a spin too, it rules. The band clearly understands the power of the stripped down vocal and guitar arrangement, letting the duo shine for a full 90 seconds before the drums, fiddle, and the rest of the Hounds fill it in. Patty Griffin herself provides backing vocals on the track, it's damn near perfect.
We had a chance to discuss the dreamlike experience of opening for the Rolling Stones, and hanging with Keith, Mick, and Ronnie. Chiarelli described pre-show conversations with the fellas about normal human topics, then having his hair blown back watching mere mortals take the stage, and transforming into superheroes with the opening riff of "Start Me Up." The whole band understood the assignment of winning over a crowd that didn't come specifically to see them, and they met the challenge, reaching new fans from Atlanta to Vancouver.
The second song in this set is a SAVNT original titled "You'll Never Find Me." Chiarelli offered admiration for the song because it was clear that SAVNT wasn't going to heap praise on his own tune, and that modesty is a significant part of why these guys are such a pleasure to listen to and to work with. They know they have a good thing going, appreciate it fully, and keep doing the hard work to advance it to the next level.
Please enjoy this performance, and stay tuned for more No Depression x AMERICANAFEST '25 sessions in the pipeline. Special thanks to everybody who made this series happen: Keshia Bailey and Amy Dee for setting the stage at Dee's, Doug Hall and his team of aces, and Destiny McGregor and Rebecca Lee Daniels at AMERICANAFEST for tying it all together.
Setlist:
“Long Ride Home” (Patty Griffin)
“You’ll Never Find Me”
Personnel:
SAVNT - Vocals
Tyler Chiarelli - Guitar
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