TORONTO, Canada (Cross Canadian Ragweed Official Website) - Country rockers Cross Canadian Ragweed are living out the year of their dreams. The Oklahoma-bred
Texas based foursome is riding high as they prepare for the release of GARAGE, their new album being released on Nashville-based Universal South. Available on October 4th will be a limited edition version of the record packaged with a DVD including all of their major label music videos ('17,' 'Constantly,' 'Sick and Tired,' and the NEVER BEFORE SEEN DIRECTOR'S CUT version of 'Alabama.' The DVD also contains the ultra-rare video for 'Don't Need You' which has never been broadcast.)
The Bonus material will also include a commemorative slide show created by the band, chronicling their 10 years on the road together. Photos will include shots of the band backstage, candid shots of the band members, their friends and their family.
GARAGE will be made available in stores on October 4th on CD as well on vinyl.
The limited edition package will be manufactured one-time only and will be available as long as the initial pressings are in stock and will feature a BLACK cover (while the studio album and vinyl packages will be white).
Ragweed spent time this year breaking attendance records on tour and welcoming new additions to the family as three out of four band members became fathers in a four month period (someone must have given them some time off!).
Following the success of their 2004 release, SOUL GRAVY (which debuted at No 5 on the Billboard Country album chart) the band has played 250 plus dates a year living the life of rock stars. One audience at a time, CCR has won over an army of loyal fans. This summer the members of Cross Canadian Ragweed were elated to hear they had broken Willie Nelson's long standing attendance record at Lone Star Park when nearly 25,000 rabid fans showed up to sing song after song along with the band, note for note. With a guitar driven rock n' roll sound that makes you jump out of your seat they've become one of the hottest tickets on tour selling out venues across the country and billing nearly 2.5 MIILLION DOLLARS in hard ticket sales in a single year.
Ragweed toured for years and sold nearly 70,000 records before walking into the doors at Universal South and signing a deal on their own terms. They walk to the beat of their own drum and both critics and fans alike are grateful for it. Their last album SOUL GRAVY was applauded in the press 'like the best gravy, this stuff sticks to your ribs.' Billboard…and their upcoming release GARAGE will be included in USA Today's Fall Music Preview as one to watch this season.
Ragweed fans will be treated to an album that showcases the driving guitars and the rugged vocals they've grown to love. The album kicks off with the lead single, 'Fighting For,' a slice of southern rock at its finest with a groove that makes you move. Rockin' tracks like 'Late Last Night' and 'Blues For You' are sure to be a hit with fans on tour and could just as easily become road trip anthems that propel you forward as you motor down the highway. Stand outs on the album include 'Breakdown,' an honest track about being on the edge while trying to hold it all together and 'When It All Goes Down,' where the lyric is heard not only through the vocal but through the guitar as it wails while telling its story.
Writing or co-writing 11 of the 14 tracks on the record, front man Cody Canada fills the album's sleeve with credible lyrics and Mike McClure (The Great Divide) tops off the efforts as producer.
With 3 new babies in toe, recently, the hard rocking, hard hitting band of brothers have traded their late nights of playing gigs for sleepless nights helping their wives take care of their newborns. After spending a little quality time at home with their families, CROSS CANADIAN RAGWEED are fired up and ready to get back out there to play for their fans. They're looking forward to the release of the new album next month and are ready to take the stage and do what they do best.
