Oak Ridge Boys Plan Some ‘Front Porch Singing’ For June
The Oak Ridge Boys will celebrate the summer with the release of their new album, Front Porch Singin’, on June 11.
The album is their fourth collaboration with producer Dave Cobb. Recorded during the pandemic, the project was built around the feelings in the lead single, “Love, Light And Healing,” which is now available.
“We were sitting in the studio when David Cobb walked in and asked, ‘If you were sitting on the front porch, just singing songs you know, what might you sing?’ Well, we started singing ‘Unclouded Day’… and he said, ‘Let’s go to the microphones.’ That’s how this album was recorded,” says the Oaks’ Duane Allen.
“This title has become more of an attitude than anything else,” shares the Oaks’ Joe Bonsall. “What if the four of us were sitting on a porch together and someone begins to sing a favorite old Gospel song, like ‘Swing Down Chariot,’ or a country and western standard like ‘Red River Valley,’ and everyone else just joined in? That is what happened at RCA Studio A. But, as usual under producer Dave Cobb’s leadership, this album turned into so much more. This project is quite honestly one of the most heartfelt albums we have ever recorded. It was a bit strange to social distance from each other in the studio, but I believe it drew us all closer and in doing so we may have inadvertently recorded the perfect project for this time period. These songs, whether new or old, reflect a certain optimism and a deep-seated faith that God will work all of this out as we move forward. Life is beautiful as one song says. We must embrace it and celebrate it with all of our being.”
“I always love working with The Oaks and with this album, they’ve really captured the warmest feelings of home and family,” shares Cobb.
Front Porch Singin’ Track List
01. Life Is Beautiful
02. Love, Light, And Healing
03. Old Ways
04. Promised Land
05. Red River Valley
06. Life’s Railway To Heaven
07. Rock My Soul
08. Swing Down Chariot
09. ‘Till I See You Again
10. Unclouded Day
11. When He Calls
