Porter Howell Yearns For Days Gone By On Upcoming Solo Debut, ‘This Town Was’

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Porter Howell

Porter Howell, frontman, lead guitarist and a founding member of ’90s band Little Texas, will release his debut side project, This Town Was, on Nov. 11 on ONErpm.

After 30 years in the business, it took a pandemic and the forced downtime from touring to compel Howell to compile the 10-track project of mostly self-penned songs.

“This album was recorded in my basement studio as honestly as possible,” Howell shares. “No production tricks necessary—guitars, steel guitar, bass, drums and keys were all tracked with players in the room, the old school way.”

Howell gets a bit nostalgic on tracks such as “Old School, “This Town Was,” and the wistful “I Thought About You Today,” penned about his late father. Other songs on the album muse on the unpredictability of life, such as “Church of the Uncertain” and “Lucky to Be Alive,” as well as love on “Kinda Gone by Then,” “The Way You Were Back Then” and “Who Might Disagree.”

Howell will perform songs from the new project at an album release party on Tuesday, Nov. 15 at The Local in Nashville.

This Town Was Track List:
1. “This Town Was” (Porter Howell)
2. “Old School” (Porter Howell)
3. “Church of Uncertain” (Porter Howell)
4. “Lucky to Be Alive” (Porter Howell)
5. “I Thought About You Today” (Porter Howell)
6. “The Way You Were Back Then” (Jay Knowles, Porter Howell, Adam Wright)
7. “My Baby” (Porter Howell)
8. “Kind of Gone by Then” (Porter Howell)
9. “Who Might Disagree” (Porter Howell)
10. “What It’s All About” (Lisa Brokop, Porter Howell, Paul Jefferson)
All songs produced by Ian Stewart

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