Stephen Wilson Jr. Releases ‘Søn Of Dad (Deluxe)’

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Stephen Wilson Jr. has released a deluxe edition of his debut double album, Søn Of Dad, via Big Loud Records.

The collection features two new tracks taken from his “Live at the Print Shop” performance, the dedication to his late father “I’m A Song” and a reinterpretation of Ben E. King‘s “Stand By Me.”

“A song can be a bookmark in a 10 million+ page book that can take you right to the very paragraph and page. A story is what a song is, and our species lives for stories,” Wilson Jr. says. “‘I’m A Song’ was the song that made it all make sense for me. A cache I found along the trail that gave form to what I was chasing. My father’s favorite song, he told me. A song I couldn’t play for a while but one that came back to me when it was time. Time is the thread that is stamped along the way as our chosen path is woven for the length it is given. A path I chose because my father was a song, and it demands to be sung.”

The new version also includes 10 acoustic renditions of tunes like “Cuckoo,” “Year To Be Young 1994,” “Father’s Søn,” “Grief is Only Love” and more.

“In an attempt to continue the conversation after the release of Søn Of Dad, we’ve been traveling all over the world playing these songs and watching them evolve with a few new welcome additions to the story,” he continues. “Playing them stripped down and in full band settings. Each performance is an opportunity to learn something new about the song.”

The deluxe album arrives as Søn Of Dad enters its seventh consecutive week in the top 10 on the iTunes Country Albums chart, where it has reached No. 1 multiple times. Wilson Jr. plans to take these tracks on the road for his extended “Søn Of Dad Tour” next month.

Additionally, a four-disc deluxe edition vinyl is now available preorder. For more information, click here.

Søn Of Dad (Deluxe) Track Listing:
1. Stand By Me (Live at The Print Shop)
2. I’m A Song (Live at The Print Shop)
3. The Devil
4. Cuckoo
5. Billy
6. Patches
7. American Gothic
8. Werewolf
9. Mighty Beast
10. Year to Be Young 1994
11. Twisted
12. Father’s Søn
13. Grief is Only Love
14. Hang in There
15. Calico Creek
16. Holler from the Holler
17. Hometown
18. Not Letting Go
19. For What It’s Worth
20. All the Wars from Now On
21. Kid
22. Henry
23. You
24. The Beginning
25. Cuckoo (Acoustic)
26. Year to Be Young 1994 (Acoustic)
27. Father’s Søn (Acoustic)
28. Grief is Only Love (Acoustic)
29. Patches (Acoustic)
30. Kid (Acoustic)
31. American Gothic (Acoustic)
32. All the Wars from Now On (Acoustic)
33. The Devil (Acoustic)
34. Calico Creek (Acoustic)

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