Jake Owen Teams With Shooter Jennings For New Album ‘Dreams To Dream’

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Jake Owen will release his new album Dreams to Dream, produced by Shooter Jennings, on Nov. 7 via Good Company Entertainment. In conjunction with the album announcement, Owen has shared new track “Long Time Lovin’ You,” out now.

When Owen was a boy in Vero Beach, Florida, he used to pick out country tunes by Hank Williams Jr. and Merle Haggard on back porches for his parents, and he channels that kind of easy, familiar comfort throughout Dreams to Dream. The new project features guest appearances by Jamey Johnson on “The Jukebox Knows,” and Savannah Conley on “Them Old Love Songs” and writing credits on the new album include Owen’s longtime friends and songwriters Ben Chapman and Kendell Marvel.

“Sometimes you need to get outside what’s comfortable, what people think you are, or think you should be, and take a risk. It really feels cathartic to be honest about a lot of stuff in my life—how I feel, where I see myself going, and how I see myself going there,” says Owen. “Where I feel most comfortable is grabbing my guitar and singing a song that fits my voice really smoothly. I feel like it’s more honest. I’ve just become a guy that wants to sing songs for people that have also matured with me in my life.”

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The project was recorded at Snake Mountain (Sunset Sound Studio 3) in Los Angeles and was mixed by Trina Shoemake and mastered by Pete Lymanm, with additional production by Marvel and additional recording by Dan Ballard in Nashville with assistant engineers Nate Haessly in Los Angeles and Dannon Johnson in Nashville.

Ahead of the album release, Owen will join Darius Rucker for five shows in the UK from Sept. 29-Oct. 5. At the end of October, he’ll team with Dirty Heads for a small run of shows in Florida Oct. 23-26 before wrapping up the year with the annual “Flamingo Weekend, benefiting The Jake Owen Foundation.

Dreams to Dream Track List:
1. “Dreams to Dream” (Jake Owen, Ben Chapman, Kendell Marvel)
2. “Them Old Love Songs” (feat. Savannah Conley) (Donnie Fritts, Troy Seals)
3. “Long Time Lovin’ You” (Will Jones, Kendell Marvel)
4. “Wouldn’t Be Gone” (Troy Jones)
5. “The Jukebox Knows” (feat. Jamey Johnson) (William Beckmann, Jamey Johnson)
6. “Fool Like Me” (Kendell Marvel, Waylon Payne)
7. “Chill of December” (Jake Owen, Kendell Marvel, Channing Wilson)
8. “Middle Age Crazy” (Sonny Throckmorton)
9. “The One I Did it To” (Dean Dillon, Bob DiPiero, Scotty Emerick)
10. “You’d Think” (Chuck Cannon, Scotty Emerick)
11. “Wrinkle In The Road” (Scotty Emerick, Troy Jones, Paul Overstreet)
12. “So Long, LA” (Jake Owen, Kendell Marvel, Matt Pingel, Jimmy Ritchey, Channing Wilson)
13. “Voice Note to Shooter (Once And For All)” (Hank Williams, Jr.)

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