Charlie Worsham Slates First Independent Album For August [Exclusive]

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Charlie Worsham will release his first full-length album as an independent artist, Once Upon A Second Time Around, on August 7.

Recorded at Sound Emporium, Sony Tree Studio A, Pinebox Studios, Querencia Sound, and The House, the album features writing credits from John Osborne, Jon Nite, Andrew DeRoberts, James McNair and more. Josh Van Valkenburg served as Executive Producer and Jaren Johnston joined as Co-Producer. Musicians feature on the album include percussionist Jerry Roe, bassist Rich Brinsfield and guitarist Kris Donegan.

Lainey Wilson, Stephen Wilson Jr. and The Travelin’ McCourys each join Worsham for a track on the project.

“At its core, Once Upon A Second Time Around is an album about relationships,” shares Worsham. “It’s about my relationship as a husband and father and adult son. It’s about my relationship to an ever-changing industry. It’s about my relationship to longtime friends and mentors. And it’s about my relationship to my younger self.”

Alongside the announcement, Worsham released “Powers That Be,” a track that introduces listeners to the record’s central theme of self-awareness, authenticity and perspective.

“’Powers That Be’ takes my rock and roll influence to the next level,” he says. “I modeled the dynamic shift from verse to chorus after my favorite Led Zeppelin track, ‘Ramble On.’ And you might hear a Jimi Hendrix lick or two in the solo. I joke that ‘Powers That Be’ is my hillbilly version of the Stones’ ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want.’ Cause if you try sometimes, you do get what you need.”

As a songwriter, Worsham has earned cuts with Kenny Chesney, Luke Combs and Dierks Bentley. He earned the 2024 CMA Musician of the Year and CMA Touring Musician of the Year, and is two-time ACM Acoustic Guitar Player of the Year.

Worsham has upcoming tour dates in Nashville and the UK.

Once Upon A Second Time Around Tracklist:
1. “Powers That Be” (Charlie Worsham, Jaren Johnston, James McNair)
2. “Whiskeysippi” (Jon Nite, Andrew DeRoberts, Drew Parker)
3. “Wrap My Porch Around” (Charlie Worsham, Jesse Frasure, Jaren Johnston)
4. “Blue Collar And A Purple Heart” (Charlie Worsham)
5. “They Never Do (feat. Lainey Wilson)” (Lainey Wilson, Jason Nix, Dallas Wilson)
6. “Grass” (Charlie Worsham, John Osborne, Jesse Frasure)
7. “Family Man” (Matt Rogers, Ben Stennis, Josh Jenkins)
8. “Years Go By (feat. Stephen Wilson Jr.)” (Charlie Worsham, Stephen Wilson Jr.)
9. “Once Upon A Second Time Around” (Charlie Worsham, Jay Knowles)
10. “Good Hurt” (Jon Nite, Walker Hayes)
11. “Pencil ‘raser”
12. “Wrap My Porch Around (feat. The Travelin’ McCourys)”

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