The Freelancer's Blues, by Dougie Poole

The Freelancer's Blues

by Dougie Poole

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woe_bonnet A gorgeous, earnest album that plays like Roy Orbison and The Boss on diazepam. Rolls from my heart direct to Magic Mountain's Rio Grande... Favorite track: To Not Have a Brain.

Mitch Mitcherson Howdy. I admire Dougie Poole for proving you can elevate country/honky tonk in a unique perhaps even an unusual way organically. There are tons of sounds here that still have the same appeal of earlier artists of this genre just with some extra vibrancy. This may sound experimental at first but it’s accessible and as a full album is solid all the way through. Killer production. Yeehaw, I’ll be seeing him play in Tucson at HOCO Fest. Favorite track: Buddhist for a Couple Days.

mullethut Dougie, A friend of mine introduced me to Vaping on the Job because it showed up on his Spotify, I then listened to all your music and can't get enough of it. Los Angeles and Buddhist for a Couple Days are two of my favorite songs on this album. Favorite track: Los Angeles.

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1.	Vaping on the Job 05:26	buy track
2.	Los Angeles 04:37	buy track
3.	Claire 03:36	buy track
4.	Buddhist for a Couple Days 04:13	buy track
5.	Natural Touch 04:36	buy track
6.	The Who's Who of Who Cares 03:10	buy track
7.	To Not Have a Brain 04:02	buy track
8.	These Drug's Aren't Working 05:11	buy track
9.	The Freelancer's Blues 05:12	buy track

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Because of delays stemming from Covid 19, the digital will be out on 6/12 and the physical will ship and be in-stores on 7/10.

About 'The Freelancer's Blues'

'The Freelancer’s Blues,' the second full-length LP from Brooklyn’s country crooner Dougie Poole, captures its cur-rent moment like nothing else. Poole updates the story-telling backbone of country music for an audience that is young, urban, romantically alienated and financially pre-carious, using the same threads spun by Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson before him to write his own anthems for a new generation of country music fans. With his debut album 'Wideass Highway' Dougie Poole established himself as forerunner in a class of musicians who grew up in a post-genre ecosystem equally as likely to be influenced by Ariel Pink and Animal Collective as Dolly Parton and Dwight Yoakam. On The Freelancer’s Blues, Dougie graduates from drum machine and synthesizer bedroom country to a full band with honky-tonk harmonies, wailing pedal steel, and carefully constructed arrangements. Produced by Jonathan Schenke (PC Worship, Gong Gong Gong, Public Practice) The Free-lancer’s Blues does the seemingly impossible of staying true to Poole’s heritage in the DIY scenes of New York and Providence, while simultaneously certifying him as a country music bonafide.

About Dougie Poole

Dougie Poole is a musician and songwriter living in Brooklyn, New York. Coming of age in Providence, he dabbled in heavier and more experimental music before maturing into a country auteur. He writes earnestly about his experience (life in the big city, heartbreak in the digital age) and approaches country as an experimental music form, as well as a tradition. He has shared tours nationally with Jerry Paper, Still Corners and Bong Wish, and in 2019 guested on the Drugdealer album 'Raw Honey.'

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released June 12, 2020

Produced by Jonathan Schenke

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Dougie Poole Brooklyn, New York

New York based Country Singer/Songwriter.

shows

Apr 06

Baby's All Right - Brooklyn

Brooklyn, NY
Apr 08

Comet Ping Pong

Washington, DC
Apr 13

Hal & Mal's

Jackson, MS
Apr 14

Gasa Gasa

New Orleans, LA
Apr 17

Antone's Nightclub

Austin, TX
Apr 18

Paper Tiger

San Antonio, TX
Apr 20

Club Congress

Tucson, AZ
Apr 21

Soda Bar

San Diego, CA
Apr 23

Lodge Room

Los Angeles (LA), CA
Apr 24

Café du Nord

San Francisco, CA
Apr 28

The Cobalt

Vancouver, BC
Apr 29

Clock-Out Lounge

Seattle, WA
May 01

Hi-Dive

Denver, CO
May 02

The Bottleneck

Lawrence, KS
May 04

7th St Entry

Minneapolis, MN
May 05

The Empty Bottle

Chicago, IL
May 06

The Pyramid Scheme

Grand Rapids, MI
May 10

Mahall's 20 Lanes

Lakewood, OH
May 11

Club Café

Pittsburgh, PA
May 13

Higher Ground

South Burlington, VT
May 16

Crystal Ballroom at Somerville Theatre

Somerville, MA

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