{"product_id":"joyride-cd","title":"Joyride (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSteve Poltz is \"a Canadian-American singer-songwriter and \u003cspan\u003eguitarist. He is a founding member of the indie-rock band the Rugburns and collaborated on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eseveral songs with singer Jewel, including the 1996 single \"You Were Meant for Me\", which \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereached number two in the US\". \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJoyRide is my 14th solo album. I tour nonstop, so I usually have to be tricked into a studio \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eunder the guise of \"just one song.\" Capturing me on tape is like convincing a whirling dervish \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto stop spinning long enough to sign a bill into law. It's chaos, caffeine, and accidental poetry \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- art colliding with microphones and commerce in a glorious mess. That's how JoyRide \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehappened. No seatbelts, no helmets. Just unsaturated, unadulterated art. Real humans \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emaking real noise in real time. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe record opens with \"If It Bleeds It Leads\" - my kinda classic mischief. Then comes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Petrichor,\" inspired by the beautiful smell after it rains. (I later discovered Phish has one \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etoo, but mine's the barefoot cousin at brunch.) \"At It Again\" follows, a cosmic co-write \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith my brother-from-another-meerkat Jim Lauderdale, featuring Bryan Owings and Chris \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDonohue (Emmylou Harris's rhythm section). The title track \"JoyRide\" feels like a warm hug \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eafter a long road trip: \"Free hugs, no shrugs, wrong drugs, bedbugs. Smiles, laughter, for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehere ever after.\" Side one ends with \"The Son Of God.\" I will probably get crucified for this \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esong, but hopefully it will be an AI video made by an angry man living in his mom's basement. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSide two kicks off with \"Love a Little Bigger,\" a rowdy co-write with Vince Herman of Leftover \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSalmon. \"Fixin' Up\" (track seven) is my secret favorite - like a quarter from the Tooth Fairy \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eyou gotta dig around for. \"New Tattoo\" follows about a dude who got his lover's face inked \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eon his own face. (Bad plan, good song.) \"Brand New Liver\" imagines swapping out your old \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eone like a water pump instead of quitting drinking. And then comes the closer \"Hairlift.\" That \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eone has my favorite line I've ever written: \"I used to play ping pong with my old friend Mao \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eZedong. I thought he told me I was well hung, but he was speaking in the mother tongue.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat's JoyRide. Ten songs, no filter, no seatbelt, no map. Big thanks to Dex Green for being \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe musical trickster who lured me into the studio. Party on, weirdos. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-Steve Poltz, Nashville\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUPC: 033651033226\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Steve Poltz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48607343575291,"sku":null,"price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0431\/2606\/3262\/files\/joyridepol.jpg?v=1775069062","url":"https:\/\/rustandwax.com\/products\/joyride-cd","provider":"Rust \u0026 Wax Record Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}