William Beckmann Whiskey Lies & Alibis (CD)

A 12-song masterclass in heartbreak, resolve and reckoning, WHISKEY LIES & ALIBIS is a layered country album that captures the sting of lost love and the clarity that follows. The album opens with “Honky Tonk Blue,” a pedal-steel drenched shuffle written by Brice Long and Chris Stapleton (who held onto it for years before entrusting it to Beckmann), that has been praised for being “magnificently country” (Music Row) with an “irresistible urge to dance” (Country Central).

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