HARDY Is Putting Out A Half-Country, Half-Rock Album

With the release of his forthcoming album, The Mockingbird & The Crow, on January 20, 2023 via Big Loud Records, Mississippi-born singer-songwriter HARDY hopes to cement his multi-genre success. The project follows his 2020 debut album A ROCK, and HARDY will traverse his penchant for both country and rock over the course of 17 songs on the new album.

In recent years, the Philadelphia, Miss., native has not only been a songwriter on numerous chart-toppers for Blake Shelton, Morgan Wallen, Florida Georgia Line, Chris Lane, and others (and is the newly minted ACM songwriter of the year winner), but he’s also earned Billboard chart-toppers as an artist in country (with “One Beer” and his work on Dierks Bentley’s “Beers on Me” alongside BRELAND), and rock with a top 20

HARDY provided a substantial preview of the album, releasing three new songs, including the title track, “Truck Bed,” and “Here Lies Country Music.” Those songs follow his most recent releases, “Jack,” “Wait in the Truck,” and “Sold Out.” “Red,” one of the country songs on the album, will feature his friend and collaborator Morgan Wallen.

The album was recorded at Nashville’s Ocean Way studio and Blackbird Studios, with Joey Moi producing the entire album, HARDY and Derek Wells co-producing, and David Garcia, Jordan Schmidt, Ben Johnson, Andrew Wade, Jeremy McKinnon, and Cody Quistad co-producing on some songs.

HARDY also recently revealed to fans that he and members of his crew were treated for “significant injuries” after being involved in a tour bus accident on their way back from his show at Bristol Country Thunder in Tennessee. On Oct. 4, he provided an update to fans, saying that he and those on the bus with him were “mostly OK.”

“I just got done hanging out with Tanner,” HARDY explained. “Tanner and Noah are fine. I still want you to pray for our bus driver, Ricky, who is still in critical condition. So if you could please pray for him, that would be fantastic… He got a good report tonight, but he still needs all the love and prayers he can get.”

HARDY also cancelled a couple of shows, including his opening slot for Morgan Wallen’s The Dangerous Tour stop in Arlington, Texas, on Oct. 8 at Globe Life Field, and his own Oct. 13 show at Flannagan’s in Columbus, Ohio. The Columbus performance has been rescheduled for July 1, 2023.

The following is the track listing for The Mockingbird and the Crow:

“Beer” (Michael Hardy, Ashley Gorley, Ben Johnson, Hunter Phelps) (Michael Hardy, Ashley Gorley, Ben Johnson, Hunter Phelps)
Morgan Wallen performs on “Red.” (Rhett Akins, Michael Hardy, Ben Hayslip, and Jacob Rice)
“Wait in the Truck,” performed by Lainey Wilson “Drink One for Me” (Michael Hardy, Renee Blair, Hunter Phelps, Jordan Schmidt) (Michael Hardy, David Garcia, Hunter Phelps)
“I in the Country” (Michael Hardy, Smith Ahnquist, Nick Donley, Jake Mitchell, Hunter Phelps)
“Screen” (Michael Hardy, Jessie Jo Dillon, Matt Dragstrem, Hunter Phelps) (Michael Hardy, Jessie Jo Dillon, Matt Dragstrem, Hunter Phelps)
“Happy” Michael Hardy (Michael Hardy)
“Country Music Lies Here” Michael Hardy, Cole Taylor, Brett Tyler, and Will Weatherly (Michael Hardy, Cole Taylor, Brett Tyler, and Will Weatherly)
“To Kill a Mockingbird” and “The Crow” Michael Hardy, Jordan Schmidt, and Brett Tyler (Michael Hardy, Jordan Schmidt, and Brett Tyler) “Out of Stock” (Michael Hardy, David Garcia, Hunter Phelps) *\s“Jack” (Michael Hardy, David Garcia, Hillary Lindsey) (Michael Hardy, David Garcia, Hillary Lindsey) *
“Truck Bed” + “.30-06” (Michael Hardy, Ashley Gorley, Ben Johnson, Hunter Phelps) (Michael Hardy, Cameron Montgomery, Hunter Phelps)
“I’m no longer in the country” (Michael Hardy, David Garcia, Hillary Lindsey) * “Radio Song,” performed by Jeremy McKinnon (Michael Hardy, Zach Abend, Nick Donley, Jeremy McKinnon, Cody Quistad) * “Kill Sh!t Till I Die” (Michael Hardy, David Garcia, and Hunter Phelps) (Michael Hardy, Andy Albert, Nick Donley)

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