Stephen Foster & Howler - Single 'You Can't Take Me Home'

Thoroughbred Music is delighted to announce the release of the new single ‘You Can’t Take Me Home’ by Stephen Foster & Howler impacting now and the album ‘Southern’ releasing 29th April.

Muscle Shoals' finest, Stephen Foster and Howler release their first single on Thoroughbred Music - 'You Can't Take Me Home' - a song written about Stephen's late friend Lynyrd Skynyrd's Ronnie Van Zant, tragically killed in 1977 with others of the band in a plane crash. The song is about the rumour that Lynyrd Skynyrd fans had been chipping bits off his gravestone as mementos! The song is taken from the forthcoming album 'Southern' releasing soon.
Stephen quotes ’I was friends with Ronnie until his passing after writing some songs which Lynyrd Skynyrd used for their first audition in Muscle Shoals at Quinvy studio in early 1970. Rest in peace Freebird. SF&Howler is known for the hits "Mad As Hell", "Medicine Man", "Mango Tree", "Mama's Goin' Dancin' When The Train Comes Home" and "Cathead Blues" among others. Based out of Muscle Shoals, Sweet Home, Alabama, the 4-piece group tours festival and concert stages

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"Stephen Foster & Howler" is a Boogie-Woogie & Blues act, playing concerts, festivals, and large venues. The combination of Blues, Rock, Americana & Boogie-Woogie music gives them the flexibility to play Blues, Country, Rock, Americana & Roots festivals and concerts. This is a heavy act with pounding beats from Psychedelic Blues to Delta & Boogie-Woogie, featuring power piano and at times, dual slide guitars. Stephen Foster also plays solo concerts on piano and guitars, singing his hits and telling tales of the famous musicians he's worked with. He has played solo to crowds of 10,000+.
Singer-songwriter, keyboardist, guitarist Stephen Foster is a 50-year veteran of the music business, inking his first recording contract in 1969 as a stablemate to Percy Sledge, and writing for Lynyrd Skynyrd. As the house guitarist at Quinvy Studio in Muscle Shoals, AL, his session credits are legendary, working with a multitude of great artists who recorded there in the 70s. Signed to 20th Century Fox and later Janus Records as a labelmate to Robert Palmer, he walked away from the restrictions of big label deals and started Whitehorse Records in 1979, charting Cashbox Top-40 with "For The Love of A Girl". He owned recording studios for 20 years and was an integral part in the Indie move to bust the majors but began concentrating on his own recordings in 2000. A series of Indie hits followed, continuing to present day.
Members of Howler include guitar wizard Kelvin Holley, Little Richard's guitarist for many years; Bassist J.R. Byrd played with Jerry Lee Lewis for 10 years touring Europe and the United States; and young monster Evan Lane on drums & vocals.
Stephen has shared the Concert Stage with: North Mississippi Allstars/Drive-By Truckers/Jason Isbell/Jimmy Hall/Ricky Nelson/The Wailers/Bonnie Bramlett/Cowboy/The Cars/5th Dimension/Percy Sledge, and many more.

Stephen Foster & Howler Discography:
• 8 Albums out in last 10 years
• Platinum single "Mighty Field of Vision Anthem" over 1,100,000 downloads
• Top-40 AMA Charted Album "Howl At The Blues" 10 Months On Billboard Charts in '07
• 12 Charted singles
• 4 Singles charted same week (Only artist to do so) APD Global Indicator Charts
• 3 albums charted same week (Only artist to do so) APD Global Indicator Charts
• 2017 CMA Nominated "Song Of The Year" for "Mexican Bird"
• 2011 CMA Nominated "Song Of The Year" for "She's Gone"
• 2011 CMA Nominated "Album Of The Year" for "Howl At The Moon"
• 2007 AMA Nominated "Emerging Artist of The Year" for "Howl At The Blues"
• 2007 Muscle Shoals Music Awards Nominated "Blues Album of The Year"
•10,000 + radio stations playing Stephen Foster & Howler music