Travis McCready, vocals; Drew Smithers,
guitar; Ben Lewis, bass; Burne Sharp, drums
are Bishop Gunn of Natchez, Mississippi.
Bishop Gunn is rooted in the history and
sounds of their home and the surrounding
Delta, and features a blend of rock and roll,
soul and blues.
Bishop Gunn released their debut full-
length album Natchez in May 2018. The
album, named after the band’s hometown,
entered the Billboard charts as the #4 Blues
Album and also appeared as #8 on their
Heatseekers South Central chart.
Rolling Stone Country featured the band
among their “Artists You Need to Know,”
asserting “anyone can cite the Muscle
Shoals sound as an influence, but few acts
can actually pull off making music worthy
of such a claim. Nashville band Bishop
Gunn is one of those acts…The resulting
music is the perfect blend of Nashville and
the Shoals, and is the rare album that builds
upon its influences rather than resorting to
outright mimicry.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3A_coTcUek
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