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The Red Clay Strays

Grateful

A celebration of faith, a soundtrack to gratitude, and a clear-eyed reflection of the road traveled along the way.
“ It’ s a different sound,” says Red Clay Strays ' lead singer and guitarist Brandon Coleman. This is a different-sounding album, genre-wise. The Mobile, Alabama-based band has come a long way in a short time- Grateful is a collection of 11 rollicking, soul-searching songs that can spill out of dance halls on Saturday night and fill church steeples on Sunday morning in equal measure, it ' s the latest chapter in The Red Clay Strays’ inspiring journey. The band reached a new level of comfort in the recording process, often workshopping ideas or collectively writing songs during the sessions.
The Red Clay Strays ' previous disc yielded the platinum # 1 hit single,“ Wondering Why,” worldwide critical acclaim, and garnered the Americana Music Honors & Awards 2024 " Emerging Artist of the Year " award, the Academy of Country Music( ACM) 2025 " New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year " honor, and the Country Music Association( CMA) 2025 " Vocal Group of the Year " award.
Grateful moves the band ever closer to the superstar status they deserve- hear tracks from the disc on Bear Country 99.9FM.
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