Twelve tracks forged in roadhouse smoke and interstate dust — the debut full-length from the Outhouse Poets is a mile-marker record that stakes out the band’s territory between heartbreak balladry and full-throttle country stomp.
Recorded over three weeks at Magnolia Sound Studios in Memphis, Dust & Glory captures the raw voltage of a band that spent two years sharpening its sound in honky-tonks across the South. Producer Earl “Catfish” Benton kept the sessions loose — most vocals were cut live with the full band playing in the same room, bleed and all.
Track Listing
- 01 — Dust u0026 Glory 4:32
- 02 — Whiskey On the Wind 3:47
- 03 — Tailgate Gospel 3:21
- 04 — She Left the Porch Light On 4:58
- 05 — Gravel Road Serenade 3:14
- 06 — County Line 3:55
- 07 — Two-Dollar Sermon 4:11
- 08 — Borrowed Thunder 3:38
- 09 — Cottonmouth Creek 5:02
- 10 — Last Call Lullaby 4:45
- 11 — Fence Post Hymn 3:29
- 12 — Glory (Reprise) 2:18
We didn’t have a plan — just a case of beer and a list of songs we’d been playing every night for two years. That’s all we needed.
Jake Holden, lead vocals
The album opens with its title track — a slow-building anthem that sets the tone for everything that follows. Pedal steel curls around an acoustic guitar riff while the rhythm section locks into a swaying groove that feels like driving with the windows down at dusk. By the time the chorus hits, you’re already on the highway.
Standout cuts include “Whiskey On the Wind,” a barroom weeper that earned the band rotation on SiriusXM’s Outlaw Country, and “Last Call Lullaby,” a waltz-time closer that strips the arrangement down to upright bass and vocal harmony. The record moves between tempos and moods without ever losing its thread — every song lives in the same dust-coated world.
Dust & Glory debuted at number twelve on the Americana radio chart and spent six weeks in the top twenty. It remains the record that turned a regional bar band into a touring act — and the one fans still shout for from the front row.
