Jeremy Garrett breaks through bluegrass boundaries with new single, ‘I Can’t Lay Your Lovin’ Down’

Some musicians pour every bit of their creative energy into a single sound, a single project — but that’s not Jeremy Garrett. So when he’s not on the road playing fiddle and singing with the GRAMMY award-winning band The Infamous Stringdusters, he’s been touring on his own, using the latest technology to develop sophisticated and textured yet deeply soulful performances of his original songs.  

This technique of layering and looping multiple instruments and vocals is heard in his first single release from Organic Records, “I Can’t Lay Your Lovin’ Down,” produced and engineered by GRAMMY winner Billy Hume. 

The product of an intensive writing session with long-time collaborators Jon Weisberger and Mountain Heart’s Josh Shilling at Garrett’s Colorado mountain home, “I Can’t Lay Your Lovin’ Down” is a sombre portrait of a man who’s “facing all my demons” but one.  From a sparse guitar opening, the music unfolds with increasing urgency as the entrance of mandolin and fiddle builds a restless tension that flares into haunting layers of fiddle exploration before subsiding in the closing seconds. It’s an emotional and deeply musical tour de force that’s all the more remarkable for a listener who knows that Garrett can do it all live. 

“I had the melody for ‘I Can’t Lay Your Lovin’ Down’ kicking around for a while,” says Garrett. “I brought it to the table during a writing session with Jon and Josh. We have written several songs together now and that was one of my favorites that came out of that session.”  

The single is the first release from Garrett’supcoming album, Circles, featuring more music that pushes the borders of progressive bluegrass music.

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