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Debuted at #10 on iTunes Top 40 US Country Albums Chart, #7 on iTopChart’s Top Country Music Album Chart, & #39 on PopVortex’s iTunes Top 100 Albums Chart
Launched 21 day “Break The Cycle” awareness campaign on social media ahead of joining the 2024 Mobilize Recovery Across America bus tour on Sept. 24 in Las Vegas, & Oct. 08 In Richmond, Va.
Featured on Spotify’s All New Country playlist & TIDAL’s Pure Country playlist
ICYMI: Whey talks Jekyll & Hyde on Taste of Country Nights [click to listen], Big D & Bubba [click to listen], WSM’s Coffee, Country & Cody [listen P1 | P2], & RFD-TV [click to watch]
“an emotional ballad that shines a light on the dark cycle of addiction.”
— Stephanie, Nolasco, Fox News
“It’s a body of work that would make his grandfather awfully proud.”
— Tricia Despres, People Magazine
“…trades in hope and self-determination, while placing the focus on his voice, as smooth yet gritty and world-weary as the dirt and rocks embedded on a well-trod backroad.”
— Jessica Nicholson, Billboard
“…whiskey soaked voice washed in the blood of real life experience.”
— Trigger, Saving Country Music
“It’s an ambitious mix of songs covering a wide range of topics …”
— Pam Windsor, Forbes
“You can’t write a song like Whey Jennings’ ‘Sleeves’ unless you’ve lived it.”
— Billy Dukes, Taste of Country
“…determined to make a name for himself on his own merits.”
— Joe Leydon, Cowboys & Indians
“…the culmination of these years of finding his voice and learning how to tell his story.”
— Lilly Platts, Rodeo Life Magazine
“This album highlights the transformation he has made in both music and life.”
— Lauren Lambert, Men’s Journal
“It’s a record that is meant to show Jennings has staying power in country music, on par with some of his musical heroes.”
— Gayle Thompson, Everything Nash
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (August 23, 2024) – Nashville recording artist and neo-traditional country singer-songwriter Whey Jennings released his debut album today, Jekyll & Hyde, [stream/listen/buy] available digitally everywhere by Dirt Rock Empire. Jekyll & Hyde debuted at #10 on iTunes Top 40 US Country Albums chart, #7 on iTopChart’s Top Country Music Album chart, & #39 on PopVortex’s iTunes Top 100 Albums chart. It’s also been hailed by Billboard, People Magazine, Forbes, Taste of Country, Cowboys & Indians, Men’s Journal, Rodeo Life Magazine and one of the most anticipated albums of 2024 by SavingCountryMusic.com, Jekyll & Hyde delivers a gauntlet of straightforward sonic country music gems which tells Jennings’ own heart-on-his-sleeves stories of hard work, love, honor, redemption, hope & patriotism.
“Jekyll & Hyde is a look into the life I’ve led, from facing my inner demon to chasing the woman of my dreams, to recovering from drug addiction, and honoring our fallen soldiers,” Jennings said. “This album is 100% me, and I’m 100% proud of this body of work!”
The album’s most recent focus track is “One Folded” [premiered by RFD-TV.com] which pays some much needed respect to our Gold Star Families and military veterans, and quickly surpassed 1 million views on YouTube, Jennings first video to do so. He also calls attention to the current drug epidemic happening in America on “Sleeves,” a ballad which painfully depicts what Jennings went thru in his own life. The upbeat country rocker “Jekyll & Hyde” [revealed by SavingCountryMusic.com] tells Whey’s story of his metaphorical conflicting two inner selves, while the sentimental and self-reflective “One Of These Days” [Billboard.com’s must hear new country songs] sits you back down and makes you think about your own life’s path. Then the highway burning working man’s tribute song “10 Day Run” [premiered by People.com] gets you back up on your feet again with a wild and crazy tale about a woman’s scorn. Jennings also introduces his first duet with Charity Bowden on the bona-fide cowboy meets cowgirl love song “Girl On A Fast Horse” [premiered by Cowboys & Indians] for a well-rounded out debut album by the Jennings family torchbearer of real country music.
Jekyll & Hyde Tracklisting & Songwriters:
1. “Jekyll & Hyde” (Whey Jennings, Wes Shipp)
2. “One of These Days” (Whey Jennings, Sam Lowe)
3. “Girl On A Fast Horse” with Charity Bowden (Whey Jennings, David Wade, Shane Grove, Taylor Hughes)
4. “Hotter in Texas” (Whey Jennings, David Wade, Shane Grove, Chris Foust)
5. “One Folded” (Michael Anthony Curtis, Gordon MaGee, Marlon L Raybon)
6. “Caught Up” (Whey Jennings, Wes Shipp)
7. “Sleeves” (Whey Jennings, Wes Shipp)
8. “Home” (David Wade, CJ Garton, Shane Grove)
9. “10 Day Run” (Whey Jennings, Wes Shipp, Sam Lowe)
10. “I Would Die” (Whey Jennings, Michael Curtis)
11. “Billboard Jesus” (Whey Jennings, Wes Shipp)
12. “Hallelujah” (Leonard Cohen)
Music Videos Out Now:
*Broadcast video files for OTA & streaming TV networks available on request
* All videos Produced & Directed by Gio Gotay
About Whey Jennings:
Country singer-songwriter Whey Jennings was born into one of country music’s most iconic family names, first emerging in 2012 as another naturally gifted singer from the Jennings tribe. With large boots to fill, the young Nashville recording artist and singer-songwriter for Dirt Rock Empire, with a booming baritone voice as big as Texas, finds himself with a few expectations to live up to. Seeking to establish his own musical legacy as one of the few remaining torch-bearing country traditionalists out there, Whey can instantly take his fans back to a time and sound his Grandfather Waylon and Grandmother Jessi gave birth to in the 70’s, even with his own songs.
With three studio recorded EP releases under his belt, 2020’s Gypsy Soul, 2022’s If It Wasn’t for The Sinnin’, and 2023’s Just Before The Dawn, Jennings is now preparing for his magnum opus of songs, his first full length album, the highly anticipated Jekyll & Hyde, due out August 23, 2024. Many of Whey’s songs reveal stories of how he has come to terms with a checkered past of too much partying, led by a drug-fueled lifestyle, but knowing he needed to make a change. Musical stories about struggles, addiction, finding sobriety, and redemption through faith in God, family and his friends. Interjecting his own modern-day approach to songwriting and storytelling, while remaining a little rough around the edges, Whey’s unpolished grit and honest demeanor defines his sound, with musical roots that run as deep as his Jennings family name would imply.
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