Chris O’Leary is blowin’ hard on his new album, The Hard Line. This is Chris’ 6th album and his first for Alligator Records’ a label that means a lot to this former Marine and vocalist for Levon Helm’s Barn Burners.

Marty Duda found Chris in Virginia Beach just as The Hard Line was about to hit the shops. Watch and listen as Chris explains how The Band’s Levon Helm  became “the most important musical figure in my life”.