Kenny Roby first met Neal back in 1997, when Kenny’s Raleigh, NC based band, 6 String Drag, signed to Steve Earle’s E-Squared record label and made their classic album High Hat. Neal and Kenny became great pals and Neal invited Kenny along to open a month of shows on his 1998 tour of the UK and France. They sang together every night and when the tour ended they came back to the states and recorded their duo album Kenny Roby & Neal Casal: Black River Sides. They stayed friends until Neal’s passing in 2019 and Kenny recorded a fantastic version of Neal’s song “Too Much To Ask” for the Highway Butterfly: The Songs of Neal Casal tribute album. Learn more about Kenny: https://kennyroby.net/ Song clips in this episode:6 String Drag Bottle of BluesAin’t Got The TimeWhen I Loved You Silver MoonToo Much To AskNew Day Episode artwork photography by Neal Casal <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Kenny Roby first met Neal back in 1997, when Kenny’s Raleigh, NC based band, 6 String Drag, signed to Steve Earle’s E-Squared record label and made their classic album High Hat. Neal and Kenny became great pals and Neal invited Kenny along to open a month of shows on his 1998 tour of the UK and France. They sang together every night and when the tour ended they came back to the states and recorded their duo album Kenny Roby & Neal Casal: Black River Sides. They stayed friends until Neal’s passing in 2019 and Kenny recorded a fantastic version of Neal’s song “Too Much To Ask” for the Highway Butterfly: The Songs of Neal Casal tribute album. Learn more about Kenny: https://kennyroby.net/ Song clips in this episode: 6 String Drag Bottle of Blues Ain’t Got The Time When I Loved You Silver Moon Too Much To Ask New Day Episode artwork photography by Neal Casal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kenny Roby first met Neal back in 1997, when Kenny’s Raleigh, NC based band, 6 String Drag, signed to Steve Earle’s E-Squared record label and made their classic album High Hat. Neal and Kenny became great pals and Neal invited Kenny along to open a month of shows on his 1998 tour of the UK and France. They sang together every night and when the tour ended they came back to the states and recorded their duo album Kenny Roby &amp; Neal Casal: Black River Sides. They stayed friends until Neal’s passing in 2019 and Kenny recorded a fantastic version of Neal’s song “Too Much To Ask” for the Highway Butterfly: The Songs of Neal Casal tribute album. Learn more about Kenny: https://kennyroby.net/&nbsp;Song clips in this episode:6 String Drag Bottle of BluesAin’t Got The TimeWhen I Loved You&nbsp;Silver MoonToo Much To AskNew Day&nbsp;Episode artwork photography by Neal Casal Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Episode 18: Kenny Roby

‘Highway Butterfly: The Stories Of Neal Casal,’ is a companion podcast available in the lead-up to the 41-song tribute ‘Highway Butterfly: The Songs Of Neal Casal,’ due Nov. 12. The first four podcast episodes premiered on World Suicide Prevention Day and include interviews with tribute album contributing artists Billy Strings and Jaime Wyatt and co-producers Dave Schools and Jim Scott. Each week following, additional contributors to the album will share their stories about Neal, memories of making the tribute album and what the Neal Casal Music Foundation means to them. The conversations bring up important topics such as mental wellness for musicians and destigmatizing our needs around mental healthcare.&nbsp;‘Highway Butterfly: The Songs of Neal Casal’ is a 3+ hour tribute collection of Casal’s songs recorded by 41 artists &amp; 130 musicians, now available as pre-order for both the <a href=" https://nealcasalmusicfoundation.org/store/highway-butterfly " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">5-LP/3-CD limited edition boxed sets</a>. All proceeds from sales and streams of the recordings will benefit The Neal Casal Music Foundation. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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‘Highway Butterfly: The Stories Of Neal Casal,’ is a companion podcast available in the lead-up to the 41-song tribute ‘Highway Butterfly: The Songs Of Neal Casal,’ due Nov. 12. The first four podcast episodes premiered on World Suicide Prevention Day and include interviews with tribute album contributing artists Billy Strings and Jaime Wyatt and co-producers Dave Schools and Jim Scott. Each week following, additional contributors to the album will share their stories about Neal, memories of making the tribute album and what the Neal Casal Music Foundation means to them. The conversations bring up important topics such as mental wellness for musicians and destigmatizing our needs around mental healthcare. ‘Highway Butterfly: The Songs of Neal Casal’ is a 3+ hour tribute collection of Casal’s songs recorded by 41 artists & 130 musicians, now available as pre-order for both the 5-LP/3-CD limited edition boxed sets. All proceeds from sales and streams of the recordings will benefit The Neal Casal Music Foundation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘Highway Butterfly: The Stories Of Neal Casal,’ is a companion podcast available in the lead-up to the 41-song tribute ‘Highway Butterfly: The Songs Of Neal Casal,’ due Nov. 12. The first four podcast episodes premiered on World Suicide Prevention Day and include interviews with tribute album contributing artists Billy Strings and Jaime Wyatt and co-producers Dave Schools and Jim Scott. Each week following, additional contributors to the album will share their stories about Neal, memories of making the tribute album and what the Neal Casal Music Foundation means to them. The conversations bring up important topics such as mental wellness for musicians and destigmatizing our needs around mental healthcare.&nbsp;‘Highway Butterfly: The Songs of Neal Casal’ is a 3+ hour tribute collection of Casal’s songs recorded by 41 artists &amp; 130 musicians, now available as pre-order for both the <a href=" https://nealcasalmusicfoundation.org/store/highway-butterfly " rel="noopener noreferrer">5-LP/3-CD limited edition boxed sets</a>. All proceeds from sales and streams of the recordings will benefit The Neal Casal Music Foundation. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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