{"id":2444407,"date":"2026-06-04T08:10:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T08:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2444407"},"modified":"2026-06-04T08:10:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T08:10:57","slug":"ray-wylie-hubbard-details-upcoming-new-album-reel-2-reel-4-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ray-wylie-hubbard-details-upcoming-new-album-reel-2-reel-4-real\/","title":{"rendered":"Ray Wylie Hubbard Details Upcoming New Album \u201cReel 2 Reel 4 Real\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Most musical performers tend to grow old with their music, slowing down, smoothing the edges off, and settling for more quiet, acoustic tones. Not Ray Wylie Hubbard<\/a><\/strong>. The Patron Saint of \u201cGrit, Groove, Tone and Taste\u201d is set to release his latest record Reel 2 Reel 4 Real<\/em> on August 21st. And as opposed to singing his way quietly into the sunset, Hubbard is bound and determined to shake the devil\u2019s cage and see what kind of trouble he can make as his horoscope sign nears 80 years circling the sun. <\/p>

Mostly produced by Jonathan Tyler at his studio in Austin, Ray Wylie Hubbard solicited his road band of drummer Kyle Schneider, bassist John Michael Schoepf, and his guitar-slinging son Lucas as the studio band, with assists from Cody Braun of Reckless Kelly on fiddle and mandolin, Bukka Allen on organ, and guitarist Tobin Dale. The results are said to be loud, dirty, dangerous, and defying of age as opposed to showing it. \u201cYou know, a lot of artists when they put out a record, they go, \u2018This is the best record I\u2019ve done up to this point,\u2019\u201d <\/em>Hubbard says. \u201cBut I\u2019m not going to say this is the best record I\u2019ve done. I\u2019ll say it\u2019s the best record I\u2019ve ever heard.\u201d<\/em><\/p>

Two songs from the album were also recorded with Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers fame at Mike\u2019s studio in Los Angeles. This happened after Ringo Starr made a recommendation to Mike Campbell, speaking to the kind of influence and respect Ray Wylie pulls from his fellow musicians. But Jonathan Tyler handled everything else, which according to Hubbard, was sort of by accident.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cJonathan\u2019s just a really brilliant producer and a great engineer,\u201d<\/em> Hubbard says, \u201cAnd it was such a treat to record at his place, because he\u2019s got all this really cool old gear in there. In fact, the record\u2019s called Reel 2 Reel 4 Real because I think there were three songs that we did right to tape. Just hit record and play, you know? And the funny thing is, I actually went in there thinking I was just going to do a demo thing, because we had originally thought about working with some other people. But we walked in and Jonathan had three mics on the drums, and we played it, and I thought, \u2018Man!\u2019 I just loved that sound. So we ended up recording eight songs there.\u201d<\/em><\/p>

Ahead of the release, Ray Wylie has released the song \u201cCassette Mix Tape,\u201d recalling the time he stole his dad\u2019s Chevy Vega\u2014something long-time Hubbard fans have heard referenced in other songs. We\u2019re finally getting more of the story. <\/p>

From country standards like \u201cUp Against The Wall, Redneck Mother,\u201d to Red Dirt anthems like \u201cWanna Rock & Roll\u201d recorded by Cross Canadian Ragweed, to iconic singer\/songwriter songs like \u201cDrunken Poet\u2019s Dream\u201d cut by Hayes Carll, to collaborating with Eric Church and the aforementioned Ringo Starr, Ray Wylie Hubbard\u2019s done it just about all. It appears he\u2019s bound and determined to not go out with a whimper, but standing tall and howling. <\/p>

Reel 2 Reel 4 Real<\/em> is now available for pre-order\/pre-save<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>

TRACK LIST: <\/strong><\/p>

1. \u201cCassette Mix Tape\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. \u201cEl Diablo Esta Ganando\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. \u201cA Murder of Crows\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. \u201cLook What The Cat Drug In\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. \u201cDog or Wolf\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. \u201cTip Your Hat to the Black Crow\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. \u201cGods Playing Poker\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. \u201cCobwebs\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. \u201cShe Plays \u2018Crazy Mama\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. \u201cThe Night\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n