Tucker Beathard released the second installment of his debut double album KING on August 21st. The 13 songs on the project features Beathard as co-producer, co-writer, lead guitarist, and drummer; his co-writers include Jonathan Singleton, Donovan Woods, Marla Cannon-Goodman, Phil O’Donnell, and Luke Dick. The KING title pays tribute to Beathard’s late brother, Clay, who was killed during an altercation in Nashville in December 2019. (“King” was Clayton’s middle name.) The closing track “I Ain’t Without You” also serves as a message to his late brother and was co-written with his his father and fellow songwriter, Casey Beathard. “For me music has always been a way to escape,” Tucker says in a statement. “There’s a lot of things people are dealing with internally that they don’t have voices for right now, and I’ve learned that if I write from the heart, if I sing from experience, I can be that voice. Some people can’t pinpoint what they’re feeling, but they can hear a song and be like ‘Damn, that’s it,’ and I hope I can help them get there with this record. These songs mean a lot to me and I feel really ready to share them with the world.”
