Artist:Nathaniel Rateliff
Song:And It's Still Alright
Album:And It's Still Alright
Singer songwriter Nathaniel Rateliff has had success as an album and touring act with his band The Night Sweats. But he took a little side trip to record the 2020 solo album And It's Still Alright. He has since returned to touring and recording with his band. He was born Oct. 7, 1978 in St. Louis but he grew up on a farm in Hermann, MO. He attended church with his parents. Rateliff learned to play drums at age 7 and taught himself to play guitar as a teen. He listened to his parents CCM record collection. But his dad also owned a copy of John Lennon's Imagine. And got Rateliff interested in writing. He left Missouri for Denver with his friend Joseph Pope III to work for the evangelical organization Youth with a Mission. When that got them to question religion, they formed the band Born in the Flood in 2002. They released an album in 2002 and turned down an offer from Roadrunner Records to form Nathaniel Rateliff and the Wheel. This was more of a folk rock act and they released an album. Rateliff recorded a solo album for Rounder in 2010 followed by another solo album in 2013. Rateliff and Pope formed Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats and signed with Concord's Fantasy/Stax label. This music had more of an R&B vibe and it was a last ditch effort to make it in the music business. Rateliff got lucky when Jimmy Fallon saw a video on YouTube, had Rateliff on The Tonight Show and they went viral. The 2015 album Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats was certified Gold. Since then the band has recorded two albums and continue to tour. Rateliff announced a 2019 solo tour and the solo album And It's Still Alright. He said these songs were more personal due to a recent divorce and the death of producer Richard Swift. The album did OK but it looks like a one off as Rateliff has returned to recording and touring with The Night Sweats. Here's the video for And It's Still Alright by Nathaniel Rateliff.
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