Skip to Search Skip to Live Player Skip to Content Skip to Footer

Jon Pardi Hopes To ‘Lift Up’ California With New Album

Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

Jon Pardi has announced his upcoming fifth studio album, Honkytonk Hollywood, slated for release on April 11. The 17-track album’s title track, “Honkytonk Hollywood,” sets the mood. A press release calls it “a grits-and-glitz tribute to the dual nature of Pardi’s life and mindset.”

Jon said of the new project, “All my albums have been rock and roll with a country flare – this one keeps on rockin’. It’s also the most grown-up record I’ve ever made, all my soul basically.”

He added, “Honkytonk Hollywood is for the Nashville that’s in my blood, and it’s also a nod to my California roots. And right now, more than ever, I hope it’s a way to honor and lift up the people of my home state.”

Enlisting Jay Joyce for the first time as producer and stepping away from the traditional Nashville recording system, Pardi spent three weeks in the studio, building each track with his touring band handling the vast majority of the recording. Of the seventeen songs, the track “Hey California” cruises down a Sunset Strip of ‘70s-style studio-rock sophistication – complete with vocal stacks and guitars.

Jon concluded of the album, “We did what we wanted, and it stands out because of it. Taking the chance paid off, and I kind of want to keep it that way.”

Pardi is a California native, and his immediate family still lives in the area where he grew up in Dixon, California. He told me in an interview when he first came out and started to pop in Nashville that he loves writing songs that are based on true stories and reflecting on where he comes from. Jon also holds the distinction of being the only native Californian to become a member of Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry.

RELATED: 4 Solid Country Songs That Talk About California

Honkytonk Hollywood Track List:

  1. Boots Off
  2. Friday Night Heartbreaker
  3. She Gets to Drinking
  4. Gambling Man
  5. Hey California
  6. Rush
  7. She Drives Away
  8. He Went to Work
  9. Last Call Thing
  10. Honkytonk Hollywood
  11. Love The Lights Out
  12. Nice Place to Visit
  13. Hard Knocks
  14. Don’t You Wanna Know
  15. Bar Room Blue
  16. Who I Don’t Wanna Be
  17. Kinda Wanna Keep It That Way

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.

Get The Country 102.5 Special Access Newsletter Sent To Your Inbox.

Enjoy the latest Country music, entertainment news, local happening you need to know, plus exclusive contests, games, and more!

*
By clicking "Subscribe" I agree to the website's terms of Service and Privacy Policy. I understand I can unsubscribe at any time.
Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group
Category:
Tags:

More Music

Load More