Charlie Hager Set To Release Truth And Love On November 1

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Charlie Hager is a singer/songwriter from Nashville, Tn. He credits the majority of his musical abilities to his father, James Bernard, a longtime West Virginia bluegrass player from the 1940's to his death in 1981. His writing styles and influences come mostly from Texas based singer/songwriters from Billy Jo Shaver, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and J.J. Cale. In his youth, Charlie, decided to not attend a large high school in Nashville and instead moved out the the Tennessee countryside to a small rural high school in Trousdale County which instilled his small town values. After graduation and a few years at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, he decided to join the U.S. Marine Corps and travel the world and for the first time started playing and writing. In 1991, he returned to Nashville and began playing local venues in the area. In the summer of 1993, he was married and had 3 children. During this time his music was placed on a back burner. In 2011 and after a divorce, Charlie returned to the Nashville music scene and with the help of some of his musical friends began playing regular shows and writing songs again.

In 2016, American Saga, his first album was released. It was received well by the media. During 2016 and 2017 Charlie played with his band at numerous venues around Nashville and on several radio stations live in both Nashville and Knoxville. Also, he began working on his sophomore album, "Truth And Love".

In July of 2018, he relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada because of his work with a production company. He is also working on establishing himself on the west coast.

At the end of 2018, the new album was completed and will now be released on Flour Sack Cape Records. The album is a collection of new songs and ones that have been written up to 10 years ago. Touching on folk and country, Charlie says of the album:

"Technically, the Truth And Love album was conceived in 2015 just prior to the release of my American Saga album in March of 2016. Originally, I had this idea of making an album called “The X-Files” in honor of my life with my x-wife. However, in May of 2016, I was watching the news about the primaries and noticed how just about everyone involved in the election was lying so I started writing a song which eventually ended up being the title track."

01 - Truth And Love
02 - Stole My Heart
03 - Never Good
04 - Big Star
05 - This Ain't Love
06 - All Yours
07 - She Wants To Believe
08 - Nothing To Do With You
09 - Trying To Lay The Blame
10 - Stand A Chance At All

Vocals: Charlie Hager / Drums & Percussion: Erin Nelson / Bass Guitar, Electric & Acoustic Guitar: Joe Lekkas / Electric Guitar & Harmonies- Andrew Lipow / Harmonies: Ryan Dishen and Benjamin Douglas / Trumpet: Robert Gay / Fiddle: Daniel Foulks / Steel Guitar: C.J. Colandrea / Keyboard: Benjamin Douglas

The Truth and Love Album has been a long time coming. The first recordings started in the fall of 2016 and the final masters arrived in the fall of 2018. A serious amount of thought and debate has come in how this album would be released. It was finally decided it would be a digital release of the album in Fall of 2019 followed by single releases accompanied with music videos.