Duo Featured in November Issue of True Country Music News

Curb Records announces the release of “Trail of Tears” from Bluegrass Music’s newest collaboration, Pitney Meyer. This latest track is the second single from the duo’s forthcoming album, Cherokee Pioneer, expected in April 2025. “Trail of Tears” is available to radio and consumers today

What began with informal jam sessions in hallways and stairwells during SPBGMA and IBMA conferences, evolved into a mutually deep reverence for an art form that was built on human connection and heart. Mo Pitney and John Meyer found themselves creating songs out of these spontaneous sessions, eventually feeling the pull to record a collection in the most authentic way possible.

Alongside Serve Productions, Pitney Meyer built a completely analog recording studio in the heart of an 1837 hand-hewn log cabin, formerly owned by Johnny Cash, now the Storytellers Hideaway Farm in Bon Aqua, Tennessee. Referred to as the “Bon Aqua Sessions,” a collection of songs were recorded live-to-tape that include the duo’s first foray into radio, “That Sounds Lonesome,” a full 11-song album, Cherokee Pioneer, and a bonus post-album track.“Trail of Tears” is the followup to the album’s first single, “Old Friend,” and is a call for reconciliation, encouraging forgiveness as it reflects on a grim part of American history.

“During the time period of writing this song,” says Pitney, “I had been in a season where I was deeply moved by the story of the Native American people, and felt my spirit asking the question: What does the Gospel have to say to that story now? It was in that place I started to feel a song being sung to me, and from the deepest part of my heart, rather loudly, I began to sing ‘on the trail of tears, hear the voice, of the Cherokee who’s crying in the wilderness.'”

As Pitney was hearing and writing these first lines, he received a text from Meyer. “I was up around Licking, Missouri on a side-by-side, literally riding down a ridge that was once part of the Trail of Tears. I texted Mo and he kind of freaked out because he had just been feeling this song.” It was divine kismet that led the pair to collaborate on writing “Trail of Tears.”

“The first time we performed the song was out in Bon Aqua at the Johnny Cash farm,” continues Meyer. “There are stories that Cash used to walk down by the creek behind the cabin and find old arrowheads and native pottery. It was poignant to hear the song first come to life on that property.”

“Trail of Tears” is available on popular streaming services here and to radio via AirPlay Direct or by request. In addition to the release of new music, Pitney Meyer are featured in the November issue of True Country Music News and will perform a much anticipated show tonight beginning at 7pm CT at Joelton Hardware & Feed (Joelton, TN). For more on Pitney Meyer, follow the band on social media channels @pitneymeyer or visit pitneymeyer.com.

About Pitney Meyer

PITNEY MEYER is the inspired bluegrass collaboration of Mo Pitney & John Meyer, born out of jam sessions and music gatherings in living rooms, festivals, and stages like the Station Inn where Mo and John played a sold-out residency. With Mo on acoustic guitar and John on banjo, they are joined on-stage by Nate Burie (mandolin) and Blake Pitney (bass), along with a rotating list of top-tier fiddle players including CMA Musician of the Year Jenee Fleenor, Ivy Phillips, and Ron Stewart. Their debut record is scheduled to be released Spring 2025.

About Curb Records:

Celebrating 60 years in business, Curb Records is the largest independently distributed record company in America. Owned and operated by Mike Curb and founded in 1964, Curb Records has achieved 435 number one records, over 1,500 Top Ten records and charted over 4,500 total records. With over a half century in operation, Curb Records has been influential in the careers of some of the biggest names in music, including: Tim McGraw, Hank Williams Jr., Rodney Atkins, Lee Brice, LeAnn Rimes, The Judds, Dylan Scott, Sawyer Brown, for KING & COUNTRY, Wyn Starks, Wynonna, Lyle Lovett, Big Daddy Weave, We Are Messengers, Natalie Grant, Jo Dee Messina, Hannah Ellis, Mo Pitney, Hal Ketchum, and Kelsey Hart, among many others.