New York, NY (Top40 Charts) The high energy track "What It Takes" (available Monday, July 20th) is a powerful testament to the work ethic of the classic American working family man. "It's my way of paying homage to the blue collar backbone of America, those guys who get up day after day, go to work and even if they never earn what they're worth, they do it anyway to support their families and pay their bills," says Linley.
Launching his career as a straightforward rock and roller, Zach Linley took a unique route, both musically and geographically, to discovering his innermost truth as a singer and songwriter and embracing what Willie
Nelson once said was the heart of a country song: "three chords and the truth."
After a few years honing his songwriting craft, Linley joined forces with previous band mate Jason Beck as well as new found friend Chad Sherman and started the unit that evolved into Zach Linley & The
Rebel Daredevils (electric guitarist Jason Beck, lead guitarist Nate Van Vleet, bassist Chad Sherman and drummer
Brandon Frederking). They hit the ground running, opening in 2013 for former American Idol contestant and country artist
Casey James at The Castle Theater in Bloomington, IL. and since then, they've never looked back opening for an array of top country artists including Frankie Ballard, Josh Thompson, Keith Anderson,
David Allan Coe, Gary Allan, Jana Kramer,
Jamey Johnson and
Chris Cagle and earning high praise from the likes of Nyhl Henson, Co-Founder and former CEO of CMT (Country
Music Television), who called him "the
Garth Brooks of the New Millennium…(whose) songwriting is phenomenal and far ahead of the game."
Such words are only meaningful when an artist receives them as a challenge - and Linley and the band are grabbing the bull by the proverbial horns, following their well-received 2014 self titled debut EP with the forthcoming five track collection What It Takes due out in August. The collection was produced by Erik Nelson, owner of Eclipse Studios in Normal, IL who has written, produced or engineered for everyone from
Jason Derulo and
Boyz II Men to R. Kelly,
O-Town and Ralph Tresvant.
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