Early Morning Shakes Explained

Early Morning Shakes
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Whiskey Myers
Cover:	Early Morning Shakes.jpg
Released:	4 February 2014 (US)
Genre:	Country rock, country, southern rock, red dirt
Label:	Wiggy Thump Records
Producer:	Dave Cobb
Prev Title:	Firewater
Prev Year:	2011
Next Title:	Mud
Next Year:	2016

Early Morning Shakes is the third studio album by American country rock band Whiskey Myers. It was released on February 4, 2014, through Wiggy Thump Records in the United States.

Personnel

Whiskey Myers

• Cody Cannon - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• John Jeffers - guitars, lap steel guitar, slide guitar, backing vocals
• Cody Tate - guitars, backing vocals
• Gary Brown - bass
• Jeff Hogg - drums

Additional musicians

• Michael Webb - keyboards
• Chris Hennessee - harp
• Kristen Rogers - backing vocals

Production

• Dave Cobb - producer, mixing
• Mark Needham - mixing
• Will Brierre - mixing assistant
• Pete Lyman - mastering
• Gary Dorsey & Kaysie Dorsey - art direction, artwork, photography

Reception

Writing for Texas Music Pickers, Chris Fox concluded that the album is "true southern rock without trying to be – it’s authentic, which seems like such a hard thing for artists to accomplish these days."^[1] In his review for Louder Than War, Dave Jennings stated that the album "features a fine blend of country, blues, rock and touches of gospel and is evidence of a band that is clearly going places."^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fox . Chris . 2014-02-26 . Album Review: Whiskey Myers – “Early Morning Shakes” . 2022-02-23 . Texas Music Pickers . en-US.
2. Web site: Jennings . Dave . 2015-04-09 . Whiskey Myers: Early Morning Shakes – album review . 2022-02-23 . Louder Than War . en-US.