Sean Harrison – Ghosts of the Old Wire Road: Americana singer-songwriter Sean Harrison has released the haunting new single, “Ghosts of the Old Wire Road.” It is the second release from his forthcoming album, ‘Ghastly Love (and other dubious tales).’
Americana Highways premiered the music video earlier this week. Watch it at this link.
Opening with an ominous tone, guitar notes pierce the sound as Harrison begins the narration of the history of the road, describing how early Native Americans travelled it until white explorers drove them out and established stagecoach lines to carry passengers and mail. Later Union and Confederate troops both used the road, and much later, how the road would be paved to accommodate modern automobiles. Over a thousand years of history passes by in Harrison’s tale. It is a sobering thought to understand that the road was shared by many people for many years, and it was never truly owned by anyone.
“I’m just passing through the same space in a different time
I know that in the end this is their place as much as mine
They left their bones and blood in the dirt here bestowed
Ghosts of the Old Wire Road”
“Where I live is just off of Old Wire Road in Fayetteville, Arkansas,” says Harrison. “I enjoy reading history, and this road has a rich one. I’ve often thought about the people who had lived and died here long before white men came along – and the hubris of modern American ideas of ‘ownership.’”
Written by Harrison and co-produced by Harrison and Darren Novotny, “Ghosts of the Old Wire Road” features Harrison on lead vocals, acoustic guitars and piano, Darren Novotny on drums, John Davies on fretless bass guitar, Bayard Blain on bouzouki & mandolin, Scotty Henderson on pedal steel guitar, and David Ervin on keyboards.
“Ghosts of the Old Wire Road” is the follow-up to the Harrison’s recent single, “Good Cover Story,” which was well-received by fans and media alike, with coverage from Americana UK, The Alternate Root, and Americana Highways, among others.
THE 2025 BIG-TIME-SMALL-TOWN TOUR
3/14 — Redbird Listening Room, New Braunfels, TX
3/15 — Guadalupe Brewing & Pizza Kitchen, New Braunfels, TX
3/17 — The Gruene Light / Rockin’ R River, Gruene, TX
3/18 — Poodie’s Roadhouse, Spicewood, TX
3/20 — Lucky Rabbit, Jonestown, TX
3/21 — Southside Tavern, Goldthwaite, TX
3/22 — AC Hotel, Fort Worth, TX
3/29 — Magnolia House (Listening Room), Prairie Grove, AR
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ABOUT SEAN HARRISON:
Sean Harrison grew up in Fayetteville, Arkansas’ fabled musical and literary environment of the ’60s and ’70s, in the fertile ground that had nurtured Rockabilly icon Ronnie Hawkins, whose group The Hawks provided a launchpad for The Band after Hawkins relocated to Toronto and took fellow Arkansawyer, Levon Helm with him. Harrison’s father was the late novelist, William Harrison, who was best known for his short story ‘Roller Ball Murder,’ which has been made into two movies; he also wrote the screenplay for the 1975 version, ‘Rollerball,’ which starred James Caan, and 1982’s ‘Burton and Speke,’ about Sir Richard Burton and aristocrat John Hanning Speke’s 1857 expedition to the source of the Nile.
Sean Harrison went to college in Texas, before joining a country band, which landed him on the main stage at Kerrville Folk Festival. He continued to play solo and band shows, eventually landing in Europe where he busked for tips on the streets of London, Paris, Florence, and Venice. Back stateside, he went back to school and earned a degree in journalism, taking jobs at The Morning News and the Arkansas Gazette before settling into a career in public relations. He never stopped writing songs. He released his first album, ‘Halfway from Nashville,’ in 2020, and has maintained a busy touring schedule ever since.
For more information about Sean Harrison, visit his website here: Sean Harrison Songs
Sean Harrison – Ghosts of the Old Wire Road
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