Billy Hubbard

Castin' Away My Blues

Based on actual civil war letters from a soldier to his love who never made it back home. From Billy Hubbard's September 2022 Album now available on iTunes, Amazon Music, and all outlets! Based on letters from a civil war soldier to his love, feat my Grammy winning friends Charlie McCoy harmonica, Shawn Camp on fiddle/mandolin

Civil War Letters

From Billy Hubbard's September 2022 Album now available on iTunes, Amazon Music, and all outlets!

Take Me Back

Features my Grammy winning legendary friend Charlie McCoy on harmonica. it's on my new album released Sept 2022.

Mighty Low

I Think of You

For The Moment

From Billy Hubbard's September 2022 Album now available on iTunes, Amazon Music, and all outlets! Featuring my Grammy winning friend Charlie McCoy on harmonica.

Got To Be Real

When I Look Into Your Eyes

Lonesome When I'm With You (duet with Bethany Jean Smith)

2022 Album review by writer, reviewer and critic Lee Zimmerman, via Goldmine magazine - 
Review: Billy Hubbard by Billy Hubbard, an independent release

Singer/songwriter Billy Hubbard has spent plenty of time on the business side of the music industry — as a producer, promoter, A&R representative, and venue developer — but with his eponymous debut album, he steps behind the microphone with a compelling set of songs that reflect his verve and vitality.

Written and co-produced by Hubbard, the new album was recorded and mastered at Welcome to 1979 Studio in Nashville with an array of talented guest musicians — among them, Grammy winner and Country Hall of Fame member Charlie McCoy (harmonica) , Shawn Camp of the Earls of Leicester (mandolin and fiddle), Bethany Jean Smith (co-vocals on two songs), Ryan Sise (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar, co-producer), Casey Green (drums), Travis Anderson - Upright bass, electric bass, and Scarlet Egan and Richard Hill (background vocals) 
— Hubbard (vocals, acoustic guitar) takes an emphatic first step towards establishing himself as an important player in today’s American environs.

Hubbard’s songs resonate with empathy and emotion, from the forlorn feelings echoed in the sad and sentimental “Civil War Letters,” an expression of love and loss written to a soldier’s wife from the battlefield, and the easy, breezy caress of “Castin’ Away My Blues” and “Goodbye Waltz,” to the emphatic strains and pervasive plea of “Take Me Back” and the rockier repast of “Got To Be Real.” Hubbard’s expressive, sandpapery vocals and precise arrangements set the tone, while the songs themselves resonate with warmth and resilience. A duet with Smith, “Lonesome When I’m With You,” conveys the regret and remorse found in a fractured relationship. So too, the palpable ache expressed in “For the Moment” contrasts with the sass and strut of “Mighty Low,” a Johnny and June-style duet that finds Smith and Hubbard commenting on a husband’s wayward behavior.

Nevertheless, the confession and conviction conveyed in a song such as “When I Look Into Your Eyes” reaffirms the essential emotional hinge on which the album hangs, with its echoes of a south of the border aura and ambiance adding atmospheric embellishment. So too, the riveting refrain and driving delivery given “I Think Of You” reinforces the energy and enthusiasm.

Taken in total, Billy Hubbard adds up to a stirring set of songs, one that marks its maker as a superb talent and one to be reckoned with. Hopefully, this is the first of many offerings Hubbard will have for us in the future. Anything he offers will be well worth waiting for.

BIO - 
Billy Hubbard is a Tennessee based Americana Singer/Songwriter, former Regional Director of A&R for the Grammy winning Regenerate Music Company, and producer/co-host of the popular podcast ‘My BackStage Pass’ that has featured interviews with legendary artists such as Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes, musical funnyman Ray Stevens, "Paul" Noel Stookey of Peter, Paul, and Mary, Grammy winning artists such as Pam Tillis, Charlie McCoy, Melanie Safkaand and others in the music industry. Billy is also co-founder, venue developer, and booking manager of the iconic venue ‘The Station’ in East TN. His YouTube channel featuring up and coming artists and live shows has had over 3 million viewers.

The music in Billy's family goes back several generations. His mother’s band the ‘Tennessee Pardners’ toured the southland in the 1940s and 50s with many great artists of their day.

Billy is proud to be endorsed by Godin's Simon & Patrick Guitars which he's played for over 30 years.

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