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Ingram Hill w/ Kat McGivern

Presented by 12th and Porter at 12th and Porter

September 20, 2011

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Memphis-based rock trio Ingram Hill would probably love to have it look as if their latest album, ?Look Your Best,? was as easy-breezy to create as the lyrics suggest, but lead singer/guitarist Justin Moore says it was made with a great deal of hard work, determination, and grit.? ?I think it felt like we were in a place in our career where we really were going through a stressful time,? says Moore of the period after parting ways with their former major label home, Hollywood Records.? ?We were trying to get our stuff together, and we spent a lot of time and effort trying to make this as great as possible.? It?s not like we haven?t done that with all of our records, but this one felt like there was a lot more weight on it, on the process of making it.? We gave it everything we had.? It seemed like an appropriate title.? We were putting on our best for our audience, for our fans.?
Going into the studio with producer Rick Beato (Billionaire, Michelle Malone, Flickerstick, Shinedown) at his Stone Mountain, Georgia, studio was a bit of a no-brainer, as the band had worked with him on their first full-length, 2004?s ?June?s Picture Show,? which was the album that got them signed to Hollywood in the first place and boasted two Billboard Top 25-charting Hot AC radio hits (?Will I Ever Make It Home? and ?Almost Perfect?). Returning to a place of comfort and familiarity, making a record where they could call the shots completely, made sense.? Says Moore: ?It was kind of awesome and scary at the same time.? With our previous experience with a label [making ?Cold In California?], there were a lot of cooks in the kitchen.? And that can just make for a diluted record.? And there are just so many opinions and it takes forever.? So, this time it was left to us and Rick.?
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