ward hayden and the outliers

​Ward Hayden & The Outliers (from the E.P. Can’t Judge a Book available as a self-release)
Ward Hayden shows how to play the game, slowing an Elvis anthem to smooth as he deals a version of “Viva Las Vegas” backed by a cool groove from The Outliers on the recent E.P. release, Can’t Judge a Book. Making New England a safe haven for honky tonk, Boston, Massachusetts-based Ward Hayden & The Outliers roll out a new band name debut on seven tracks, filling the air with the sound of a rock’n’roll country band and a born-for-it crooner on vocals with Can’t Judge a Book. A country sway takes memories back to “Hackensack”, Ward Hayden & The Outliers changing the style address to a destination further south on the cover of a Fountains of Wayne tune while they cruise a highway west with road songs rhythm propelling Can’t Judge a Book along in a version of Chuck Berry’s “Promised Land”.
The band felt the times called for a change when Ward Hayden & The Outliers replaced their former band name (Girls, Guns, & Glory) with a new moniker, and a collection of covers in Can’t Judge a Book. The E.P. includes an original cut, namechecking the album title in song lyrics with Beatlesque guitar riffs and a rock’n’roll backbeat for “Naturally Crazy”.  Taking their new name from their front man and far-from-Country location in the Northeast U.S., Ward Hayden & The Outliers feel that both geographically and style-wise, they are a ‘band out of time and place’. A guitar jangle provides a brightness to the melody as the story turns sad in “Can’t Stop a Train” while Ward Hayden & The Outliers borrow a tune from Johnny Cash in “The Ballad of Ira Hayes” and keep the cry alive as they cover Nick Lowe (by way of Elvis Costello and the Attractions) with “(What’s So Funny About) Peace, Love, and Understanding”. 
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