11/21/2025
🎶 NEW MUSIC 🎶
“Every once in a while,” says acclaimed fiddler and mandolin player Andy Leftwich , “you sit down with your instrument, a melody just falls out and, within a few minutes, you have a fun catchy melody! This is exactly what happened to me with this song.”
Leftwich is talking about “Old Hickory,” his latest single and a follow-up to his popular “Tom and Jerry,” a Texas-style tune that’s landed repeatedly on the bluegrass airplay charts since its mid-summer release. And he’s right — it’s a catchy number with a classic fiddle tune construction and a Celtic flavor, executed to perfection from its spirited fiddle-and-guitar opening to its sizzling finale. And though it’s barely the length of a good song, there’s ample room for Leftwich and his colleagues — banjo phenom Matt Menefee (Mumford & Sons, Mountain Heart), bassist Byron House (Nickel Creek, Robert Plant’s Band of Joy) and two-time IBMA Guitar Player of the Year, Cody Kilby (Travelin’ McCourys) — to navigate its twists and turns, shaded by their own creativity and masterful technique.
“Even though it’s a fiddle tune, I actually wrote it on my guitar,” notes Leftwich. “After a few small changes to the melody, I finally landed on something that flowed well under the fingers — not only for the fiddle, but the lead guitar part as well. I was honored to have my good friend, Cody Kilby, take the lead guitar on this one! It’s so much fun to play and was named after Old Hickory, a town near where I live.”
"Old Hickory" is streaming in Dolby Atmos spatial audio on Apple Music , Amazon Music and TIDAL .
Listen here: https://clg.lnk.to/al-OldHickor