Emerald Coast Records

19/05/2025

19/05/2025

It’s a great day to be living out my dream of being a regional Emerald Coast Touring and recording artist. I consider myself the luckiest man I know. I get to live, work, and play in the most beautiful place on earth. I never have to sleep in a motel room, rather my head rests on my own pillow in paradise every night. I’ll never understand why God chose this life for me. My new single “Hurt” will be released soon on my own record label Emerald Coast Records. My tour schedule is completely jammed and I am in great health (knock on wood). It’s a great day to be an independent artist in Florida.

19/05/2025

23/02/2024

31/10/2022

Emerald Coast Records has partnered with AOK Records Nashville to promote Rickie Joe Wilson’s latest pop radio/video single “Reggae Redneck”which was recorded and produced at Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals Alabama. AOK Records released the single in August to over 800 radio stations across The United States and Canada. AOK Records also promoted the video produced by Mark Dreyer Productions Nashville resulting in one million views on Facebook. The next promotional phase has been headed up by Dylan Wilson president of Emerald Coast Records Pensacola Florida. It is an intense Spotify promotion adding the pop song to over 400 Spotify playlists. It is truly the day of the independent record label in America. The playing field has been made level making the competition even greater. The challenge is getting noticed and added by curators and tastemakers out there in the modern, digital music market. It’s a great day to be an independent artist. Today an artist can truly be successful while traveling under the radar of fame and celebrity. After all it’s about the freedom and the art of making great music not necessarily making artists famous.

24/10/2022

Finally!!! The re-issue of Rickie Joe Wilson’s 1995 album ”Hot Rod Daddy” produced and co-written by Nashville recording artist, podcaster and long time John Prine guitarist and road warrior Jason Wilbur. It is available worldwide now on all streaming platforms on Emerald Coast Records. Be looking for a release date around Christmas for the “Hot Rod Daddy” single and re-edited video produced by Emerald Coast Records president Dylan Wilson. This album is a true throwback to Rickie Joe Wilson’s Americana roots, Tennessee Three, Country, rockabilly, sound. The “Hot Rod Daddy” single was recorded in secret, overnight, in Bloomington, Indiana at Indiana University. Because neither had money to buy studio time Rickie recalls that Jason secretly laid down Rickie’s vocals only track and sent him him on his way on a cold winter night. Later, Jason, in secret as well, recorded all the instruments around Wilson’s vocal track. The end result was pure magic. This particular cut has no drums making it reminiscent of Hank Williams Sr. and very early Johnny Cash. It is a breath of fresh air in this modern climate of assembly line, cookie cutter Country Music. It features guitar and bass guitar work by Jason Wilbur, Kevin Burkett and Ronnie Minton on drums. Wilson’s wry vocal style and combination of singing and spoken lyric sets it apart from anything out there today. Jason Wilbur and Rickie Joe Wilson were playing bar gigs together when Jason was recruited to join John Prime’s band after John heard Jason perform one of John Prime’s song at a show at The Bluebird in Bloomington, Indiana in 1995. And the rest is history you might say. Rickie Joe Wilson lost a guitar player but the world gained so much more. Rickie Joe Wilson will bring his Hillbilly Rock and Roll Band to the Park Theatre Civic Center in North Vernon Indiana on Saturday April 15th, 2023. The band features Seymour/Bloomington In. guitarist John Whitcomb, Bloomington In.,Larry Crane Drummer, Kevin Burkett and now Glasgow, Kentucky bassist, Steve Ferrell. Tickets are $10.00 for the 7:30 pm show.

08/04/2022

715 RADIO STATION DOWNLOADS!
800 VERIFIED RADIO SPINS!!
Just got the word from Adam Adam Angel Knight at AOK Records in Nashville this morning that 715 radio stations have downloaded my new single “Whiskey for Breakfast” and we had 800 verified spins. Without knowing exactly what stations are playing it yet it appears to be doing very well in the Midwest. That was a great way to start my Friday morning.