Red Dirt Unplugged: The Great Divide Artist's Edition
This is a pre-order only! Release date December 13, 2024. Pre-order by November 1 to ensure delivery by the release date. Pre-order by December 2 to ensure delivery by Christmas Eve.
This is the ultimate book for fans of The Great Divide. This special edition will take the original release of Red Dirt Unplugged and add on a further 20 pages dedicated to The Divide's history, influence on Red Dirt, and wry Okie humor that has always been a mainstay. You'll get the same front-row seat to both their original rise and their current rise. You'll get more behind-the-songs stories from Mike McClure than you know what to do with. You'll get a review of their 2024 concert at Cain's Ballroom, in addition to, you know, the big review that the entire book is built around. If you're a fan of TGD, you really cannot pass on this edition.
All Artist's Editions feature a back cover photo of the artist, and a dedication from the artist. A portion of all proceeds from Artist's Editions benefits the artist directly.
Note: In order to prevent fans from being inundated during the presale, we will be working with artists to feature each individual artist's edition at different times during the presale window. The Great Divide will be featured in August, but you are more than welcome to pre-order now!
About the book
Singers, Songs and Stories Shining a Spotlight on Heartland Roots Music
Red Dirt Unplugged is the view from the wings as the Red Dirt music scene reaches heights never-before thought possible. At the crossroads of country, roots rock, and Americana, artists in the scene are enjoying sustained worldwide attention at a large scale for the first time in history. Wyatt Flores, Kaitlin Butts, Southall, Josh Meloy and more are walking through the doors opened by The Turnpike Troubadours and all the artists before them who first put the cracks in those same doors. As Red Dirt became less of an Oklahoma-centric scene and more of a catchall term for original, from-the-heart songwriting, harmonies and melodies, artists like Dylan Gossett, Vincent Neil Emerson, Courtney Patton, Bri Bagwell, Them Dirty Roses, and Vandoliers have been made welcome into the same fold, and find themselves thriving. Meanwhile, Red Dirt's oldest guard — The Great Divide — is in the midst of the finest moment of its three-decade career. Over time, John Moreland and John Calvin Abney only found a stronger grip on heartstrings. Even Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, themselves torchbearers for Arizona's roots rock scene, have made themselves inseparable from the musicians who claim Red Dirt. Venues like Tulsa's Mercury Lounge and Cain's Ballroom have combined history and swagger to become must-visit showrooms for artists and fans alike.
Red Dirt Unplugged gets into all of this. Structured around The Great Divide's 2023 homecoming concert at the Tumbleweed Dancehall in Stillwater, Oklahoma, it seamlessly connects the young artists in the midst of "blowups" like never before to the tradition, history, and confident arrogance that built Red Dirt. Author and journalist Josh Crutchmer had a front row seat to it all, and shares his perspective through an endless stream of artist interviews, side-stage musings, and thoughtful, old-fashioned concert reviews.
The natural sequel to Crutchmer's 2020 debut book, Red Dirt, this one is a can't miss for diehard fans and casual observers of this red-hot music scene.
The final page count will be noted in August 2024, but the book will be roughly 250 pages, including 20 pages of photography featuring the artists showcased in Red Dirt Unplugged.
Early E-book Access: You will get access to the complete e-book version of Red Dirt Unplugged on November 13, 2024, one month before the book hits stores. (Epub and PDF formats).
We'll throw in both Red Dirt Unplugged stickers as well.
With this edition, you have the option to add a $10 donation to the Red Dirt Relief Fund, the nonprofit which provides assistance to Oklahoma musicians in need, to any order. You'll get a special commemorative sticker for your donation if you do.
This book will ship via USPS Priority Mail or the equivalent.