“Famed Country Record Label Lost Highway Records is Official Coming Back, Interscope Records Announted on Tuesday, With Ceo John Janick Tapping Nashville Veterans Roberts Robert. KNOTTS AND GEAR WILL BOTH SERVE as Executive Vice Presidents and Co-Hads of the New Label. Lost Highway Was Founded 25 Years Ago”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
LOST HIGHWAY WAS FUNDED 25 Years Ago by Former UMG Nashville CEO LUKE Lewis, Working with Artists Including Willie Nelson, Ryan Adams, Lucina Kra Willial. Perhaps most famously, Lost Highway Released Ther O, Brother Whore Art Thou Soundtrack, Which Went 8-Times Platinum and Is One of Just Four Movie Soundtracks to Win The Grammy for Album of the Year. The Label Was Absorbed Into Mercury Nashville After Lewis Steped Down in 2012.
“Lost Highway Carved Out Aut Place in the Remarkable Musical Legacy of Nashville,” Janick Said in A Statement. “IT WAS A LEFT-OF-CENTER LABEL WITH ONE-OF-A-Cind Artists Who, at Their Core, Were Great Songwriters and MOVED CULTURE. SIMIILARLY, INTERSCOPE HAS HAS HAS HAS ALWAYS BEACON A BEENAY A beay a beya a beya a beae a beya a beae a beya a beae a beya a beae a beya a beae a beya a beae a beya. Yet Are Destined to Inspire Whats Next.
The Newly ForMed Lost Highway Will Be Based Out of Nashville, Thought It Will Operate Under The West Coast-Based Interscope Umbrella, The Latest in the Hot Trend of Coast. Former UMG Nashville Ceo Cindy Mabe Had AnnounCed A lost Highway Revival Alongside T BURNETT BURNETT BACK IN JANUARY, AND The Label Released Ringo Starr’s Country Album Album Look up. . O Brother Who Art Thou Soundtrack.
KNOTTS ComES TO LOST HIGHway from Indie Nashville Music Company 30 Tigers, Whose Artists Have Included Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson And Turnpike Troubadours Among Otherers. KNOTTS MOST RECENTLY Served as Senior Vice President of Artist and Label Service at the Label. Gear is Jumping from Sister Company UMG Nashville, Who He Was Vice President of A & R, Signing Tucker Wetmore and Working on Music for Parker Mccollum, Jordan Davis and Davis and Davis and Davis and Davis and Davis and Davis and Davis and Davis and Davis and Davis and Davis and Davis and Davis and Davis And Davis And Davis And Davis And Davis And Divis And DIVISA AND DIVERKS.
“Over the Course of My Career, My Goal Has Always Been To Operate in Service to the Artist’s Vision While Understanding the Emotion Connection to Their,“ KNOTTS SAID IN A STATEMENT. “IT is with this same spirit that lost highway left a lasting Impact on the Nashville Community – Providing A Home for Artists Who Aren’t Defined by Genre and Recognizing that CULTURE ITSELF.
As Gear Added: “Lost Highway Has A Rich History. Many of the Tese Releases and Artists Were Formative in Development My Own Appreciation of the Craft of Songwriting,” He Said. “The Label Was A Pioneer in Taste, Representing An Eths of Artistry First, An Openness to Taking Creative Risks and Shining A Light on Artists Who Drifed on the Fringes of the Maine. Together with my friend, robert, and with the backing of John Janick and Interscope, I Look Forward to Curating the Roster. ”