[bright piano intro] - [Female Announcer] The Vegabonds are a Tennessee-bred band, bringing an eclectic mix of southern rock and country into the studio.

Coming up next on Echo Sessions.

♪ Running with a five piece band ♪ ♪ Four shows a week, three sheets to the wind ♪ ♪ On the wheels of love we'll roam ♪ ♪ It's a Subie thing ♪ ♪ - [Male Announcer]: Echo Sessions is made possible by Prestige Subaru.

[upbeat jazzy rock] ♪ [tender folk music] ♪ Put it down to the way that your hair falls ♪ ♪ Put it down to the things I can't explain ♪ ♪ Put it down to the sound of my name when you call ♪ ♪ Put it down, put it down to fate ♪ ♪ When the smoke clears up and the dust settles down ♪ ♪ When the smoke clears up and the dust settles down ♪ ♪ I'll be right here, I'll still be around ♪ ♪ When the smoke clears up and the dust settles down ♪ ♪ I don't only want you on the good days ♪ ♪ I don't only want you when it's safe ♪ ♪ Yeah baby I want you in all your glory and your pain ♪ ♪ Cause true lovers know it's better to stay ♪ ♪ When the smoke clears up and the dust settles down ♪ ♪ When the smoke clears up and the dust settles down ♪ ♪ I'll be right here, I'll still be around ♪ ♪ When the smoke clears up and the dust settles down ♪ [uplifting folk rock] ♪ When the smoke clears up and the dust settles down ♪ ♪ When the smoke clears up and the dust settles down ♪ ♪ I'll be right here, I'll still be around ♪ ♪ When the smoke clears up and the dust settles down ♪ ♪ Yeah I'll still be around ♪ [uplifting folk rock] ♪ Put it down to the way that your hair falls ♪ ♪ Put it down to the things I can't explain ♪ [tender piano chords] Yeah!

[laughing] This is different for us but I like it.

Feels good in here, sounds good in here.

This next tune's called "The Best I Can".

[emotive piano music] [passionate rock music] ♪ I've always had trouble with taking things way too far ♪ ♪ If I'm out there going you can bet I'm going hard ♪ ♪ I push and push and then I push some more ♪ ♪ Yeah I've always had trouble ♪ ♪ With taking things way too far ♪ ♪ And I ain't good at quitting ♪ ♪ Or dealing with a broken heart ♪ ♪ Tears in my woman's eyes tear me apart ♪ ♪ Sometimes I wonder why I even start ♪ ♪ Cause I ain't good at quitting ♪ ♪ Or dealing with a broken heart ♪ ♪ Have mercy I'm a poor boy and I'm doing the best I can ♪ ♪ I ain't never claimed to be more than I am ♪ ♪ If you could see my good intentions ♪ ♪ I think you'd understand ♪ ♪ I'm just a poor boy out here doing the best I can ♪ [passionate rock music] ♪ I ain't scared of the work ♪ ♪ I'm scared when the work ain't there ♪ ♪ When the well runs dry and there ain't much left to spare ♪ ♪ I just grit my teeth, I pull out my hair ♪ ♪ I ain't scared of the work ♪ ♪ I'm scared when the work ain't there ♪ ♪ So have mercy, I'm a poor boy and I'm doing the best I can ♪ ♪ I ain't never claimed to be more than I am ♪ ♪ If you could see my good intentions ♪ ♪ I think you'd understand ♪ ♪ I'm just a poor boy out here doing the best I can ♪ [passionate rock music] ♪ I cut my teeth in a traveling band ♪ ♪ I lay it on the line, I go all in ♪ ♪ It's just the way I am ♪ ♪ It's the way I am ♪ ♪ So have mercy, I'm a poor boy and I'm doing the best I can ♪ ♪ I ain't never claimed to be more than I am ♪ ♪ If you could see my good intentions ♪ ♪ I think you'd understand ♪ ♪ I'm just a poor boy out here doing the best I can ♪ ♪ I'm just a poor boy out here doing the best I can ♪ [passionate rock music] This next song's very special to us.

This is the very first song we ever wrote as a band.

We've been together for 10 years and we all met at Auburn University down in Auburn, Alabama.

And I think we've played it at every show or any time we ever got together after we wrote it.

This one's called "Shaky Hands".

[warm country rock] ♪ Baby let me be your passion ♪ ♪ Let me be all you need ♪ ♪ Reach your hands out and hear me ♪ ♪ Roll me in your love, sweet lady I'm begging you please ♪ ♪ I really wanna be on your side ♪ ♪ Lady will you stand on mine ♪ ♪ I'll write your name in the mirror ♪ ♪ Draw a little clearer, cross it with your bright line ♪ ♪ Cross it with your bright line ♪ ♪ I said baby ♪ ♪ You got something that I think will go good with me ♪ ♪ So lady don't you worry ♪ ♪ We'll walk on down this road ♪ ♪ We'll be alone but not afraid ♪ ♪ The fire's in our bones ♪ ♪ Oh please don't you let your hands shake ♪ [warm country rock] ♪ I can see your skin through the darkness ♪ ♪ I can feel your lips on mine ♪ ♪ I wanna feel the rhythm of your heartbeat ♪ ♪ Know just how to start me ♪ ♪ So buckle up and take your ride, ride, ride, ride ♪ ♪ Gonna take a ride out of here ♪ ♪ I said baby ♪ ♪ You got something that I think will go good with me ♪ ♪ I said baby, baby, baby, baby, baby ♪ ♪ Ooh, you got what I need ♪ ♪ So lady don't you worry ♪ ♪ We'll walk on down this road ♪ ♪ We'll be alone but not afraid ♪ ♪ The fire's in our bones ♪ ♪ Please don't you let your hands shake ♪ ♪ Honey please, please, please, please ♪ ♪ Keep your shaking hands still ♪ [warm country rock] ♪ I said baby ♪ ♪ You got something that I think will go good with me ♪ ♪ Yes I do, yes I do ♪ ♪ I said baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby ♪ ♪ You got what I need ♪ ♪ Just what I need ♪ ♪ And you know you do, too ♪ [warm country rock] ♪ Baby you know you do, yes you do ♪ [warm country rock] ♪ Baby let me be your passion ♪ ♪ Let me be all you need ♪ ♪ Reach your hands out and heal me ♪ ♪ Roll me in your love, sweet lady I'm begging you ♪ ♪ Please ♪ ♪ Don't you let your hands ♪ ♪ Shake ♪ This next one's a brand new song of ours we're gonna be releasing later on this month as a single.

This one's called "Colorado Evergreen".

[energetic rock music] ♪ I'm a Southern man and I like to ramble ♪ ♪ A natural born son of a gun and too hard to handle ♪ ♪ I outwork my pay every single day ♪ ♪ And come hell or high water I'ma find a way ♪ ♪ No it don't take much to get me by ♪ ♪ I was born with the speed I need ♪ ♪ And I'll be fine with some Tennessee shine ♪ ♪ And some Colorado evergreen ♪ [energetic rock music] ♪ I hit the highway running with a five piece band ♪ ♪ Four shows a week, three sheets to the wind ♪ ♪ Two stepping all night while I sing my song ♪ ♪ And if you ain't having fun you're doing it wrong ♪ ♪ No it don't take much to get me by ♪ ♪ I was born with the speed I need ♪ ♪ And I'll be fine with some Tennessee shine ♪ ♪ And some Colorado evergreen ♪ [energetic rock music] ♪ I'm always gonna have another hill to climb ♪ ♪ I just keep my head up and enjoy the ride ♪ ♪ I soak in the sunshine and the rain ♪ ♪ And I try to find the good in everything ♪ ♪ You know it don't take much to get me by ♪ ♪ I was born with the speed I need ♪ ♪ And I'll be fine with some Tennessee shine ♪ ♪ And some Colorado evergreen ♪ ♪ Get me some Colorado evergreen ♪ ♪ I want some Colorado evergreen ♪ ♪ Get me some Colorado evergreen ♪ [energetic rock music] [crew whistling] Yeah, it's fine.

We got one more tune for you guys.

Very honored to play the Echo Sessions for IamAvl.

It's good to be in Asheville, always good to be in Asheville.

We have a good time every time.

This last one's called "Everything I Need".

It was written while riding through the desert and seeing the most beautiful sunrise you could ever imagine.

[contemplative music] [epic rock music] ♪ I took a journey through the wild, wild West ♪ ♪ Tumbleweeds and the desert lands ♪ ♪ I saw an Indian kicking rocks, wearing a cowboy hat ♪ ♪ I gambled all that money away ♪ ♪ In Sin City on a beautiful day ♪ ♪ I walked 100,000 miles and got nowhere ♪ ♪ Then I realized ♪ ♪ Baby I got everything I need right here in my arms tonight ♪ ♪ Baby I got everything I need right here in my arms tonight ♪ ♪ And I don't wanna let you go ♪ ♪ No I don't wanna let you go, oh ♪ [epic rock music] ♪ Day tripping in a red sunrise ♪ ♪ Snake boots and a bolo tie ♪ ♪ I had a vision come to me at Joshua Tree ♪ ♪ I bought a gun on Election Day ♪ ♪ Load it up, keep the Devil away ♪ ♪ A knife in my coat, looking over my shoulder ♪ ♪ Then I realized ♪ ♪ Baby I got everything I need right here in my arms tonight ♪ ♪ Baby I got everything I need right here in my arms tonight ♪ ♪ And I don't wanna let you go ♪ ♪ No I don't wanna let you go, oh ♪ [epic rock music] ♪ California finally met me ♪ ♪ The son of Alabama and Tennessee ♪ ♪ I saw a movie star smoking a cigarette ♪ ♪ In an alleyway talking to a silhouette ♪ ♪ I heard a wise man with nothing to lose ♪ ♪ Waving his finger, calling it truth ♪ ♪ He said don't go crying over money ♪ ♪ Cause money never cried over you ♪ [epic rock music] ♪ Baby I got everything I need right here in my arms tonight ♪ ♪ Baby I got everything I need right here in my arms tonight ♪ ♪ And I don't wanna let you go ♪ ♪ No I don't wanna let you go ♪ ♪ No I don't wanna let you go ♪ ♪ I don't wanna let you go ♪ ♪ I don't wanna let you go, oh, oh ♪ [epic rock music] ♪ I don't wanna let you go ♪ [epic rock music] Thanks everybody, we are the Vegabonds.

Tell all your friends.

[upbeat jazzy rock] ♪ ♪ On the wheels of love we'll roam ♪ ♪ It's a Subie thing ♪ ♪ - [Male Announcer]: Echo Sessions is made possible by Prestige Subaru.