Bluegrass phenoms Sister Sadie sing about the kind of tired and sorrowful you feel way down in your bones on high lonesome barn-burner "Willow."
"I know what makes the sunshine give in to the moonlight/ I know what makes the midnight blue," the band sings. "They must've loved you too."
The song, penned by country superstar Ashley McBryde, is a bluegrass breakup jam that the CMA-winner says was made for the band.
"Sister Sadie is the best thing that ever happened to this song. I wrote it on an afternoon where damn near everything was going wrong," McBryde told The Bluegrass Situation "Deanie and the girls tore it UP and gave it the best life a song can have! Jaelee Roberts' voice could sing somebody back to life, I swear."
International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) fiddler of the year winner (2020) Deanie Richardson says as soon as she heard the song, she envisioned the band's take on it.
"When I first heard 'Willow' I could hear us doing it," Richardson says. "I could hear Jaelee slaying this tune vocally. I could hear this funky groove that came to life in the studio. It's got a deep pocket and has been a crowd favorite on tour this summer. This Ashley McBryde-penned tune has become one of my favorite Sadie songs EVER!"
Watch the video for "Willow" below.
Sister Sadie, made up of Richardson (fiddle), Gena Britt (banjo and vocals), Jaelee Roberts (guitar and vocals), Dani Flowers (guitar and vocals) and Maddie Dalton (acoustic bass and vocals), formed in 2012 when the original lineup took the stage at Nashville's The Station Inn. Since then, the band's astounding multi-instrumental prowess and high-energy stage shows have made them one the most beloved acts in bluegrass. The group, who previously released the single "Well," won the IBMA Award for Entertainer of the Year in 2020.
