Bonneville release ‘Maybe I’m Gone,’ the fourth single from the band’s forthcoming third studio album, Hold for Room Tone. Known for their retro soul and funky R&B sound, the band takes a confident turn into Southern rock while holding onto the soulful edge that defines their music.
Built around a swaggering blues-rock riff, soaring chorus, and gospel-inspired backing vocals, ‘Maybe I’m Gone’ delivers an anthemic feel rooted in redemption and release. The track reflects the band’s love of Americana and classic rock, drawing inspiration from The Rolling Stones, The Black Crowes, Free, particularly All Right Now, and Alabama Shakes.
“It has an old Rolling Stones / Black Crowes vibe, with background vocals that give it that Southern gospel feel, which I love,” says vocalist Wes McGee. Guitarist and songwriter Jeff Hayashi adds, “It’s a rocker for sure.”
The song began with a riff Hayashi wrote at a family reunion and revisited for nearly a year before the full track came together.
“I wrote the main riff at a family reunion and had it for about a year,” Hayashi says. “I would play it often, but it wasn’t until later that I started putting lyrics and structure to it.”
When Hayashi shared the idea with McGee, the collaboration clicked immediately.
“I heard the slinky, edgy riff and jumped in with the first verse,” McGee says.
From there, the band leaned fully into the Southern rock anthem they had long wanted to create.
“It just kind of wrote itself,” Hayashi says. “Wes and I always wanted to capture that solid Southern rock anthem feel in one of our tracks, and this turned out to be the one.”
To bring that energy to life, Bonneville recorded the track at the legendary FAME Studios with producer Starita.
“We went into this knowing exactly what sound we wanted: good ol’ Southern blues rock ’n’ roll,” says Starita. “Nothing was rehearsed ahead of time, so the energy is very fresh and high. It’s just five musicians in the same room having fun playing music.”
McGee says the vocal performance was driven by a feeling of freedom and release.
“I wanted the feeling of taking the gloves off,” he says. “Vocally, it’s free and fully throated, the feeling of proclaiming your freedom.”
The recording sessions also highlighted contributions from engineer and guitarist Wes Sheffield, whose playing Hayashi describes as “virtuosic” and instantly recognizable.
The full production team behind ‘Maybe I’m Gone’ includes Jeff Hayashi (guitar), Wes McGee (lead vocals), Andy Dixon (bass), Brad Kuhn (keys), Justin Holder (drums), Starita (producer, recording engineer, mix engineer), and Wes Sheffield (recording engineer, mastering engineer, mix engineer, lead guitar). The album was recorded at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, with creative direction and photography by Tam Akiko. The release arrives via Starita Records, a division of Starita Music.
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