Andrew Holley With Special Guest Andrew James

From the venue:

Andrew Holley with special guest Andrew James live at Eddie’s Attic!

• Andrew Holley*

Decatur’s own Andrew Holley is a Blues-Soul-Americana guitarist and songwriter who will have your head bobbing to a contagious groove that underpins his songs about love, addiction, social justice, and survival. As music scene veterans quip, “sometimes it takes decades to be an up-and-coming artist.” In this case, it took Andrew stepping back from songwriting, raising a family, and making 2 decades worth of great and terrible decisions to be able to pick a guitar back up and have something to say. Anticipated January 2025, Andrew’s debut EP Nothing Lasts Forever blurs genre lines and invites listeners in to smile, dance, cry, and believe in romance all over again.

• Andrew James*

They say that timing is everything, and roots rock singer-songwriter Andrew James ought to know. A Texas native who got his start as a guitar-slinging sideman, James broke out as a solo artist in 2016, when his Shoreline EP arrived to unexpected streaming success. Appearing at the dawn of a boom in curated playlists, it stood precariously on the edge of an emotional canyon, with soft-spoken confessionals capturing a sense of melancholy beauty to rack up more than 12 million plays on Spotify and counting. But now, the time has come to move forward. With What Am I Running From? – James’ long-awaited full-length album debut – the thought provoking Nashville tunesmith turns to face his inner turmoil, and move toward a new musical chapter. Over the course of 10 tracks co-produced by Rocko Wheeler and engineered by Andrija Tokic at East Nashville’s Bomb Shelter studio, James blends roots-rocking drive with folk curiosity and indie-pop whimsy, as the grayscale themes of self reflection find a technicolor sonic contrast.