The legendary country music duo Brooks & Dunn have announced that they’ve teamed up with Morgan Wallen, Jelly Roll, and more young stars for their new album Reboot II.
Reboot II
The original Reboot album came out in 2019. It was a collection of duets covering some of Brooks & Dunn’s most beloved songs. Hot new artists that were featured on that album include Luke Combs, Ashley McBryde, and Brothers Osborne.
Brooks & Dunn are now preparing for the release of Reboot II on November 15. Wallen and Jelly Roll are featured on the album. Other artists featured on it include Megan Moroney, Hailey Whitters, Lainey Wilson, Ernest and Warren Zeiders, HARDY, and Corey Kent.
“What was even more impressive was to sit down with this bunch and turn them loose to do the songs in whatever way fit their artistic vision,” Ronnie Dunn told Billboard. “The fun part was we weren’t chasing the original recordings or arrangements or our versions. We turned them loose to do whatever they wanted to do and, I’m biased, but it was really refreshing.”
Dunn later added with a laugh that hearing some of the songs get turned on their heads and rearranged made him “realize how good we are.”
Watch Brooks & Dunn perform with Wallen last month in the video below.
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Brooks & Dunn ‘Were Very Pleased’ With This Album
Brooks & Dunn took some risks with this album, and they are happy with the results.
“I think artistically, Kix and I kind of wanted to let the horse run like we did on this on the first one — but the mandate was, ‘Hey this is an experiment. We haven’t done it before, so let’s try to keep the truck between the lines,'” Dunn continued. “And we were very pleased with it. But this is a whole different animal.”
“I mean, this is gonna offend some people!” he admitted.
One of the best songs on the album is “Boot Scootin’ Boogie.” Indeed, the band Halestorm changes the song completely with screaming guitars, and Dunn goes head to head with lead singer Lizzy Hale.
“[Halestorm] did not disappoint,” said Kix Brooks. “At this point in our career, we can’t really be nervous about that, especially on a record like this, and especially inviting some of the artists we did, like Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram and Halestorm. Halestorm is a really tight rock band and whatever song they come in with heads are going to bang.”
“It was fun to see Ronnie go toe-to-toe with Lizzy,” he added. “I was like, ‘Good luck pal’ — but he did. I feel like a lot of the stuff really challenged us in a way that maybe we weren’t before. Kingfish came in on ‘Hard Workin’ Man’ with this funky blues thing, because that’s what he does with his band… then it’s like, ‘Holy crap. How are we going to plug into this?’ That was a whole new level of fun.”
18 Tracks On New Album
The album includes 18 tracks. This includes six songs that were on Reboot, but remade with different artists for Reboot II.
“You think, ‘How can I do it differently?” Dunn explained. “How can it not be repetitive? And everybody found a new way to give it a twist.”
If you’re a fan of Brooks & Dunn and the other artists on this album, be sure to check out Reboot II on November 15!
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