Eddie 9V released his new album Down Here on Friday, Nov. 6 through Easy Eye Sound. Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys produced all 12 tracks at his Nashville studio, per Tinnitist. This is Eddie 9V’s first record with the label.
The band recorded the whole record in under a week. Eddie 9V showed up with 30 songs of his own. Auerbach wanted to catch a single moment on tape.
“It was all about capturing that magic moment, that fire,” said Auerbach to Tinnitist. “Eddie just killed it, especially when he was playing those solos live.”
The lead single, “Blowin’ Up,” was successful on the Americana charts, per RockNLoadMag. The title track looks back on the years Eddie 9V spent with his grandparents, Mimi and Papa. They lived on a 100-acre farm in Monticello, Georgia. Its rhythm borrows from Creedence Clearwater Revival. The closer, “Come And Get Me Lord,” deals with loss and change.
“Making this record has taught me how to put my guard down and just have fun rather than worrying about things,” Eddie 9V said in a press release. “I think that’s what you can feel on the record, a sense of freedom.”
Eddie 9V got his first guitar at age six, per his website. He later played four-and-a-half-hour sets in Atlanta clubs, sometimes for tips alone, and by 17 he was touring out of state. His debut, Left My Soul in Memphis, came out in 2019. Three more followed: Little Black Flies in 2021, Capricorn in 2023, and Saratoga in 2024.
He just finished a month-long tour with The Black Keys. He also joined them on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
Next up is The Ramkat in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on Thursday, Nov. 12. Asheville, North Carolina, follows on Friday, Nov. 13, then Richmond, Virginia, on Saturday, Nov. 14. His U.S. tour runs through December, with stops in Nashville on Dec. 10 and Atlanta on Dec. 11.
He hits the road again on Jan. 15 for another U.S. run that lasts through Feb. 27. U.K. dates start March 17, 2027, in Bristol. Tickets and tour details are on the artist’s website.
