Adam Wright Previews Side Three Of Masterful Four-Part Solo Album With New Single, “All The Texas,” Featuring Patty Griffin On Vocals
Full Collection, Nature Of Necessity, Out September 25
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June 26, 2025: GRAMMY-nominated Nashville songwriter Adam Wright has shared new single “All The Texas,” the latest track from his epic, "fiercely smart” (WMOT) four-part solo album, Nature of Necessity, out September 25. Featuring Patty Griffin on background vocals, “All The Texas” is a lyric flood fever dream, where Wright tells the story of a night in Austin full of spurned cattlemen, mean drinks, stone poets, magic and medicine, witches, architectural longhorns come to life, a bloody sidewalk and a drunken marching band. True to form, Wright’s songwriting showcases his remarkable talent for vivid, character-rich storytelling. “To me [Adam’s] sound is a direct descendant of that classic sounding yet fearless songwriting that came out of Nashville from the likes of Tom T. Hall, Kris Kristofferson and many others of that earlier era,” says Griffin. “He can be wickedly funny and also write the stories of regular people, or of objects you might pass by every day without a second thought, in a way that seems true and fresh. Boy do we need that.”
“All The Texas” is the first glimpse at Side Three of the full 18-track collection. Side One and Side Two are out now, listen HERE.
Listen to “All The Texas” here: https://music.empi.re/allthetexas
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Nature of Necessity finds Wright stepping out of the writer’s room and into the spotlight. “A masterpiece” (WMOT), the 18-track collection is produced by Frank Liddell (Miranda Lambert, Lee Ann Womack) and recorded at East Iris in Nashville, TN with renowned musicians Glenn Worf on bass (Mark Knopfler) and Matt Chamberlain on drums (Fiona Apple). When it comes to the story behind the upcoming album, Wright says: “The story is there is no story. I didn’t get sober. There was no breakup. I didn’t awaken to some new awareness. I’m just a lyric junkie with a melody addiction. And this is rock bottom.”
A songwriter’s songwriter, Adam Wright has penned songs for Garth Brooks, Brandy Clark, Sierra Hull, Alan Jackson, Randy Newman, Lee Ann Womack, Hailey Whittersand more. Hailed as a “wildly brilliant genius” by Robert Earl Keen and “one of the best of the best songwriters and storytellers there is” by Buddy Miller, Wright is a lyrical force to be reckoned with. “Even if you don't know Adam Wright's name, you almost certainly know his songs,” says The Tennessean.
Recent highlights include a collaboration with Parker McCollum on his self-titled album, which comes out this June, and supporting Robert Earl Keen at Texas’ legendary Gruene Hall. For more info please visit https://www.adamwrightsongs.com/.
Nature of Necessity Tracklist:
1. Yellow Bird
2. Eternally East
3. Crawlspace
4. Music of Life
5. Whisper Gold
6. Motorblood
7. Mark of The Jester
8. Warm Wind
9. Dreamer and The Realist
10. All The Texas
11. Crack Down The Middle
12. Daughters of Memory
13. Leonardo
14. Heaven When I Die
15. Apprentice To The Draper
16. Friends Who Didn’t Live Long Enough
17. You Were Right and I Was Wrong
18. Weeds
About Adam Wright
Adam Wright’s songs are deeply rooted in the lives of people. A true singer-songwriter, Wright breathes life into his characters so vividly that you’d need a series of novels to fully tell their stories. A self-proclaimed bookworm with a fondness for classic literature, Wright quips, “I probably should’ve just written short stories instead of playing music. It would’ve been easier on my fingers.”
From heart-wrenching ballads like “So You Don’t Have to Love Me Anymore” (recorded by Alan Jackson, which earned a Grammy nomination for Best Country Song) to raw, defiant tracks like “All The Trouble” (recorded by Lee Ann Womack and nominated for both a Grammy and an Americana Music Association Song of the Year award), Wright has proven himself a master of the art of songwriting. His work has been recorded by Nashville heavyweights like Jackson, Womack, Garth Brooks, and Trisha Yearwood, alongside renowned artists such as Brandy Clark, Robert Earl Keen, and Bruce Robison. Wright has also contributed numerous songs to bluegrass bands like Lonesome River Band and Balsam Range, earning IBMA Song of the Year nominations for each.
Yet his solo albums carve out a distinct, deeply personal path that doesn’t always align with his collaborations. Across his solo releases to date, all but one song has been written solely by Wright. While this level of self-reliance isn’t uncommon in the singer-songwriter world, it’s rare in Nashville’s Music Row. From the playful optimism of "I Win" (which AP writer Steve Wine called "the antidote to 2020") to the haunting beauty of Dust, Wright’s songwriting voice remains consistent—a testament to his unwavering dedication to his craft.
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