#dwayne shivers

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Featured Artist - Dwayne Shivers

Dwayne Shivers is an indie blues duo, fronted by songwriter Micah Dalton. After over 10 years of touring, six releases, and critical acclaim as a genre bending soul folkster, Dalton noticed that certain songs and sounds hidden in his recordings resonated both live and on tape with fans in a more meaningful way. Songs with soulful biblical motifs, bible belt blues, and more intentional lyricism along with warm, uncompromising sonic tones, drew a more polarizing response from listeners. Raised a preacher’s son, Dalton says. “I wasn’t having a good time with the solo songwriter thing as much anymore. I got so lost in the shadows of what I didn’t want to do, that it felt like I need to re-name the act in order to be myself. Micah Dalton, as an artist, meant something that I didn’t want to perpetuate anymore – the whole thing is like a Trojan horse to get back into myself.”

  Dalton met Rick Lollar through a group of creatives in Atlanta dubbed the ATL Collective. Lollar, who majored in jazz studies, was reared and mentored by some of the blues kings of the north Florida region. Having shared the stage with Elvis Costello, Colonel Bruce Hampton, and an assortment of other songwriters, Lollar was ripe to contribute to what Dalton sought stylistically. Thus, Dwayne Shivers was born.

  In a loaded 2013, Dalton got married, moved to Brooklyn, and worked several jobs to supplement while facing an obvious professional crossroads. The two eventually worked over a batch of songs and put them to tape in Athens, GA with producer Paul Reeves.