BRIT TAYLOR’S ‘AIN’T A HARD LIVIN'” FINDS LOVE AND JOY IN THE PAIN OF LIVING; DESTINED TO BE A COUNTRY CLASSIC; AVAILABE NOW

Nashville, TN Country artist Brit Taylor’s newest single, “Ain’t A Hard Livin’,” is destined to be a country classic.  Blending mountain fiddles with real life, the semi-autobiographical tune is a story of hardship and struggle made okay by good loving.  “Ain’t A Hard Livin’ ” is available now on all streaming platforms.

Penned by Taylor and legendary songwriter Pat McLaughlin, “Ain’t A Hard Livin’ ” has a dash of ’60s rock groove and swampy feel wrapped in a distinctive Appalachian twang.  It is the final pre-release from her highly anticipated sophomore album Kentucky Blue, due out February 3.  Produced by Grammy winners Sturgill Simpson and renowned producer/engineer David Ferguson, the album will be released on Taylor’s Cut A Shine records in collaboration with Thirty Tigers, followed by Taylor’s Kentucky Blue tour across the South.

Listen here.

Access to the album for review available upon request.

Taylor, known for musically telling stories which always are real and downright honest, has faced her struggles.  A divorce, the death of a long-loved pet, a fight with the bank for her house and a car that refused to run made for a season best forgotten. To top it off, after nearly a decade in Nashville of playing by the rules, she had left her old publishing deal to make the music she heard in her heart, not the music they demanded she deliver.When the bills started coming in, Taylor started her own cleaning company, scrubbing businesses at night while songwriting during the day.  It was hard; it was depressing; it was a struggle.  But it was the hand that life had dealt. Saying she would rather “clean shitty toilets than write shitty music,” Taylor’s pay-the-bills cleaning business made it possible for her to release her debut solo album, Real Me, to critical acclaim.  It wasn’t an easy journey.

“I was struggling,” Taylor said.  “The days of songwriting were fulfilling and the nights of cleaning were a drudge but a necessity, and none of it felt good.  I got up in the morning and I went to bed at night, feeling lonely and alone. I would anticipate the next day, yet dread the energy it took to survive it.”

Then life changed, and she found joy in the pain of living. She met Adam Chaffins, a fellow Eastern Kentuckian, musician and the man who would later become her husband.  Even before marriage, he became her partner in survival.

“Everything got easier when I started seeing the man I would marry,” Taylor said.  “As cheesy as it might sound, everything just kind of fell in place once we got together. All that internal resistance and reluctance around my career and business just disappeared. Or maybe it just felt that way?”

Taylor learned that life wasn’t always easy, but she quickly found that living it with people you love makes it a whole lot easier, even in the hardest of times.

“When you leave the work day or week behind and come home to someone you love, it just wipes all the stress and pain away,” Taylor said.

Taylor grew up in Eastern Kentucky where family is always Number One.  It is why generations have sacrificed their own dreams and ambitions to stay in the hollers and the hills with the ones they love.  “It’s a beautiful thing, and I am proud it is my heritage,” Taylor said.

When Adam came into Taylor’s life, about year after she had started her cleaning company, life changed.  Adam was always there for her, willing to lend his helping hand.

“We’d leave gigs in Nashville and go directly to clean a church on a Saturday night, staying deep into the wee hours of the morning,” Taylor said.  “But it was okay because we had each other.”

The cleaning company she started – which was actually just Taylor and a mop – has grown to a true small business supporting several team members and a roster of clients.

And Taylor and Chaffins, now happily married and each with a personal publishing deal, have become a country music super couple.  Their individual careers are on the rise, her business is flourishing and their lives are good.

“Ain’t A Hard Living” truly is a real song about real life.  It’s a musical journey about finding the silver lining, about having fun through the hard times and about embracing the good times.

“We clean together, we sing together, we tour together,” Taylor said.  “We are strong individuals who are succeeding, each on our own, but we can still do and enjoy everything together.”

The power of Taylor’s music has always been that it is refreshingly simple yet surprisingly complex, empathetic yet empowering.  Always remaining true to herself, she continues to tells stories which manage – whether they are dramatic, humorous or heartfelt – to be as authentic as she is.

“Ain’t A Hard Livin’ ” – Written by Brit Taylor and Pat McLaughlin

Produced by: Sturgill Simpson and David “Fergie” Ferguson

Recorded: Clement Recording Studio (formerly The Cowboy Arms Hotel and Recording Spa)

Musician:  Brit Taylor – Guitar and Vocals

Label – Cut a Shine Records

Distribution – Thirty Tigers

Upcoming Kentucky Blue Tour Dates:

February 4 – Nashville, TN, The Basement

February 9 – Indianapolis, IN, Dukes Indy

February 10 – Lexington, KY, The Burl

February 16-17 – Douglas, GA, Martin Centre Theater

February 18 – Montgomery, AL, Montgomery Performing Arts Centre

February 23 – Decatur, GA, Eddie’s Attic

February 24 – Birmingham, AL, Dave’s Pub

February 25 – Tupelo, MS, Blue Canoe

February 26 – Chattanooga, TN, Cherry Street Tavern

Festivals:

June 1 – Schellraiser Festival, McGill, NV

June 4 – Railbird Music Festival, Lexington, KY