Willie Sugarcapps is the Gulf Coast’s new collaboration between Will Kimbrough, Anthony Crawford, Grayson Capps, Corky Hughes, and Savana Lee. Whether you know it or not, you’ve already heard of them and are already familiar and comfortable with their work. Individually they have written, played, sung, and toured their way from Nashville to New Orleans, from Georgia to Hollywood, with the likes of Jimmy Buffett, Emmylou Harris, Neil Young, Kate Campbell, Dwight Yoakam, Steve Winwood, and Kung Fu Mama just to name a few. Their new self titled album which will be released July 2013, was produced, engineered, and mixed by Grammy Award winner Trina Shoemaker (Sheryl Crow, Dixie Chicks, Emmylou Harris). Early alchemists searched for the aqua vitae ? the Water of Life ? a pure, natural panacea that would cure one’s ills, ease one’s troubles, possibly even turn base materials into precious metals. Everyone familiar with the Gulf Coast knows that when rivers converge, waters of life do indeed spring forth. The ebb and flow of Mobile Bay’s tides and waves, the mingling of fresh and salt water, the juxtaposition between current and sediment create in-between-spaces that cause its estuaries to be among the most productive natural habitats in the world. And one of the finest musical evolutions birthed from this habitat is Willie Sugarcapps. Not unlike the convergence of the Mobile River, the Tensaw, the Dog and Deer Rivers, Foul River and Fish River, musicians Kimbrough, Crawford, Capps, Hughes, and Lee began to mingle their collective musical experiences together at the in-between-spaces provided by Cathe Steele’s Blue Moon Farm and have created something magically original. Such a diverse and collective experience produces a musical gumbo that is sure to please your auditory pallet. Band members often take turns singing lead and share their gifted versatility as they switch up between fiddle, banjo, mandolin, lap steel, bass, and even ukulele. While you never know what you’re going to get when listening to Willie Sugarcapps, you will always leave satisfied, knowing that your ears, your heart, and your soul have been nurtured. What ails you will be soothed, your troubles will slip away for a moment, and you will definitely have listened to something precious. Willie Sugarcapps can be heard live at various venues across the southeast. Visit their website for tour dates, photos, and current news.