Southall is one of the best country leaning rock and roll bands in the business these days, and this year marks 10 years of the songs that started it all. Forming in Stillwater, OK as Read Southall Band in 2016, before ultimately shortening the moniker to Southall in 2025, the band has amasses a strong, dedicated following over the years by touring hard and releasing great music that people everywhere can relate to. But before they were selling out venues left and right with their unique brand of face-melting Red Dirt rock and roll, frontman Read Southall was making music on his own. Released in 2015, Southall’s solo record Six String Sorrow is a gritty, largely acoustic record featuring 9-tracks that are as raw and real as it gets. From tales of heartbreak to Keystone Light anthems, the album was simple, but Read’s edgy vocals and impressive lyricism struck a chord that resonated with college kids and young adults everywhere. Needing a band to back him so he could play these tracks at more live gigs, Southall formed the band, and the rest is history. Now, 10 years later, the internationally touring and critically acclaimed band has revisited these songs that ignited the flame with a spectacular 7-track album titled The Six String Sorrow Sessions. But instead of just making the sound bigger and better with the full band on the recording, they opted to employ the talents of some of their buddies in the scene as features. And the list is star-studded. From relatively newer acts like Hudson Westbrook, Sam Canty of Treaty Oak Revival, and their fellow Oklahoman Josh Meloy, to living legend John Jeffers of Whiskey Myers, to the international rockstar and longtime collaborator Koe Wetzel, the Southall boys arranged for some pretty sweet collaboration to commemorate some of the most classic tracks within their catalog. These songs defined an era in Red Dirt music, and whether you were turning the volume up on them back then, or you’re just discovering them now, you need to hear what Southall has done to reimagine them. Check out a few tracks from The Six Strings Sorrow Sessions here: “Gunshy – Rerecorded” ft. Koe Wetzel “Own Worst Enemy – Rerecorded” – Rerecorded” “Aero-Plane – Rerecorded” ft. Josh Meloy “Daddy’s Hand – Rerecorded” ft. John Jeffers (Whiskey Myers) “Moon and Back – Rerecorded” ft. Sam Canty (Treaty Oak Revival) It just doesn’t get much better than that. Unless you’re hearing these songs live, of course, and there are plenty of opportunities left to make that happen by year end. Check out Southall’s tour dates here: Southall Tour Dates: 10/10 – Peacemaker Festival – Fort Smith, AR* 10/11 – Austin City Limits Music Festival – Austin, TX* 10/16 – The Lyric – Oxford, MS^ 10/17 – Barrelhouse Ballroom, Chattanooga, TN^ 10/18 – Talladega Superspeedway – Talladega, AL+ 10/21 – Victory North Savannah – Savannah, GA^ 11/13 – The Vogue – Indianapolis, IN! 11/14 – The Bluestone – Columbus, OH! 11/15 – Joe’s Bar On Weed St. – Chicago, IL! 11/18 – The Intersection – Grand Rapids, MI! 11/19 – Jergel’s Rhythm Grille – Warrendale, PA! 11/21 – Knuckleheads – Kansas City, MO! 11/22 – Waiting Room Lounge – Omaha, NE! 12/4 – The Bluelight Live – Lubbock, TX# 12/5 – Blaine’s Plub – San Angelo, TX# 12/6 – The Tap – College Station, TX# 12/11 – Gruene Hall – New Braunfels, TX# 12/12 – Jolly Fox Club – Huntsville, TX# 1/17 – Deadwood Red Dirt Music Festival – Deadwood, SD* 2/6 – Billy Bob’s Texas – Fort Worth, TX *festival date ^w/ Taylor Hunnicutt +supporting Whiskey Myers !w/ Marfa #Read Southall Acoustic ShowsThe post Southall Teams Up With Some Familiar Faces To Celebrate 10 Years Of The Project That Started It All – ‘The Six String Sorrow Sessions’ first appeared on Whiskey Riff.