Still Wanted, a celebration of Wanted! The Outlaws , the first country music album to ever go Platinum, and the 10th anniversary of Rolling Stone Country, was the perfect time to talk about country music past and present — all over a round of Dickel’s outlaw-themed cocktails at Nashville Palace. “Outlaw is doing what you feel like you need to do, and that’s the way that we’ve always played our career,” says Mike Harmeier, the lead singer of Silverada — formerly known as Mike and the Moonpies. “Our name change was a huge milestone that we’ve wanted to achieve for a long time.
And when I get asked the question now, ‘Why did you do it?’ The answer is, ‘Because I wanted to.’ We follow our own path.” When Harmeier looks into the band’s future, he sees more of that same outlaw spirit.
“The way that we think about making records is that there’s no genre. It’s whatever we’re chasing down at the moment, and everything is for the sake of the song. Whatever the song deserves is what we’re going to do, and I hope that that continues.
I think that it will.” A purist at heart, Harmeier keeps his drink order simple. “I take my Dickel neat, because I’m a neat man,” he laughs.
“When I think of an outlaw, I think of rogues and mavericks going against the grain and offering something up that’s truly original. They were true artists. They knew who they were and what they wanted to say,” says Maggie Rose.
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