Alyssa & Wayne Brewer Release Tribute Album 'A&W Sing George & Tammy'
HUSBAND & WIFE DUO
ALYSSA & WAYNE BREWER
RELEASE GEORGE JONES & TAMMY WYNETTE TRIBUTE ALBUM
A&W SING GEORGE & TAMMY
VIA SGM RECORDS - SONY / THE ORCHARD
Above: ‘A&W Sing George & Tammy’ Artwork
“Alyssa and Wayne Brewer, whose George and Tammy recreation must be heard to be believed…it takes courage to take on the repertoire made immortal by two of the greatest singers in country music history, but the Brewers are impressively up to the task. Both of them have pitch-perfect vocal chops and can match their Hall of Fame forebears lick for lick. Frankly, I was blown away.”
– Robert K. Oermann, MusicRow, September 14, 2023
“The vocals and harmonizing are shiny and just wonderful…”
– Melissa Clarke, Americana Highways, July 12, 2023
NASHVILLE, TN (September 15, 2023) — Today, Husband and wife country duo Alyssa & Wayne Brewer release their heartwarming debut album, a tribute to George Jones & Tammy Wynette, A&W Sing George and Tammy. With the goal of crafting an album to warm the hearts of longtime fans and kindle interest from a new generation, the pair has joined forces at a sweet intersection between youthful passion and timeless songs, resulting in a creative crossroads where everything old seems new again.
Through singles “Golden Ring” & “We’re Gonna Hold On” (1M YouTube views), the project garnered immediate praise from an array of strong tastemaker outlets including CMT, The Bluegrass Situation, Americana Highways, MusicRow, Saving Country Music & Cowgirl Magazine, solidifying the album as one to watch. Delivered alongside two official music videos — the latter, viral with over 1 million views in just under 48 hours featuring their daughter Alayna Finlee, holding/playing Wayne’s guitar that he performed with as a young boy on the Grand Ole Opry when he joined the Guinness Book of World Records for being the youngest person to be on the Grand Ole Opry at just 18 months old — the duo captures the endearment George & Tammy had for one another.
Stream A&W Sing George and Tammy here.
Watch the “We’re Gonna Hold On” music video below.
“When I heard Alyssa & Wayne’s cover of ‘Golden Ring’ I stopped in my tracks,” shared Bethany Bowman of the Tennessee Star.” “Being from Nashville, I hear covers of all kinds of country songs daily. Alyssa & Wayne’s cover was different. There is a simplicity and a sweetness to their harmony that doesn’t try to duplicate the original version but lets the lyrics shine. With their musical roots, they are the perfect couple to cover the hits of George and Tammy.”
Wayne Brewer, a sixth-generation musician well-known for his work with Gary Brewer & The Kentucky Ramblers, and his talented wife Alyssa teamed to salute country legends George Jones and Tammy Wynette. When youthful passion and timeless songs intersect, it’s a creative crossroads where everything old seems new again… that’s definitely the case Alyssa and Wayne Sing George and Tammy. With the goal of crafting an album to warm the hearts of longtime fans and kindle interest from a new generation hungry to embrace timeless songs, the duo approached the project with equal amounts of unbridled enthusiasm and humble trepidation.
“Me and Alyssa hand-picked every person that plays on this album and that’s why I feel that it’s unique,” says Wayne, The roster includes some of the hottest musicians in the current country / roots landscape with Pedal Steel Guitarist Nathan Fleming (Charley Crockett), heavy-metal pianist Josh Balz (Motionless In White), fiddler Jenee Flener (Blake Shelton), & Gary & Mason Brewer (The Kentucky Ramblers.) “George Jones and Tammy Wynette are unrivaled as the two best country singers of all time and that’s why we wanted to do this. Even though this is a George Jones and Tammy Wynette tribute, it’s different because we let these incredible musicians have their own way with these songs. It’s definitely a supergroup that helped us bring these songs to life for a whole new generation.”
Above: Alyssa & Wayne Brewer; Credit: Katie Kauss
Married since 2015, Wayne says recording a duet album has been a goal since he and Alyssa began dating.A friend at SGM’s distribution company, Sony/The Orchard, encouraged them to record an entire album and suggested they revive the Jones/Wynette catalog. Both Wayne and Alyssa had grown up listening to the country music icons and the project seemed a natural fit. “We’ve always been big fans of theirs, but who isn’t? Everybody knows George’s range was unlike anybody’s that ever has been or ever will be, so it was an undertaking,” Wayne says.
Yet the couple rose to the challenge, even though they were recording at the same time they were adjusting to being first-time parents. “After we had a baby, we started working on it when she was a newborn, so we waited until we had the least amount of time to start this,” Alyssa laughs about the challenging circumstances. “This was only my second time ever in the studio, but I had a lot of guidance from Wayne because he’s been producing so many albums over the years.”
A&W SING GEORGE AND TAMMY TRACKLISTING:
“Someone I Used To Know”
“Golden Ring”
“We’re Gonna Hold On”
“Why Baby Why”
“Good Girl’s Gonna Go Bad”
“All I Have To Offer You Is Me”
“Two Story House”
“Southern California”
“Rosie Bokay”
“Rolling In My Sweet Baby’s Arms”