Nashville, TENN—Sibling duo Jesse & Noah, the sons of David Bellamy from the famed Bellamy Brothers, have released their newest music video for ‘Lina Rose,’ a song off their latest album Neon Pike.
Grounded by the legacy passed down through generations of musicians in their family, Jesse & Noah, have come a long way since they left the Bellamy family ranch in Darby, Florida. Over the years they’ve also shown a willingness to explore musically, to the point that maybe country isn’t even the best description of what they’re doing these days.
True, their musical roots show throughout their newest album, Neon Pike. But what grows from those roots’, spills across genre lines. Along with fiddles and steel guitars, it’s powered by thundering drums, shredding electric guitar and hefty doses of Americana, rock ’n’ roll and elements that are harder to categorize.
Grit Daily is proud to announce the exclusive release of the sibling’s new music video for ‘Lina Rose,’ off their latest album, Neon Pike.
“The challenge for us has always been that we’re not traditional enough to fit with the traditional crowd or pop enough to be pop country,” Noah told us. “Jesse had been writing songs since he was 12; I got into it later because I was concentrating mainly on playing guitar. By the time we moved to Nashville we were both eager to learn by writing with some of the top people in town, like Becky Hobbs, Deborah Allen and Benita Hill.”
As they sharpened their skills through these collaborations, Jesse and Noah realized that they had something unique to say, something different from what mainstream writers were doing on and beyond Music Row. “Of course, we grew up appreciating everything that our dad and his generation were creating,” Jesse says. “But they were very pop oriented. Even the country songs of that time were very melodic, very inspired by the Beatles. We love and learned a lot from that.”
That band provides the instrumental bedrock for Neon Pike. Bassist Linwood Regensburg, drummer Herschel Van Dyke, keyboardist Paul Defiglia of the Avett Brothers, Jack White’s fiddler Lillie Mae Rische and her sister Scarlett on mandolin all contribute to the album’s rugged but impeccably sculpted sound. The Bellamy Brothers themselves make a guest appearance on one track, “Gambler’s Heart.”
“We used to do a lot of close harmony, like lots of other siblings based in country,” Jesse continued. “But now our focus is more on working as a band.”
This song holds a special meaning for both brothers. “For the most part, there are only two types of father-and-son songs,” Jesse pointed out.
“They’re either about when the son is very young or after the father passed away. I wanted ‘Gambler’s Heart’ to have a different perspective when both are in the middle of their journey, when both are adults. So, I wrote it as a dialog, with the son and then the father speaking to each other.”
Noah Bellamy interjected, “so for this album, Neon Pike, we really just focused on the instrumentation and creating solid music we are proud to share with our fans.”
