# Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Ricky Byrd Debuts New Single “Louanne”

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/rock-and-roll-hall-of-famer-ricky-byrd-debuts-new-single-louanne/
- Published: 2023-06-23T14:30:00-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

### **Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Ricky Byrd (Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, Roger Daltrey) Debuts New Single “Louanne” via Wicked Cool Records**

#### _**“Louanne.. if anybody could — you can.”**_

[**Stream The Single Here**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2femail.cloud.secureclick.net%2fc%2f6813%3fid%3d16834199.42963.1.51f9367a2b09259af0af0e4ff26f7825&umid=043d937a-2a30-46ed-8d00-bc7dd5567f85&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-e7cb460c7a7dfdd1447056071b7090d4226e78f7)

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member, guitarist /singer-songwriter/producer/recovery
advocate **Ricky Byrd** (inducted in 2015 with **Joan Jett and The Blackhearts**),
has had a career in music spanning over 40 years.

Although best known for his time spent with The Blackhearts, Byrd has also recorded
and played with **Roger Daltrey** and toured with **Ian Hunter** and **Southside
Johnny and the Asbury Jukes** respectively.

He has also been blessed to have had the chance to, at one time or another, share
the stage with music royalty including **Paul McCartney, Ringo, Alice Cooper, Bruce
Springsteen, Steven Van Zandt, Joe Walsh, Mavis Staples, Dion, Brian Wilson, Smokey
Robinson, Jimmy Page, Graham Nash, Sam Moore, Steve Miller and Elvis Costello**…
to name just a few.

**Stream “Louanne” here: [https://orcd.co/louanne](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2femail.cloud.secureclick.net%2fc%2f6813%3fid%3d16834199.42968.1.b3713de3d762a181c000295245c6f679&umid=043d937a-2a30-46ed-8d00-bc7dd5567f85&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-3d373d495b652b85019ac5b130f4a45264c067d1)**

Louanne

[⌊Louanne⌉⌊Louanne⌉
Watch this video on YouTube

Byrd’s new single [“Louanne”](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2femail.cloud.secureclick.net%2fc%2f6813%3fid%3d16834199.42965.1.c4c444599c0c29d309ad48595739bcf6&umid=043d937a-2a30-46ed-8d00-bc7dd5567f85&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-aec61a05c7d23f74061875ec1c1be13977165fd1)
is out today on Steven Van Zandt’s Wicked Cool Records and follows the release of
his recent digital/7″ singles [“Alien”](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2femail.cloud.secureclick.net%2fc%2f6813%3fid%3d16834199.42966.1.6b5d2139db0fe214e2435fe6ea9549d9&umid=043d937a-2a30-46ed-8d00-bc7dd5567f85&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-88a38182f08c9ad58223770f69c5172e2f924761)
and **[“Glamdemic Blues”](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2femail.cloud.secureclick.net%2fc%2f6813%3fid%3d16834199.42967.1.553823ff3f9a60368c17e3b108095d57&umid=043d937a-2a30-46ed-8d00-bc7dd5567f85&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-68d61fa0794bf1e3d047a57f822d865778c50316)**,
which featured a b-side cover of the Four Tops’ classic **“Reach Out (I’ll Be There).**

Byrd says, _“My last 2 records “Clean Getaway” and “Sobering Times” had lyrics that
spoke to the issues of addiction and recovery. With this new batch of tunes that
I’m releasing as singles on Wicked Cool Records, I was consciously staying away 
from that subject matter. ‘Louanne’ started with the riff and chords, as do most
of the songs I write. Then I start to mumble words and fool with a melody. _

_“As I was going through the usual process I blurted out “Louanne.. if anybody could
you can.” Then came the line “Why don’t you go on and get yourself right .. Louanne.”
I knew at that point where I was headed! So I guess you can say lyrically Louanne
is a song of encouragement for someone struggling with something, and the music 
is being driven by a nasty RnR riff.”_

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_Photo Credit: Frankie Byrd_

Listen to his previous single “[Glamdemic Blues](https://www.nyrdcast.com/2023/02/ricky-byrd-releasing-new-single-glamdemic-blues-on-february-24/)“.

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