BIO
Brian Revels is energy and angst in a comet trail of music that is as perceptive as it is entertaining. His observations of Americana ring with authenticity. He’s a wily veteran of the Atlanta, Georgia music scene, a multi-instrumentalist, and a natural-born storyteller with a poetic edge. Before forming his current ensemble, The Heat Lightning, he helped to build the folk trio, City Mouse, into a regional force, sharing stages with acts like The Steeldrivers, Parker Milsap, The Whiskey Gentry, and Faye Webster.
Brian Revels & The Heat Lightning made their streaming debut on 2020’s “Jasper County Blues” which Immersive Atlanta called “a collection of stories set between the opening of saloon doors and the desperation of last call.”
Revels draws from folk and blues and country and bluegrass, is an alternative to them all and a better man for their influences. The hole he’s worn in his guitar is not as large as the one he’s worn in his heart with the care of the lives he hopes he can redeem one song at a time. His timeless musicality will touch your soul with the drama, and the significance, of love lost and regained, of the human frailty that reduces and yet ennobles each of us.
NEW SINGLE “ALL THE GOLD” [APRIL 2024]
The new single from Brian Revels & the Heat Lightning, "All the Gold," is an all-too-relatable ballad about being broke and in love; a love story wrapped in millennial dread. This 2nd release from the upcoming LP shows the maturation of a songwriter and band catching their stride. Brian Revels has spent 2 years building a family in upstate NY, nurturing a newfound sobriety, and his band, The Heat Lightning, has never sounded better. Sweeping piano and electric guitar melodies take this country song to an emotional zenith then set you down easy.
