{"id":91048,"date":"2025-05-22T10:46:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T09:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=91048"},"modified":"2025-05-22T10:50:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T09:50:44","slug":"duane-hoover-leads-us-down-a-wayward-path-through-his-60s-inspirations-with-title-track-of-debut-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2025\/05\/duane-hoover-leads-us-down-a-wayward-path-through-his-60s-inspirations-with-title-track-of-debut-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Duane Hoover Leads Us Down A &#8216;Wayward Path&#8217; Through His 60s Inspirations With Title Track Of Debut Album"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The title track from Duane Hoover&#8217;s new album, &#8216;Wayward Path&#8217; was released on April 25, and, like his previous single, &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2025\/03\/duane-hoover-is-doing-it-all-over-again-ahead-of-album-release-this-april\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2025\/03\/duane-hoover-is-doing-it-all-over-again-ahead-of-album-release-this-april\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">All Over Again<\/a>&#8216;, we&#8217;re once more given access to what makes this artist tick.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nostalgic and guitar-led, &#8216;Wayward Path&#8217; is a Hoover original that nonetheless sees him pay homage to the British Invasion artists that formed much of his inspiration. Hoover&#8217;s rich vocals command centre stage, backed by strident guitar riffs, while the drums set a rollicking pace,in a Keith Moon-esque fashion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;Wayward Path&#8217; opens with a frantic, highly energised jangly guitar and strident drum combination, giving this instrumental an opportunity to shine before Hoover&#8217;s gnarly voice, which is, in a lot of ways is the vocal equivalent of the musical instruments, sharing a lot of the same sonic scratchiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While this is an original composition from Hoover, it&#8217;s nonetheless still very much inspired by his 60s British Invasion heroes, such as The Kinks, David Bowie, The Who, and The Rolling Stones. While previous release, &#8216;All Over Again&#8217; was reminiscent of The Kinks&#8217;, &#8216;See Emily Play&#8217;, title track &#8216;Wayward Path&#8217; draws from songs such as &#8216;Substitute&#8217;, from The Stones. We&#8217;re being led down a wayward path, as it were, to pick up the influences in Hoover&#8217;s music, and it&#8217;s not a bad thing at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Listen to \u2018Wayward Path\u2019 below, and check out Duane Hoover and his music online on his official\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/duanehoover.com\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100063772511750\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/duanehoover79\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCuDklWnI-xgh8VLmnqRqueQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Duane Hoover &quot;Wayward Path&quot; by Team Clermont\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F2020312945&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640&#038;secret_token=s-wS4KBmkRHNC\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The title track from Duane Hoover&#8217;s new album, &#8216;Wayward Path&#8217; was released on April 25, and, like his previous single, &#8216;All Over Again&#8217;, we&#8217;re once more given access to what makes this artist tick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":91057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"The title track from Duane Hoover's new album, 'Wayward Path' was released on April 25, and, like his previous single, 'All Over Again', we're once more given access to what makes this artist tick.","jetpack_seo_html_title":"Duane Hoover Keeps Us On Track With 'Wayward Path'","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"The title track from Duane Hoover's nThe title track from Duane Hoover's new album, 'Wayward Path' was released on April 25, and, like his pew album, 'Wayward Path' was released on April 25, and, like his previous single, 'All Over Again', we're once more given access to what makes this artist tick.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,21455,9,21453,21445,21446],"tags":[32815,11720,144,77,370,116,10677,32816],"class_list":["post-91048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-albums","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-reviews","category-single-reviews","tag-duane-hoover","tag-lisa-hafey","tag-new-album","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-review","tag-single-review","tag-wayward-path"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-nGw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":90167,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2025\/03\/duane-hoover-is-doing-it-all-over-again-ahead-of-album-release-this-april\/","url_meta":{"origin":91048,"position":0},"title":"Duane Hoover Is Doing It &#8216;All Over Again&#8217; Ahead Of Album Release This April","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"03\/03\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Released on February 21, 'All Over Again' is the new single from Atlanta artist, Duane Hoover. 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