This page is home to the forthcoming solo work of Nick 13 (better known to many as the singer, songwriter and guitarist for the band Tiger Army). For several years, the frontman has planned to do an album drawing inspiration from the acoustic and vintage country music styles that he first explored in the Tiger Army songs "Outlaw Heart" (1999), "In The Orchard" (2001), "The Long Road" (2004) and "Where The Moss Slowly Grows" (2007).
"This album may be the next thing I work on in 2009, or it may not happen for another few years. What I can say is that it's getting closer than it's ever been. Tiger Army isn't going away. But while roots music has always been an element of Tiger Army's sound, a whole album in the style of 'Outlaw Heart' or 'In the Orchard' would be a different thing, so I'm just going to call it Nick 13."
The vintage American sounds of 1930s-1960s hillbilly, honky-tonk and bluegrass have been a longtime love of 13's, an extension of his exploration of American rockabilly music as a youth. "When I wrote 'Outlaw Heart' for the first Tiger Army album, I figured people would hate it as a lot of our audience came from the world of punk rock. I released it anyway because it was a song I loved and it meant alot to me. People were more open minded than I thought, and it became not only one of my favorites, but one of the favorites of our fans."
In fact, it was fans who first suggested such a project. "I've been asked about doing a recording or project that was entirely country-based since the first album was released. It was an intriguing idea to me that I kept coming back to over the years, but I was always too busy with Tiger Army. One of these days it's gonna be time to make time."
