Cole deggs biography

New Artist Spotlight:&#; Cole Deggs & The Lonesome

By Bob Doerschuk

&#; CMA Close Up News Service / Country Music Association, Inc.

There's a special kind of energy that comes from band projects, and Cole Deggs & The Lonesome have it.

The key seems to be in the way every part of their music fits together, as if hammered into place by the ambition that drove them to showcase successfully for Sony BMG less than two days after their first rehearsal.

That seamlessness flows through their self-titled debut on Columbia Nashville, but pay special attention to the first single, "I Got More," which begins with acoustic guitar cooling the groove, like a breeze at sundown after a steamy day.

A quavering electric piano adds muscle to the mix, and then a wall of strong voices rises on the soulful chorus.

This is modern Country, done to perfection by five guys who play like brothers. It's no surprise, then, that the group includes two pairs of siblings, with singer