With the band’s biggest and first fully ticketed tour to date, and some of their most prestigious festival appearances all being cancelled with the impact of Covid-19, it wasn’t looking like their debut album would be finished. Reaching out to their fans to help complete the album, a kickstarter campaign was started and an incredible amount of funds were raised. Just over £9k. This act of community kindness and belief from their fanbase instilled hope and drive to complete the album, and the album is now ready for release!

True Strays are lifelong friends, songwriters and country boys – Joseph James and James Cameron – from Bristol, England who are fast carving out a niche of their own in the UK Americana scene. Their music is a cathartic celebration of alternative roots americana and blues rock.

Their songs focus on the dirt that life throws at you and how struggle can be transformed into something better. The prolific songwriting duo draw influences from classic sounds such as Neil Young, Muddy Waters, Fleetwood Mac and modern retro inspired acts like Alabama Shakes, Gary Clark Jr and the Black Keys.

From the rock and roll circumstances of their first meeting, in a sand pit in playgroup 30 odd years ago, they have; completed countless UK tours, supported bands as diverse as My Baby, Holy Moly and the Crackers, Elles Bailey, Wille and the Bandits and Mad Dog Mcrea, been jump started by Keith Allen, radio support from BBC Introducing, BBC Radio 4 and Planet Rock, played their first European and Norwegian dates, survived 70+ festival shows at prestigious festivals like Green Man, Boom Town, Larmer Tree and Shambala, featured on the Spotify’s Nu-Blue and Modern Blues Rock playlists and showcased at the prestigious UK AmericanaFest.