Radio & Airplay — Rustic Ridge Country Rock Band

Marie Laveau

From the wealthy and powerful to the sick and the poor, they all came to Marie Laveau. Set against the backdrop of 19th-century New Orleans, Marie Laveau Knows follows the legendary Voodoo Queen through whispered requests, St. John's Eve rituals, and the mystery of a woman whose influence reached far beyond her own lifetime. Where history meets folklore, one question remains: Was it the mother or the daughter?

Dust to Dust

Dust to Dust is rooted in the ancient words of Ecclesiastes, traditionally attributed to King Solomon. The song follows the cycles of life, the things we build and leave behind, and the reminder that we enter this world with nothing and leave it the same way. It is a meditation on mortality, impermanence, and what ultimately matters.

The Man We Knew

The Man We Knew is a deeply personal tribute to a man whose strength, faith, loyalty, and quiet devotion meant more than most people ever saw. Behind the larger-than-life presence was a husband, a father, and a man of his word who loved his family fiercely. Written from memory, the song reflects on the difference between the man the world knew and the man his family knew at home.

Lizzie Borden (The Wolf Wears a Dress)

The dress disappeared. The story did not. Inspired by the 1892 Fall River murders, Rustic Ridge turns the old Lizzie Borden legend into a darker question: what if the wolf really did wear a dress?

The Boatman

The Boatman follows a woman who crosses a river with a ferryman who can see what the others cannot. He knows she does not belong there, but takes her across anyway. She continues farther into a place she may never have been meant to see until something finally notices her. *You are not supposed to be here.*

The Rain Song

A Led Zeppelin cover, given back to the wood and the wire. Rustic Ridge reimagines The Rain Song around its quiet center — the seasons, the devotion, and the little rain that must fall.

The House of the Rising Sun

There has always been a house at the edge of town that swallows people whole. New Orleans gave it a name. Rustic Ridge gives it a voice. This is the song that started it all for a generation of American musicians — raw, haunted, and impossible to forget. Rustic Ridge brings it home with the weight and reverence it deserves.

Salt and Bone

Some things don't have names. They just live in you — in the way you leave a coin by the road, or won't whistle after dark, or feel the pull of black water without knowing why. Salt and Bone is a song about the things we carry without choosing to. The old protections. The inherited fears. The rituals passed down so quietly you never thought to question them. It's about the weight that isn't yours — and the moment you realize you've been carrying it anyway.

Religion and Superstitions

Grandma carried her Bible like every good Christian should. She also tossed salt over her shoulder, watched the moon, and listened to the crickets. Nobody talked about the contradiction. They simply carried faith, folklore, and superstition in the same two hands. This song is for the Southern families who never thought they had to choose between them.

Polly's Grave

Mama said not to go. Polly laughed and stepped into the light. By the time she saw the shovel beside the tree and the fresh dirt where the grass should have been, it was already too late. A Southern Gothic murder ballad about the ride, the silence, and the guilt that never stopped following Willie.

Old Ben's Road

Old Ben ran the backroads when the county went dry, with a jar in the floorboard and the law knowing his taillights like an old guilty friend. People feared him, whispered about him, and named a road after him anyway. A true family story about blood, judgment, mercy, and the things a man leaves behind.