LED ZEPPELIN: (Singing) Walking in the park just the other day, baby.
Sweatin along to the old-school funk fury and pumping bassline of I Need Never. His R&B-touched Americana and thoughtful folk tunes have asserted him firmly as a documentor of lifes peaks and valleys since he emerged in the early 10s. NATHANIEL RATELIFF: Well, it was actually - it was in the barn when we lived out in Bay (ph). Theres a celebratory verve pulsing through Nathaniel Rateliffs rhythms and grooves. LED ZEPPELIN: (Singing) Hey, boy, do you want to score? Piontic (ph), he - I guess for some of the country kids, it was, like, a place to party in the middle of a cornfield, and he found the Led Zeppelin tape up out there and I found it in the barn. KELLY: Rateliff's parents were devout Christians. He wasn't allowed to listen to secular music, and he did not like having to play in his family's band at church. More from Tearing at the Seams Shoe Boot Be There A Little Honey Say It Louder Hey Mama Babe I Know Coolin Out Baby I Lost My Way, (But Im Going Home). So that tape opened up a whole new world. It was always the strangest thing to me because growing up in church was like, well, if God made music, why is this secular stuff so much better? RATELIFF: Secretly, we'd listen to it, which I'm surprised my dad didn't know that I was - you know, I'd have my headphones on and playing "When The Levee Breaks" and "Misty Mountain Hop" on my drums. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - The Future Exclusive Lmtd Clear Vinyl LP. RATELIFF: Then why did I find this tape? I was like, why aren't our worship songs as good as that? KELLY: If God didn't want me to listen to Led Zeppelin, why did he (laughter) why did he allow it to happen? RATELIFF: I don't think the devil is trying to trick us.
NATHANIEL RATELIFF AND THE NIGHT SWEATS: (Singing) I've been coolin' out, baby. KELLY: Now, Nathaniel Rateliff makes his own very different style of music. He and his band, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, found huge success with their first album. NATHANIEL RATELIFF AND THE NIGHT SWEATS: (Singing) Now it might be that I'm being swayed in a lie. Is it as much fun to play it as it sounds like it must be? KELLY: Nathaniel Rateliff, it is hard to listen to this music and sit still. You know, I'm so fortunate that my bandmates and I are - it's like a gang of brothers, really. We roll into a place and people are like, are you guys in a band? I was like, can you tell? There's, like, eight of us. RATELIFF: (Laughter) Yeah, I know, right? You know, before we walk onstage every night, we just tell each other we love each other and just, like, remember to have fun. NATHANIEL RATELIFF AND THE NIGHT SWEATS: (Singing) We'll be dancing and having fun. Tell your mama that you're leaving home and your friends are going to come along.
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