# Zach Bryan’s New Song Is a Cover by an Obscure Kentucky Songwriter

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/zach-bryans-new-song-is-a-cover-by-an-obscure-kentucky-songwriter/
- Published: 2026-11-02T16:59:21+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-02T17:42:31+00:00
- Original publisher: Rolling Stone
- Original article: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/zach-bryan-covers-kentucky-hurricane-ian-noe-1235651328/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music, Trending, Weird & Viral

## Key points

- Bryan covered Ian Noe’s “Kentucky Hurricane”.
- The track appears on Noe’s recent album.
- The cover features fiddle and choir vocals.

## Summary

Zach Bryan has released a YouTube cover of “Kentucky Hurricane”, a song by Kentucky folk singer-songwriter Ian Noe. The release follows Bryan’s EP *Young Manhood and Other Donatable Organs*, but is separate from that project; it also brings attention to a track from Noe’s recent album.

The song tells of a relationship with a sex worker that ends with the narrator in prison. Bryan keeps close to Noe’s original while playing electric guitar without percussion, with Billy Contreras on the fiddle hook and a backing choir. Noe has said the song began with its lead fiddle melody.

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