Olson's voice was breaking up into a scatter of West Texas static.
Most bands manage to conduct phone interviews from home or hotels during a sliver of free time.
Olson is trying to find a few spare minutes and a stretch of unobstructed Lone Star blacktop suitable for cell phone reception to do this one. Russell his cohorts in the traveling Americana ensemble known as the Original Harmony Ridge Creek Dippers Olson is trying to make every minute count. After splitting from the band shortly after its August 1995 performance at the Kentucky Theatre, Olson began to deconstruct his role in the Jayhawks sound. With an Americana music movement on the rise and a desire to spend more time with Williams an internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter for more than a decade who has been battling multiple sclerosis for several years Olson enlisted longtime pal Russell, and the Dippers were born. The self-titled Dippers debut should hit stores in August.