Video Exclusive: Ricky Warwick - Psycho (Live)

The track comes from Ricky Warwick's double solo album 'When Patsy Cline Was Crazy (And Guy Mitchell Sang The Blues)/Hearts On Trees', which was released earlier this year.

"I heard the song ‘Psycho' for the first time almost 30 years ago when I was playing guitar in New Model Army" _says Ricky, "It was performed by singer/songwriter Rev Hammer who was on the road with us. I fell in love with the song instantly and it has stayed in my psyche ever since. I found out sometime later that it was written by Texas songwriter Leon Payne. Payne is probably most well known for the song "Lost Highway" which was a huge hit for Hank Williams."_

Speaking about his motivation to take on the song with his own version, Ricky added: "The twisted macabre excess and understatement of the lyrics set against the beautiful, haunting almost sugar sweet melody drew me in straight away and gave me a strange yet surreal sense of unease. There is no doubt about it, it's a dark song about a dark day. Leon Payne famously said after he wrote it, "Don't ever record this!" Well… I did."

You can watch the acoustic performance below:

Ricky Warwick & The Fighting Hearts tour the UK this Winter. You can see the dates below:

NOVEMBER 2016

11th Pwllheli – Hard Rock Hell
12th Birmingham – O2 Academy 3
13th Sheffield – O2 Academy 2
15th Leicester – O2 Academy 2
16th Edinburgh – Bannermans
17th Newcastle – Riverside
18th Chester – Live Rooms
19th Grimsby – Yardbirds
20th Norwich, Waterfront Studio
22nd London – O2 Academy Islington
23rd Oxford – O2 Academy 2
26th Troon – Winter Rocks Festival

DECEMBER 2016

4th Trecco Bay – Planet Rockstock

Tickets for select dates are on sale now via Planet Rock Tickets, where you can also get tickets to see Ricky Warwick at his 'day job', fronting Black Star Riders in March 2017.