The Red Clay Strays are always a class act.
Leave it to the band from Mobile, Alabama to take a somber moment and turn it into an uplifting one. The Red Clay Strays wrapped up their 2025 Get Right Tour with a finale in their home state. Drew Nix (electric guitar, vocals, harmonica), Zach Rishel (electric guitar), Andrew Bishop (bass), John Hall (drums), Sevans Henderson (keys), and frontman Brandon Coleman all took the stage of the Orion Amphitheater in Hunstville, Alabama to close out their tour, and celebrated accordingly once they wrapped up.
But before they concluded their Get Right Tour, they took a moment out of their show earlier in the night to interact with a sign that a fan was holding up.
It was a touching moment during the concert, and was clearly tugging at the heartstrings of Brandon Coleman as he addressed the audience about the contents of the sign:
“I got a sign that Andrew brought to me from someone in the audience. It says, ‘It’s my first concert, and daddy’s first birthday in Heaven.’ Well, thank you for letting us be your first concert. I’ll sign this for you too, whoever it is.
We weren’t gonna play this song tonight. It’s one of our newer ones. I’m not even sure if we can play it without messing up. We’ll see. This is one of our new songs called ‘Do Today.’ This is for people who’ve lost somebody.”
Coleman and The Red Clay Strays then proceeded to break into the unreleased track:
They have actually played the song before out on the road (a fan video of the track was posted back in August when “Do Today” was on the setlist for their Cleveland, Ohio show), but this time around, it perfectly matched the moment.
And if you call yourself a fan of The Red Clay Strays, you know that they are all about moments. The lyrics of “Do Today” certainly met the moment that the young fan’s sign brought to the night:
“Everyone dies, so the story goes
No one’s here to stay
So what are you going to do today?
Everyone cries
Everyone knows, everyone goes away
What are you going to do today?
Because the sun is calling your name
And the stars would love to see you dance again
And there’s so much life to live
Plenty of words and songs still left to give.”
Another great, emotionally-driven song penned by the uberly talented group from Mobile, Alabama.
Coleman has stated previously that they make music for a certain type of person, and that their catalogue serves a fanbase that is made up by “a lot of sad” and “a lot of depressed people.” More than anything though, The Red Clay Strays make music that promotes healing and healthy grieving, and no one is doing that better than them.
You can see that showcased in the full performance of “Do Today” from their Huntsville, Alabama concert below:
