Down in a Hole (album)

Down in a Hole is the debut studio album by actor Kiefer Sutherland, produced by his longtime friend Jude Cole from the label Ironworks which Sutherland co-owns. The album was released on August 19, 2016.

Background
Down in a Hole is a country album containing 11 songs written by Sutherland and Cole. The actor first announced his venture in music in 2015. The first single "Not Enough Whiskey" was released on March 28, 2016. Since then, Sutherland went on tour in entire North America with his band and even appeared at the 2016 Academy of Country Music Awards. On August 25, 2016, Sutherland performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to promote his album.

The music video for the song "Can't Stay Away" was released on July 27, 2016.

On 28 April 2017, a music video for "Shirley Jean" was released.

Sutherland continued to tour supporting for the album throughout 2017.

Personnel

 * Kiefer Sutherland – lead and background vocals, composer, guitar
 * Jude Cole – bass, composer, guitar, keyboards, mandolin, organ, percussion, producer, background vocals
 * Jim Cox – organ, piano, wurlitzer
 * Florian Ammon – drums, recording
 * Keith Armstrong – mixing engineer
 * Jason Wade – composer, guitar
 * Carmel Echols – background vocals
 * Michael Gurley – background vocals
 * Chaz Mason – background vocals
 * Samantha Nelson – background vocals
 * Nik Karpen – mixing engineer


 * Aaron Embry – wurlitzer
 * Jordan Whitlock – background vocals
 * Alan Okuye – organ
 * Brian MacLeod – drums, percussion
 * Phil Parlapiano – accordion, organ
 * Chris Murguia – engineer
 * Greg Leisz – guitar, pedal steel guitar
 * Patrick Leonard – organ, wurlitzer
 * Danny Kastner – piano
 * Gavin Lurssen – mastering
 * Chris Lord-Alge – mixing, organ
 * Rick Woolstenhulme Jr. – drums

Chart performance
The album made its debut at No. 18 on the Americana/Folk Albums chart and No. 35 on Top Country Albums, with 1,000 copies sold according to Nielsen Music. The album has sold 8,100 copies in the United States as of May 2017.