The magnolia symbolizes resilience, so it is no wonder that Brother Cane has chosen to highlight the mighty tree for its return to original recorded music for the first time in twenty eight years. Magnolia Medicine also sees the return of the creative partnership of singer/lead guitarist/ principal songwriter Damon Johnson and award-winning producer and songwriter Marti Frederiksen.

After forming in Birmingham, Alabama Brother Cane was ubiquitous on rock radio throughout the mid-to-late nineties. Their debut self-titled Virgin Records album birthed three hit singles, “Got No Shame”, “That Don’t Satisfy Me” and “Hard Act To Follow”. Followed two years later by the hit “And Fools Shine On” from the album, Seeds, and then “I Lie In The Bed I Make” from the 1998 album Wishpool. which also went to #1 on Rock radio. Wishpool would be the band’s final full-length release…until now.

Written and recorded in Nashville, Magnolia Medicine sees Johnson, original bassist Glenn Maxey, drummer Jarred Pope, guitarist Tony Higbee, and keyboardist Buck Johnson put forth an eleven track effort steeped in all of their various influences.

For the past twenty five years Johnson has been the lead guitarist on global tours for John Waite, Alice Cooper, Thin Lizzy and now currently filling the enormous, eternal hole left by the late Gary Rossington in Lynyrd Skynyrd. These experiences have helped provide the inspiration and source material for Magnolia Medicine. The album’s opening track and first radio single, “If This Means War” leans heavy into an aggressive stance that announces that this is no meek or half-assed attempt for Brother Cane to reenter the world of rock and roll. This return is sonic, soulful, and it is not messing around.

Johnson recounted that the title Magnolia Medicine came to him after he and his wife rehabilitated a Little Gem Magnolia tree that was dying in their backyard. After they almost lost hope that the tree would survive they began treating it with a special fertilizer and finally one beautiful single white blossom appeared at the top of the tree. A southern flower, a tree resurrected. So here is Brother Cane, a southern band, reborn.

Magnolia Medicine is set for release in early 2026 on Double Dragon Records distributed by DSR/Virgin Music Group