Country, by Elliott McClain

Country

by Elliott McClain

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1.	You Don't Know Me 07:22	buy track
2.	Minnesota 04:11	buy track
3.	Everything is Beautiful 04:20	buy track
4.	Always on My Mind 05:01	buy track
5.	By the Time I Get to Phoenix 05:36	buy track
6.	Faint of Heart 05:25	buy track
7.	America 05:02	buy track
8.	Green Green Grass of Home 04:17	buy track
9.	I Still Miss Someone 02:26	buy track
10.	The Heart That You Own 05:29	buy track

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Exceptionally talented, young American pianist Elliott McClain is known for his improvisational skills and expressive playing style. Blind since birth, Elliott began playing the piano at the age of 4 and was influenced by radio and his uncle’s record collection. He was especially drawn to live radio programming and recordings of live performances. Jazz and blues deeply inform his compositions and interpretations.

In his debut album, Elliott honors the traditional country songs for which his hometown of Nashville is known. "You Don't Know Me" is a nod to Ray Charles' cover and is influenced by the piano stylings of jazz great Gene Harris. Perhaps his favorite performance on the album is "Faint of Heart," a song by Vince Gill whom Elliott discovered as a child. Elliott sidesteps country music briefly to cover a popular song by another of his early childhood favorites in Paul Simon’s "America." In the only original composition on the album, "Minnesota,” Elliott pays tribute to another of his childhood loves--live radio broadcast A Prairie Home Companion. Other tracks cover songs popularized by Ray Stevens, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Dwight Yoakam, and Glen Campbell.

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released August 27, 2019

Recorded at Ivy Hall Studio, Nashville Tennessee
Tracking and Mixing by Eric Loomis, Ivy Hall Studio
Mastering by Amy Marie at Yes Master Studios, Nashville TN

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Elliott McClain Nashville, Tennessee

Exceptionally talented, young American pianist Elliott McClain is known for his improvisational skills and expressive playing style.

Elliott began playing the piano at the age of 4 and was influenced by radio and his uncle’s record collection. He was especially drawn to live radio programming and recordings of live performances. Jazz and blues deeply inform his compositions and interpretations. ... more