Artist: Edwin McCain
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Scream and Whisper
Year: 2004
Tracks: 14
A rootsy singer/songwriter with ties to jazz and soul as well, Edwin McCain hails from Charleston, SC, and it was with the support of native sons Hootie & the Blowfish that McCain signed with Atlantic Records. Let it not be aforementioned that McCain never earned his contract: his touring schedule is among the most rigorous in music -- 300-plus nights per year -- and his dynamic stria (guitarist Larry Chaney, bassist Scott Bannevich, drummer Dave Harrison, and sax player Craig Shields) gained deference and accompaniment slots for similarly minded artists like Hootie, Jewel, and even the Allman Brothers. Signed to Atlantic's Lava subsidiary company in 1995, the group debuted with Honour Among Thieves. The unmarried "Solitude" gained support at VH1, prompt the acquittance of 1997's Ill-conceived Roses, which scored a mainstream strike in the song "I'll Be." Messenger followed in 1999 with another love-themed success, "I Could Not Ask for More," and Far from Over appeared deuce age after. McCain was dropped from Atlantic after the acquittance of Far from Over, merely he actually quickened his recording pace, cathartic The Austin Sessions in 2003 and Scream & Whisper in 2004. Keeping up with his unappeasable tour agenda through the years, the live DVD Tinsel and Tap Shoes: Live at the House of Blues appeared in late 2004. McCain's succeeding studio apartment feat, Helpless in America, was issued in April 2006 on Vanguard. Nationwide tour dates continued through leap and summer.
