Edwin McCain

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Edwin McCain performing at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (2008)
Edwin McCain performing at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (2008)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Honor Among Thieves
  US 107 09/02/1995 (12 weeks)
Misguided Roses
  US 73 04/18/1998 (42 weeks)
Messenger
  US 59 07/03/1999 (22 weeks)
Far From Over
  US 105 07/07/2001 (4 weeks)
Scream and Whisper
  US 183 07/10/2004 (1 week)
Singles
Solitude
  US 72 07/10/1995 (20 weeks)
I'll be
  US 5 09/26/1998 (24 weeks)
I could not ask for more
  US 37 08/28/1999 (20 weeks)

Edwin McCain (born January 20, 1970 in Greenville , South Carolina ) is an American singer-songwriter and musician . He plays alternative rock with influences from jazz and soul .

Edwin McCain Band on July 7, 2007

Personal

McCain was adopted as a child. He is married and has two biological sons and an adopted child with his wife.

Career

His first release, Nomadic Logic , came out in 1991 through an independent label. In 1995 he signed a four-album deal with Atlantic Records . The label released its debut album Honor Among Thieves in 1995 . The single I'll Be from the second album Misguided Rose reached the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 . After another two albums to Atlantic and McCain split due to musical differences, because the record company of McCain Pop - Ballads expected, but this did not meet his musical ideas. McCain was signed by ATC and released an acoustic version album in 2003 called The Austin Sessions . Then changed the label again and released further albums with Vanguard and Time / Life Music .

McCain plays a lot of concerts, sometimes more than 300 a year. He is accompanied by a permanent band consisting of guitarists Larry Chaney and Pete Riley, saxophonist and keyboardist Craig Shields, bassist Jason Pomar and drummer Tez Sherrard.

Discography

Albums

  • 1991: Nomadic Logic
  • 1993: Solitude
  • 1995: Honor Among Thieves
  • 1997: Misguided Roses
  • 1999: Messenger
  • 2001: Far from Over
  • 2003: The Austin Sessions
  • 2004: Scream & Whisper
  • 2006: Lost in America
  • 2008: Nobody's Fault But Mine
  • 2010: The Best of Edwin McCain
  • 2011: Mercy Bound

Singles

  • 1995: Solitude
  • 1995: Sorry to a Friend
  • 1997: See the Sky Again
  • 1998: I'll Be
  • 1998: What Matters
  • 1999: I Could Not Ask for More
  • 1999: Go Be Young
  • 2000: Beautiful Life
  • 2001: Hearts Fall
  • 2001: Far from Over
  • 2001: Radio Star
  • 2001: Write Me a Song
  • 2004: Say Anything
  • 2004: Shooting Stars
  • 2006: Gramercy Park Hotel
  • 2006: Truly Believe
  • 2007: The Kiss
  • 2008: Some Kind of Wonderful

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b billboard.com: Chart History Edwin McCain , accessed February 2, 2010 (English)
  2. ^ A b Anthony La Sala: McCain Strips Down Sound on First Post-Atlantic Set . In: Billboard Magazine . May 3, 2003.
personal data
SURNAME McCain, Edwin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer-songwriter and musician
DATE OF BIRTH 20th January 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Greenville , South Carolina