Jamie McLean Band – Jamie McLean (guitar and vocals), Brian Griffin (drums) and Ben Mars (bass) – is gearing up to release their long awaited new album One and Only on February 23rd. Recorded at the famed Sound Emporium and produced by Ken Coomer (Wilco), One and Only captures the band’s strongest songwriting to date on eleven tracks that incorporate New Orleans soul, Delta blues, middle America roots, and New York City swagger. In advance of the album’s release, McLean kindly took the time to answer his Essential 8 and talk all things songwriting, his favorite venue, and much more!
With any particular song, was there an “a-ha” moment when you knew the song was completedand perfect?
There were a couple of songs that I brought to the studio with me for One and Only that were solid and finished but something was missing. When I sat down in the studio with producer Ken Coomer (Wilco, Uncle Tupelo) he asked me to play the songs and when we finished he gave me some simple directions. “Sing It” was one that we’ve done as a band for years in a bluesy shuffle style. He asked me “What would it sound like if Keith Richards wrote this?”Literally a minute later I had the riff and groove for the new version and I love it!
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