Jamie McLean is a triple threat. As a guitarist for New Orleans royalty Aaron Neville and Dirty Dozen Brass Band, he’s toured the globe playing fiery guitar everywhere from Madison Square Garden to Japan’s Fuji Rock. His blue eyed southern soul vocals ooze raw emotion and his top-of-the-line songwriting chops bring everything together. With hundreds of original compositions to his name McLean creates a musical gumbo that incorporates New Orleans soul, Delta blues, middle America roots and New York City swagger.
On February 23rd, 2018 the Jamie McLean Band, which also features Brian Griffin on drums and Ben Mars on bass, is gearing up to release their long awaited new album One and Only. Recorded at the famed Sound Emporium studios in Nashville, One and Only captures the band’s strongest songwriting to date. The album was produced by Ken Coomer of Wilco and features special guests Sam Bush and Jeff Coffin of Dave Matthews Band.
Today Glide is excited to premiere the album’s title track. From the opening riffs and verses, it’s clear Jamie McLean finds a major influence in Tom Petty. It helps that, like Petty, he seems to have one of the tightest bands in rock music. The song has that straightforward, no frills American guitar rock sound that is increasingly hard to find in today’s music. The twangy flourish of a steel guitar, soaring harmonies and catchy chorus, not to mention McLean’s heartfelt songwriting, also bring to mind Americana and alt-country favorites like Jason Isbell, Whiskeytown, and the Jayhawks. If “One and Only” is any indication of the rest of the album, then there’s no doubt the Jamie McLean Band have successfully captured the explosive magic of their live shows in the studio.
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