Edwin McCain: A Modern Musician
Edwin McCain: A Modern MusicianAs you sit back and listen to Edwin McCain's first album,Honor
Among Theives, McCain's incorporation of all kinds of music such as
rock, pop, jazz, and blues will surely amaze you. This is consistant
with his second album Misguided Roses,which incorporates the same
standards. These two albums provide a great mix of acoustic rock with
a hint of jazz and blues. McCain was successful with his first album
which included the hit song "Solitude." He was even more successful
with his more recent album which includes the former number one song
"I'll Be." Through his lyrical genius and incorporation of different
styles of music, Edwin McCain has risen to be one of the best well-
rounded musicians today.
What attracts a person most are the lyrics that Edwin McCain
writes. He writes about life's good times and also the struggles in
which people endure. In one of his songs, McCain writes about a man in
New Orleans who lost his father and a week later lost his wife. In the
song, McCain goes on to talk about life's struggles and what we as
humans have to do to deal with these pains (Honor Among Thieves). He
shares his view of how life wears us down when he sings, "Like a stone
in a stream, life smooths all our ridges 'till we barely make a ripple
anymore" (Honor Among Thieves), which is from his song "Sorry to a
Friend." McCain's clever lyrics portray his views on young people such
as, "Youth goes hand in hand with foolish pride," and his
love-as-a-war view saying, "The blood that was spilled in the
heartache before left road maps of scars that I never, never could
ignore" (Misguided Roses). Singing these lyrics with his soulful voice
with a slight touch of Southern charm, McCain makes you believe every
word that soars from his heart.
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