He had an appreciation for Southern soul. One of the guys in the band, Jason Moore, his father, Jim, had been a professional musician, a guitarist. McCain: I played in a high school band with some pretty serious musicians. RM: Where did the whole band thing fit in? It evened the playing field a little bit for me. It took me out of a place where I was being judged pretty harshly. It is hard time to be a third and fourth grader and not do what everyone else can do, and struggling. At the moment, I am particularly aware of this because I have children this same age now. Music came along, like it has my entire life, and swooped in and saved me. I was experiencing a lot of failure and frustration in the academic world and grade school. As a result, I went with what I could do naturally and what came easily. I have pretty significant learning disabilities. I had a really hard time as a kid, had a hard time reading and writing. McCain: Truth be told, I would blame dyslexia and learning disabilities for my musicality. RM: Tell me about yourself? How did you get into music? I had this idea on a napkin, and sat in my apartment in Atlanta. If you don't, you are gone.” Oh gosh, here I go. “You better come up with something great. They were disappointed in my record sales. Because when I wrote the song, I was hours away from being dropped from the record label. It is astonishing when songs land and hang around like “I’ll Be” has. Most of the time, the contestants, they were 5 years old when that song came out. And I knew that - every time it happens, or every time they use it - my phone blows up. Richmond magazine: Did you hear the “American Idol” contestant singing your song a few weeks ago? What do you think about it? Does McCain mind? We caught up with him on his way to do a favor for a friend (spoiler alert: he is the nicest guy ever) to ask this very question and a few more before his show at Capital Ale House Music Hall on Friday (March 11). “I’ll Be,” the 1998 hit by Edwin McCain, is performed frequently on the hit show. The question of whether or not he sang it well doesn’t matter it happens almost every season. Edwin McCain (photo by Wayne Culpepper, Fisheye Studios)Ī few weeks ago on “American Idol,” a contestant named C.J.
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