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Brett Eldredge in Session

Bob hosts a session from CMA award-winner Brett Eldredge.

CMA award winner Brett Eldredge in session

Singing country music with a soulful edge and more than a dash of pop polish, Brett Eldredge was born in Paris, Illinois on March 23, 1986, and grew up listening to singers Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, and Bobby Darin. After hearing Brooks & Dunn at the age of 16, he became fascinated by country music, a fascination that stayed with him when he began attending Elmhurst College in Chicago. After a trip to Nashville, where he heard his cousin Terry Eldredge (a veteran of Dolly Parton's band and a member of the Grascals) play at the Station Inn, Eldredge was inspired to transfer to Middle Tennessee State University, immersing himself in the vocal stylings of country singers like George Jones, Ray Price, and Vince Gill. He also began working on writing his own material and started performing at songwriter nights in the Nashville area. Eventually he was introduced to producer and publisher Byron Gallimore, who signed Eldredge to his publishing company and encouraged him to keep writing songs.

Eldredge was one of the opening acts on Taylor Swift's 2013 concert tour, and in 2015 he toured in tandem with Darius Rucker. May 2015 brought Eldredge another country hit, "Lose My Mind," which rose to number 12 on the Hot Country Songs chart, and "Just a Taste" followed in July 2015. Eldredge's second album, Illinois, was released on September 11, 2015, the year after he won the CMA Horizon Award for best new artist.

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Thu 21 Apr 2016 19:00
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • The Bellamy Brothers

    Let Your Love Flow

    • Country Moods (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Brothers Osborne

    Stay A Little Longer

    • Pawn Shop.
    • EMI.
    • 3.

  • Tim McGraw

    Humble And Kind

  • Lori McKenna

    Fireflies

    • Pieces Of Me.
    • Catalyst.
    • 005.

  • Brett Eldredge

    You Can't Stop Me

    • Illinois.
    • Atlantic.
    • 002.

  • The Chicks

    Landslide

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Ashley Campbell

    Remembering

    • CD Single.
    • Dot Records.
    • 001.

Broadcast

  • Thu 21 Apr 2016 19:00
    大象传媒 Radio 2