With four guys in Eli Young Band, it’s important that they respect one another’s creative opinions and agree on the musical direction of the band, but that’s something they say is not that big of a challenge. Mike Eli laughs and says, “We’ve been pretty fortunate to be on the same page majority of the time, but sometimes we have our moments, all four of us. I think we wouldn’t be human if we didn’t.”
Mike says it’s been pretty smooth sailing the last few years because they got a lot of their creative differences hashed out early on in the life of the band. You can hear how their creative minds have come together on their latest single, “Turn It On,” which is the title track from their new EP, available now wherever digital music is sold.
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Eli Young Band – all four agree :20
Mike – “We’ve been pretty fortunate to be on the same page majority of the time (laughs), but sometimes we have our moments, all four of us. I think we wouldn’t be human if we didn’t, but for the most part, luckily, we kind of hashed out a lot of the early stuff, a lot of that stuff early on. So it’s been easy the last few years.”
WHAT THEY’RE DOING THIS WEEK – APRIL 6, 2015 – MONDAY
Eli Young Band plays Friday (4/10) at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas. The guys also recently filmed the video for “Turn It On,” with a release date soon.
ELI YOUNG BAND – THE FACTS
MEMBERS: Mike Eli (vocals, guitar), James Young (guitar), Jon Jones (bass guitar), and Chris Thompson (drums)
HOMETOWN / ORIGIN: Texas
BRAND NEW SINGLE: “Turn It On”
CURRENT ALBUM: New EP released on March 10, 2015.
LATEST VIDEO: 2015 “Prayer For The Road”
RECENT TWEETS:
EliYoungBand @EliYoungBand · Sunday, April 5
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ELI YOUNG BAND – THE AWARDS
2012 – Academy of Country Music Awards – Song of the Year – “Crazy Girl”
2012 – MusicRow Awards – Breakthrough Artist