CMT “Breakthrough Video of the Year” Nominee Will Also Release
His Critically-Acclaimed Debut Album BACKSLIDER On Vinyl On July 22 – Available to Pre-Order Today
Wheelhouse Records singer/songwriter Elvie Shane gathered alongside friends, team members, industry and family at Nashville’s The Local yesterday afternoon (3/23) to celebrate his widely successful debut No. 1 single “My Boy.” Hosted by BMI, the sentimental party celebrated the chart-topping track co-written by Shane with Russell Sutton, Nick Columbia and Lee Starr, and born from the bond Shane shares with his stepson and has continued to capture the hearts of those it has resonated with. The track’s music video also just garnered a nomination for CMT’s “Breakthrough Video Of The Year” and the song was recently certified GOLD by RIAA.
“My Boy” is taken from Shane’s just-released debut full length album BACKSLIDER, which will be released as a two disc Vinyl on 7/22 available to pre-order now here. Shane co-wrote the set that embodies the crunchy hooks of classic Rock, the nostalgia of Country music as well as the emotional electricity of Gospel and R&B. Critics have already been quick to praise the cohesive set with the album landing on 2021 “Best Of” lists including Billboard, Rolling Stone and Nashville Scene. “If you listen to just one major-label debut by a dude this year, consider Elvie Shane’s” declared Rolling Stone, while Stereogum noted the record “forces you to rethink anything you think you know, or assume, about the genre’s Music Row bros.” Billboard also determined Shane is “making the case for a new mainstay in country music.”
Shane’s new single “County Roads” is officially available at country radio now, and was one of the most added songs at country radio upon release. Co-written by Shane with Dan Couch and Oscar Charles, the new single is full of untamed energy, flying like an unguided missile of passion down “County Roads” and paints a picture of Shane’s early days in Grayson County, KY.
A native of small-town Kentucky, early touchstones like Dwight Yoakam, Steve Earle and John Fogerty joined Wheelhouse Records’ Elvie Shane’s Gospel roots to form the bedrock of his taste – along with R&B classics like The Temptations and modern superstars like Eminem. And after a fateful Baptist revival came through town, he joined a band as a front man full of wild-eyed charisma. Shane initially captured attention with a viral social media moment with “My Boy,” that has since become his signature smash and debut No. 1 single. Shane’s debut EP, “County Roads” was also released in 2021. His picture-based lyrics and knack for storytelling lead to his signing with UTA and he has since opened for Jason Aldean, Toby Keith, Brothers Osborne Brett Young, Brooks & Dunn and Lady A, to name a few.
For more information, visit elvieshane.com.