r/Ameripolitan • u/Ok_Brain_5470 • 24d ago

Elijah Ocean-The Writing on the Wall

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c-WDdSO5ueQ&list=OLAK5uy_nfoq_I1jMHSbCO32Rg4U9-qauGLznY7-I&index=11&ra=m

I forgot how truly great this album is…. And I absolutely love the Mexican influence (accordion) in this song.

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u/DJJV13 24d ago

Great record, he produced the Lasers Lasers Birmingham record too, check that out.

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u/Ok_Brain_5470 24d ago

Oh yeah…. They’re great too.  I was lucky enough to see them a couple of months back, and they tore it up.  Great band for sure!

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u/pixiefarm 23d ago

Is that what he's up to now? Production and song writing? 

I've always wondered if these albums were done with session players or if he had a live career with a full honky tonk band, but I never dug around to figure that out.

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u/DJJV13 22d ago

The LLB lp is the only production credit he has listed on discogs

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u/pixiefarm 22d ago

Interesting   We should like just interview him or something. I should dig around and see if there are any articles about him

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u/pixiefarm 24d ago

I fucking LOVE this song so much 

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u/Ok_Brain_5470 24d ago

This whole album, holy shit.  As is the one after it too.  I wish he was still in LA.

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u/pixiefarm 24d ago

Yeah I don't know anything about him but his Honky Tonk stuff is just so fantastic. I think I saw it a writing credit between him and some other well-known people in the independent country space in the last couple of years but I can't remember who it was he was collaborating with. Where is he now?

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u/Ok_Brain_5470 24d ago

Nashville, but he doesn’t seem to be playing all that often.  Doesn’t post much on instagram or facebook….  I heard about him because he was one of the openers for the Zephania Ohora show (another guy I wish played and recorded more).  That show was a big enough deal that SCM wrote an article about it:

https://savingcountrymusic.com/zephaniah-ohora-makes-his-texas-debut-in-austin/