Eli Young Band on their journey to success and nearly year career: 'We're very blessed to be where we are'
LOS ANGELES – What started out as a garage band while attending the University of North Texas, turned out to become an award-winning, storied career in country music for Mike Eli, James Young, Jon Jones and Chris Thompson of the Eli Young Band.
Looking back at their nearly year career, it is not lost on the musicians on how "blessed" they are to have come so far in the industry.
Fox News spoke to the Eli Young Band on their humble beginnings, their rise to fame, what they think of the country music scene today and their newest record, "This Is Eli Young Band," which is comprised of 14 of their greatest hits.
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Fox News: What is the inspiration behind your new record, "This Is Eli Young Band?"
Mike Eli: The new album is a greatest hits record. It's a combination of the hits you've heard on the radio as well as some of the fan favorites and some of those older songs that were just really pivotal songs in our career of being this garage band fro
The band formed way back in
James Young along with Mike Eli, Jon Jones and Chris Thompson met during their college years at the University of North Texas.
They haven’t separated since.
“We started in college, playing all the little college bars around Texas – all the honky-tonks and everything in between,” said Young.
Slowly but surely through many trials and tribulations, the band finally hit it big 11 years later.
Selling out venues, topping the charts and taking over the airwaves, the Eli Young Band is finally getting the recognition and the break they have been working for since their days back in college.
Their newest album, “Life at Best” has been the band’s biggest breakthrough success.
With two chart-topping, critically-acclaimed songs, “Crazy Girl” and “Even If It Breaks Your Heart,” there won’t be anymore bar-hopping or small concerts anymore for this band.
“Crazy Girl” reached number one on the Billboard Top Country Songs chart and is certified platinum in the United States. “Even If It Breaks Your Heart” also reached number one on the Billboard chart about a year later.
This track is now certified Gold.
Recently, “Crazy Girl” won the Academy of Country Mus
Q&A with James Young of Eli Young Band
Eli Young Band performs Saturday at Alabama National Fair
It’s always amazing to step up on a stage in front of thousands of fans, said James Young, guitar player for the Eli Young Band.
“When the crowd’s singing back to you, the songs you’ve written or the songs you’ve cut, it’s an amazing feeling,” said Young. “It’s the best job in the world. There’s a lot that goes on behind all that, but the 90 minutes that we’re up on stage, there’s no better feeling in the world."
This weekend, many of the voices he’ll be hearing in that crowd will belong to the River Region. The Eli Young Band hits the main stage at Alabama National Fair on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Along with Young, the band includes Mike Eli (vocalist), Jon Jones (bass) and Chris Thompson (drums).
Eli Young Band is one of five big acts at this year’s fair, with Cameo and En Vogue on Sunday starting at 7 p.m., Collective Soul on Nov. 4, and Hunter Hayes on Nov. 5.
Catch EYB here, because they’re going to be all over the place over the next couple of months, with both east and west coast dates, and several in between in their home state of Texas.
“We tour probably a hundred date
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Eli Young Band is an American country music band based in Denton, Texas. The band is composed of Mike Eli (vocals, guitar), James Young (guitar), Jon Jones (bass guitar), and Chris Thompson (drums). The band released its self-titled debut album in , followed by their Carnival records release Level in The band's third album, Jet Black & Jealous, was released in by Universal South Records, and has accounted for three Top 40 singles on the Billboard country singles charts.
Biography
The band was formed by James Young and Mike Eli as an acoustic duo (Eli & Young) when they attended the University of North Texas. After Chris Thompson and Jon Jones joined the band, they dropped the ampersand and became Eli Young Band. They released their debut Level on Carnival Records and opened shows for Miranda Lambert. National exposure on CMT and GAC helped the Eli Young Band begin to build a following well outside of their touring base. They
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