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Following upon her impressive album of covers, Playing Chess, Elise LeGrow has clearly taken control of her music, and if her songs ring true, of her life. Grateful reveals a confident singer/songwriter who is ready and able to move on as chief architect of her own career.
For me, the star of this collection is the previously released Evan, a requiem to a murdered friend which morphs into a ’j’accuse’ pointing a finger at police who seem to be not interested in seeking justice.
Grateful was produced by GRAMMY-winning Theron “Neff-U” Feemster and Brian “Sweetwesty” West, in addition to Thomas “Tawgs” Salter, Nathan Ferraro, Jamaal “Jhyve” Bowry, David Mohaci and Angelo Petraglia and marks Elise’s first original release, as her debut LP Playing Chess consists of “fascinating” (Relix) covers of tracks by legendary artists, ranging from Chuck Berry to Etta James.
Grateful Includes the singles, “Evan”, “Feel Alright” & “Forever”.
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released November 5, 2021
Feel Alright
Written by: Elise LeGrow, Paul Duncan, Theron “Neff-U“ Feemster, Brian “Sweetwesty“ West
Produced by: Theron “Neff-U“ Feemster & Brian “Sweetwesty“ West
Published by: Sony Music Publishing Canada / Centricity Publishing / Universal Music Publishing / Sony Music Publishing Canada
Executive Producer(s): Asim Awesome Awan & Steve Greenberg
Timing: 3:15
Main version ISRC Code: CAAB82100001
P&C Line: 2021 Awesome Productions/BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Recorded at: Revolution Recording Studio, Toronto, Canada.
Drums, Bass, Horns, Tambourine, Background Vocals: Theron “Neff-U” Feemster
Lead and Acoustic Guitars: James Bryan
Space Echo Guitar, Vibes and Vinylsonics: Brian West
Vocals: Elise LeGrow
Background Vocals: Shezelle Weekes
Engineered by: Luke Schindler, Kyle Mann, Myles Beneth, Liam Moes, Brian West
Mixed By: Joe Zook, Los Angeles, California.
Assistant Engineer Ross Newbauer
Mastered By: João Carvalho, Toronto, Canada
Forever
Written by: Else LeGrow, Paul Duncan, Theron “Neff-U“ Feemster, Brian “Sweetwesty“ West
Produced by: Theron “Neff-U“ Feemster & Brian “Sweetwesty“ West
Published by: Sony Music Publishing Canada / Centricity Publishing / Universal Music Publishing / Sony Music Publishing
Executive Producer(s): Asim Awesome Awan & Steve Greenberg
Timing: 3:07
Main version ISRC Code: CAAB82100002
P&C Line: 2021 Awesome Productions/BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Recorded at: Revolution Recording Studio, Toronto, Canada.
Drums, Mellotron, Tambourine, Background Vocals: Theron “Neff-U” Feemster
Bass and Lead Guitar: Chin Injeti
Rhythm Guitar: Elliott Beenk
Omnichord, Vinylsonics: Brian “Sweetwesty” West
Vocals: Elise LeGrow
Background Vocals: Shezelle Weekes
Engineered by: Luke Schindler, Kyle Mann, Myles Beneth, Liam Moes, Brian West
Mixed By: Joe Zook, Los Angeles, California.
Assistant Engineer Ross Newbauer
Mastered By: João Carvalho, Toronto, Canada
Drinking In The Day
Written by: Elise LeGrow, James Robertson, Michael T. Fox
Produced by: Brian “Sweetwesty“ West
Published by: Westmount Blue/EMI April Music (Canada) Ltd./Green and Gold Published by: Sony Music Publishing Canada / Westmount Blue / EMI April Music (Canada) Ltd. / Green and Gold Publishing / EMI Blackwood Music (Canada) Ltd
Executive Producer(s): Asim Awesome Awan & Steve Greenberg
Timing: 3:14
Main version ISRC Code: CAAB82100003
P&C Line: 2021 Awesome Productions/BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Recorded at: Revolution Recording Studio, Toronto, Canada.
Drums: Russ Miller
Bass: Chin Injeti
Guitar: Jeff Eager
Trumpet: Malcom Aiken
Vibes, Piano, Organ and Telecaster: Brian West
Vocals: Elise LeGrow
Engineered by: Luke Schindler
Mixed by: Joe Zook, Los Angeles, California.
Assistant Engineer: Ross Newbauer
Mastered By: João Carvalho, Toronto, Canada
Grateful
Written by: Elise LeGrow, Theron “Neff-U“ Feemster, Sebastian Kole
Produced by: Brian “Sweetwesty” West & Theron “Neff-U” Feemster
Published by: Sony Music Publishing Canada / Universal Music Publishing / Universal Music Publishing
Executive Producer(s): Asim Awesome Awan & Steve Greenberg
Timing: 4:33
Main version ISRC Code: CAAB82100004
P&C Line: 2021 Awesome Productions/BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Recorded at: Revolution Recording Studio, Toronto, Canada.
Drums, Piano, B3 Organ, Background Vocals: Theron “Neff-U” Feemster
Bass: Chin Injeti
Lead Guitar: James Bryan
Rhythm Guitar, Vibes and Vinylsonics: Brian West
Vocals: Elise LeGrow
Background Vocals: Shezelle Weekes
Engineered by: Luke Schindler, Kyle Mann, Myles Beneth, Liam Moes, Brian West
Mixed By: Joe Zook, Los Angeles, California.
Assistant Engineer Ross Newbauer
Mastered By: João Carvalho, Toronto, Canada
Love Me Or Leave Me Alone
Written By: Elise LeGrow, Thomas “Tawgs“ Salter, Lindsey Ray
Produced by: Thomas “Tawgs” Salter
All instruments and programming by: Thomas “Tawgs” Salter
Horns by: Justin Cortelyou
Engineered by Thomas “Tawgs” Salter and Justin Cortelyou
Published by: Sony Music Publishing Canada / Sony Music Publishing Canada / Secret Road Music Publishing
Executive Producer(s): Asim Awesome Awan
Timing: 3:24
Main version ISRC Code: CAAB82100005
P&C Line: 2021 Awesome Productions/BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Recorded at: Soultrain Sound Studios, Nashville, TN
Vocals: Elise LeGrow
Mixed By: Joe Zook, Los Angeles, California.
Assistant Engineer Ross Newbauer
Mastered By: João Carvalho, Toronto, Canada
Evan – Elise LeGrow
Written By: Elise LeGrow, Angelo Petraglia
Produced By: Angelo Petraglia
Published By: Sony Music Publishing Canada / Eleven Eleven Music, LLC dba Black and Brown Bozo Music / Music Making Money (BMI)
Vocals: Elise LeGrow
Drums: Jon Radford
Additional Drums: Theron “Neff-U” Feemster.
Trumpet: Ben Clark
Saxophone: Chris West
Trombone: Greg Cox
Bass: Rich Brinsfield
Guitar: Angelo Petraglia
Executive Producer(s): Asim Awesome Awan & Steve Greenberg
Timing: 3:43
Main version ISRC Code: CAAB81900019
P&C Line: 2020 Awesome Productions/BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Recorded At: Orange Studios Toronto, Canada
Mixed By: George Seara, Toronto, Canada
Mastered By: João Carvalho, Toronto, Canada
Better Side
Written by: Elise LeGrow, Jamaal Bowry, Zavosh Zaboliyan
Produced by: Jamaal “Jhyve” Bowry, Nathan Ferraro, David Mohaci
Published by: Sony Music Publishing Canada / Copyright Control
Recorded at: Jhyve’s studio, Toronto, Canada
Vocals: Elise LeGrow
Executive Producer(s): Asim Awesome Awan & Steve Greenberg
Timing: 2:44
Main version ISRC Code: CAAB82100006
P&C Line: 2021 Awesome Productions/ BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Mixed By: Joe Zook, Los Angeles, California.
Assistant Engineer Ross Newbauer
Mastered By: João Carvalho, Toronto, Canada
Lost track of these guys for a couple years, then saw the Tiny Desk concert come up in my feed. I've had the album on loop on Spotify since Friday.
This song in particular has been stuck in my head all afternoon. quiksilv26
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