337 Joie de Vivre Music To have the privilege of meeting the Legend- Tommy McLain was just a life moment highlight. The brilliant C.C. Adcock has taken his precious relationship with the rock star of Swamp Pop, and crafted an album that even after 40 years of waiting to record, is only the beginning. The rasp and soul that pours out of Tommy leaves chills on the skin. How we are so lucky to have this gift of music to our ears. I am forever grateful for my brief encounter with Tommy, and his music has imprinted on my soul. This, in a way, is my love letter to him and his story of lyrics and time…. Tommy McLain and his “I ran down every dream” album.
THE LIGHTS ARE OUT AND TWO CANDLES ARE LIT. BATHWATER WELCOMING AND THE ALBUM OF CHOICE IS “ I RAN DOWN EVERY DREAM” - TOMMY MCLAIN. All the accolades and here we are. A new era of listeners getting the chance to hear the raspy soul of time lived and lived well, and I fell in love in the bath. I fell in love with the story, the art of painting a moment in words, carefully laid over a strategic set of instruments and time that gives us what we call a song. But what is a song? We connect to music that lies in its own window in time. What happens when time comes out of hiding and slaps us in the face with poetic justice of the word? How is it even possible to create a moment that transcends generations, ages and connects to every emotional fiber in my body.
Tommy McLain’s melancholic way of shooting it to us straight while touching the strings we call life is, in a word, perfection. Most recently, Tommy has blessed Australia and London, United Kingdom with his cajun style of pop. Keeping to his routes, Tommy mostly performs in the United States, primarily in Louisiana and Texas. Returning from their tour in Australia, Tommy and fellow musician C.C. Adcock felt an intimate return was appropriate. Performing on June 25, the swamp pop musicians felt refreshed in the historic venue of Columns Hotel in New Orleans.
PROMOTING THE ALBUM HAS BEEN A WHIRLWIND OF REJUVENATION FOR THE INSPIRATIONAL TOMMY MCLAIN.