Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Equity
Music Group) - When Clint
Black releases his third new studio album for the Equity
Music Group this fall, there will be a very familiar name in the credits.
Black has reunited with producer
James Stroud, who is co-producing the latest recording with Black.
Music fans will recall that together
Black and Stroud created some of the artist's biggest hits, including five No 1 singles from Black's debut album, Killin' Time.
'Even though it's been years since James and I worked together, we've remained good friends. In the studio his voice has always been in my head when recording,' Black said, alluding to the long working relationship they've had. 'Besides the talent he brings to the studio, James and I have always been a bit of a comedy team. We picked up right where we left off, having all the laughs we can fit in. But James has some serious ears and a musical brain. He just has a way of listening.'
Stroud, who has worked with some of the biggest names in the business, is equally pleased at being reunited with one of the first artists he ever worked with. 'It's so exciting to be working with my dear friend Clint again,' Stroud said. 'We've had lots of success in the past, selling millions of records, and it looks like we're going to pick up where we left off. His artistry and poetry is second to none and I am honored to be working with him again.'
While Black has allowed a multitude of influences on this record, ironically it has created a feeling of calm.
'After starting a family, a publishing company and, in 2003, Equity Records, I finally feel settled in this crazy business,' Black said. 'I've been mixing things up with some of the great writers here I've known about, but never met. The A&R department at Equity has played matchmaker in that process and arranged meetings with many of the publishers in town to listen to songs that might fit the bill.
'Last week we released the first single in my career that I didn't have a hand in writing. These things – along with sharing the production duties with James, as well as recording with a great mix of my own band members and some of this town's great session players – have given me an album I wouldn't have been able to dream up on my own. It's been said again and again that Nashville is one of the most creative hotbeds of talent on the planet, but unless you lived and worked in it, you can never know how true that is. I, for one, am grateful for my bird's eye view.'
Black's third new studio album for Equity is scheduled for release in the fall. For additional information on Black or the Equity Music Group, please visit www.clintblack.com and www.equitymusicgroup.com.
