Emerson Drive

Emerson Travel began within the european Alberta city of Grand Prairie, where vocalist Brad Mates, bassist Jeff Loberg, fiddler Pat Allingham, and keyboardist Chris Hartman began honing their audio as high-school talent-show rivals. After everyone arrived up to speed, they find the name 12 Measure, restored a rickety aged college bus, and started gigging throughout Canada. Ultimately guitarist Danick Dupelle and drummer Mike Melocon became a member of up, and fresh supervisor Gerry Leiske delivered the youthful sextet from the road just as before. The six hard many years of touring paid whenever a Nashville display impressed market powerhouse Dreamworks into supplying a agreement in 2001. The band’s self-titled debut found its way to May of the next year. Made by Richard Marx, the recording was a slick pop-country affair that experienced just as much in keeping with boy rings like BBMak since it do with country fresh traditionalists such as for example Mark Wills.