Myron Elkins

One Liner:  Southern rock from a Michigan kid

Wikipedia Genre: No Wikipedia - southern rock, outlaw country

Home: Otsego, Michigan

Poster Position: 5 (27) 
Weekend Two Only.
Sunday.

Thoughts:  I *100%* just said "Myron" in a voice like Rose Maisel.  But then I fired this up, and, uh, this is kinda badass.  Despite the name, this is some southern rock/country boogie fun shit.  According to his bio, he graduated high school and became a teenage welder in his small Michigan hometown.  He had played a little music, but not much, but would make up songs in his head as he welded.  A family member signed him up for a battle of the bands, he put together a group, won second place, and started to consider a new career.  Pretty sweet (if a little too on-the-nose cinematic).

Now he's got a full-on album out, even produced by Dave Cobb (some of the coolest country-adjacent albums in recent time, like Chris Stapleton's Traveller, Sturgill's Metamodern Sounds, and Isbell's Southeastern).  Prior to that, he had one EP called Just Another Asshole With a Guitar, which is funny.  But 2023's Factories, Farms & Amphetamines is a really solid disc of classic sounds and great songwriting.

The title track is the biggest streamer for sure, and it comes on like an Allman Brothers classic.  659k streams.

Great groove in there - the tambourine is a vital piece of that one.  I'll also note that the lyrics written on the screen during that "lyric" video are sometimes very clearly wrong.  So that's fun.  But the guitar fuzz and boogie slathered all over that track is just plain tasty.  "Wrong Side of the River" is the other bigger track with 542k streams.

Can someone please explain to me why this guy is the second-to-last name on the Friday lineup, and yet he's freaking awesome?  Sure, maybe he's derivative of other old sounds, or sounds like a Nashville cover band playing a Skynyrd song to an empty bar, but this is just plain fun.  I'd go see him do it live for sure.