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Elwood (American musician)

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Elwood
BornJuly 2, 1970
OriginUS
GenresHip hop, rock, pop
LabelsPalm Pictures/Gobstopper
Past membersPrince Elwood Strickland III
Brian Boland

Elwood is the musical project/collaboration of singer-songwriter Prince Elwood Strickland III (born in North Carolina) and co-producer and songwriter Brian Boland. Strickland worked as a recording engineer at SoHo's Greene St. Recording facility where he and Boland met, working with artists such as Tricky, Mos Def, De La Soul, and Adam Yauch. Elwood worked with producer Steve Lillywhite on their debut album The Parlance of Our Time, which was co-released on Palm Pictures and Lillywhite's label, Gobstopper.[1]

Elwood's cover of Gordon Lightfoot's song "Sundown" peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart on July 8, 2000.[2] and number 65 in Australia.[3]

Elwood's first album, The Parlance of Our Time, was released May 16, 2000[4] and contains the following tracks:[5]

Discography

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Albums

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Title Details
The Parlance of Our Time
  • Released: May 2000
  • Format: CD

References

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  1. ^ "Elwood – Full Biography". MTV. Archived from the original on August 18, 2010. Retrieved August 18, 2007.
  2. ^ Billboard (selected) Artist Chart History for Elwood
  3. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 92.
  4. ^ Steven Lichtenstein. "The Parlance of Our Time". PopMatters. Retrieved August 18, 2007.
  5. ^ "Elwood – The Parlance of Our Time". Amazon. Retrieved August 18, 2007.
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