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Producer/bassist Jim Reilley will most likely be remembered as a founding member (along with musical partner Reese Campbell) of seminal folk rock band The New Dylans. Founded in 1986,the band barnstormed the US throughout the 90’s and won critical praise from Rolling Stone (who called their songs “offbeat classics”) and virtually every other major music publication and major newspaper. The Village Voice placed the band in the top 5 Ep’s of 1986 in their prestigious Pazz and Jop Poll. The band won the hearts and minds of manyfans in the then burgeoning AAA American radio format and had several feature spots on important tastemaking radio shows including NPR’s All Things Considered, Idiot’s Delight with Vin Scelsa, Danny Bonaduce’s WLUP show, Mountain Stage, World Café and Acoustic Café. MIchael Stipe of R.E.M. proclaimed The New Dylans his favorite band of 1986 and Natalie Merchant (of 10,000 Maniacs) would often jump onstage and sing with the band.
 
After 9 years of solid touring with his band The New Dylans, often over 175 dates a year sharing stages with many luminaries including R&R Hall Of Famers The Band, Reilley moved to Nashville to sign a writing and production deal with Curb Records. As a songwriter, Reilley had over 50 songs recorded by such artists as Hal Ketchum, Sam Bush, Vince Gill, Lauren Daigle, Hillary Scott, Claudia Church, Leann Rimes, Cowboy Crush, Jana Kramer, Tim O’Brien and had a European hit with Danish Rock legend Peter Belli. Albums produced by Reilley have won Best Album awards at Kerrville Folk festival and Merlefest as well as The John Lennon Songwriting Competition and many of them have gone on to be released by major labels and many have garnered millions of spins on Spotify and other streaming services. 
 
The New Dylans reunited in 2016 and released the critically acclaimed album “Meta”. Nashville’s daily newspaper The Tennessean documented the entire process of the band reuniting from the writing of the songs through recording to the tour dates that followed. The documentary (Band On The Brink) chronicled the current realities, difficulties and triumphs of releasing an album in a world where no one seems to be buying music anymore. The film won several prestigious journalism awards and is still viewable on youtube. 
 
In his career, Reilley has produced or made music with Sheryl Crow, Hal Ketchum, David Mead, Al Perkins, Pam Tillis, Lauren Daigle, Lee Brice, John Osborn of Bothers Osborn, Pure Prairie League, Leann Rimes, Poco, Daniel Tashian, Hillary Scott, Carly Pierce, Jana Kramer, Linda Davis, Vince Gill, Cheetah Chrome of The Dead Boys, The Mavericks, Jack Ingram, Leah Andreone, Diamond Rio, Hank Williams Jr, Jett Williams, Minton Sparks, Joy Lynn White, Sam Bush, Tim O’ Brien and regularly works members of The Jayhawks, Wilco, Genesis, Cheap Trick, Buckcherry, The Milk Carton Kids, John Mellencamp, The Doobie Brothers, The Dead Boys, Counting Crows, The Wallflowers, Richard Lloyd of Television, Joe Perry Band, The Black Crowes, Old Crow Medicine Show, Poco, The Cowsills, The Bangles, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Jack White band, Ten Years After, The Black Keys, The Band, The Beach Boys, 10,000 Maniacs and R.E.M.

Currently, Reilley is focusing mostly on producing, primarily on emerging rock and Americana artists, playing numerous sessions and continuing to compose original instrumental music for film /television. Reilley also is a member of experimental noise rock avant-garde ensemble The Birdwatcher Experiment. Reilley also headed up Grammy nominated Nashville indie label Plowboy Records in 2020.

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Nashville Songwriter Series: Jim Reilley - American Songwriter

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CJ Sorg (born Charles James Sorg: January 19, 1973 in Elgin, IL) is an eclectic singer/songwriter that writes acoustic-born songs with a unique, often subtly comedic, perspective.

Sorg grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, a musical child of the 1980’s. His major influences include The Beatles, Elvis Costello, Billy Joel, Hall & Oates and Barenaked Ladies among a multitude of others. CJ grew up listening to artists that wrote their own songs. “There’s just something about hearing the lyrics directly from the person that
wrote them.”

Starting when Sorg was 8 years old, his parents purchased a piano and dutifully chauffeured him back and forth for weekly lessons until he was 13. It was then that he started writing his own songs on piano, and later, the acoustic guitar. After earning a degree in Criminal Justice and while pursuing his bachelor’s at The University of Illinois at Chicago, Sorg changed majors to Audio Technology, graduating from Indiana University in 1998. “I was originally going to follow in my father’s footsteps and be a police officer, but the only thing I was really interested in was recording audio. I was writing songs just to have something to record.” This led him to working as a recording studio technician at Westlake Recording Studios in Hollywood, CA.

Married since 1995, CJ and his wife, Julie; a school teacher, welcomed their son, George, into their family in 2001. In 2003, they moved from California and made their home near Nashville, TN. 

CJ enlisted the help of musician friends from both Los Angeles and Nashville in recording his latest album. The Brians of the Operation includes Pat Buchanan, Tony Harrell (both veteran Nashville session players) and Barry Lawson (a Hollywood sound remixer) along with others who joined forces to create a unique set of songs. Nashville engineer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Ben Strano mixed and mastered the project. Sorg sums it up, “I know I did the best I could do, and with so many talented people helping me, this album is actually better than I can do.”

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