I Can't Be Your Whiskey

written by Michael Saleta, Mary Elizabeth Hilliar, Sam Blasko, Hallie Heiter, Joshua Hargens & Amber Rae Dunn
VOCALS: Mary Elizabeth Hilliar
Recorded by Michael Saleta

Accept for You

I’d never been to church 
Never knew I needed saving
Yeah, I was comfortable as the fool 
Wasn’t gonna let nobody change me 

I was the wild type 
Doing damage like a typhoon 
(I was picking bar fights)I was buzzin the bar lights, every night 
Always howling at a full moon 
Then I met you…

          I changed my whiskey to wine 
          I let you get me a different kind of high 
          Off your side smile 
          I want to trade my blacked-out nights
          For you in white 
          Love’s insane, right?
          Baby there ain’t a change
          I won’t accept for you 
          Accept for you 

Now it’s not about me 
All my neon nights are over 
You’re my savior from failure
The little angel on my shoulder 

          Chorus


I see all our best years, dried tears, our babies running down the stairs, white shirt, button down, black tie, you coming down.

          From whiskey to wine…
          It’s a different kind of high…
          I want to trade my blacked-out nights
          For you in white 
          Love’s insane, right? It’s insane...

         Chorus

ACCEPT FOR YOU (Demo)

Written by Julie Reiner, Billy McDowell & Michael Saleta
Vocals: Andrew Mack
Recorded by Scott Neubert @ Smash Recording

Jump on in the party on a tractor 
Listen to the laughter 
Let the good times roll 

Gotta put on your Daisy dukes, 
Don’t forget your cowboy boots 
Wine in a Dixie cup
You know you’re gonna drink it up
Have a little more than a few

Round and round and round we go
Party wagons pulled real slow
Nashville streets will never be the same
The music and the wine’s to blame
Honky Tonk Shake rattle and roll 

CHORUS
Jump on in the party on a tractor 
Listen to the laughter 
Let the good times roll 
Giddyup girls,
Diesel fires are burning 
big wheels are turning 
Party on a tractor 

Rubbernecking rednecks grin
Tonight we’re gonna all be friends 
Kid Rock is blaring 
Lots of people staring 
Get ready for the show to begin

CHORUS

Da da da da da
When you gonna ride it
Da da da da da
Baby come and find it
Da da da da da
Party Party Party Party

CHORUS

Party On A Tractor (Demo)

"Ho Ho Hold My Beer"
Get a taste of all your favorite Christmas things in one place.  This Country Christmas tune will have you laughing, dancing and singing along.
This fun little Christmas jingle is written by:
Kipper Lee (Linville)
Mike Meiners
Michael Saleta

Ho Ho Hold My Beer

Written by: Kipper Lee, Mike Meiners, Michael Saleta

Low Country Night.mp3

Written by: Kipper Lee, Michael Saleta, Andrew Mack

Truck in my Life.mp3

"Midlife Priceless" is the title of Hootie & The Blowfish guitarist Mark Bryan’s fourth solo album.

It’s also how he rolls.

Three years since the release of Bryan’s previous record, a lot has happened: His 20 million-selling, two-time Grammy®-winning band got back together for a sold-out arena tour that meant as much to Bryan as it did to the fans that came out by the tens of thousands.

“Wanna Feel Something” is the new album’s first single for a reason. 

Tonight we ride again
Just like we did back when
We were best friends, and it would never end

It’s right there.

Mark Bryan is about feeling something and making you feel something. The energy in the buildings around the country that rocked again with the songs that made Hootie one of the biggest-selling acts in music history, is all here on "Midlife Priceless."

When Bryan gets to the guitar solo on “Wanna Feel Something,” it’s a done deal. 

The album’s title draws a deep parallel, metaphorically, with a lyric from another of the record’s standout tunes, “Takin’ A Ride,” a duet with Wyatt Durrette, writer of the #1 single “Beautiful Crazy” by Luke Combs and author of many of the Zac Brown Band’s hits.

“Die young as late as you can”

It’s a beautiful statement. It’s a mission statement. 

“That line speaks to the point I am in my life and why I’m still making music,” Bryan says. 

Even before Hootie got back together to be met with love-filled venues as if it were the 1990’s again, Bryan was living this way. Through good and bad – especially bad – he was connecting with his youth, wonder, curiosity, and joy.

As defined, “priceless” is something so precious that its value cannot be determined.

A record album has to provide value though, right?

One of the reasons that Bryan chose to lead up to the release of "Midlife Priceless" with a long  string of singles is because so many moods and styles are represented. He thought to give ‘em a chance to shine on their own, in a different way than they do as a collection.
This might not be an auspicious plan for some artists, but Bryan’s track record dictates that he knows his way around a single.

In addition to “Wanna Feel Something,” the upcoming “A Little More Rock n Roll” is that song you’ll learn and sing along with immediately. It’s a nostalgic tune that must be looking with eyes in the back of its head because, like the entire vibe of "Midlife Priceless", it’s so damn optimistic and full of hope.

“Let Your Soul Light Shine” takes a longer path to that place.

“It was like my identity, everything I knew over the past 20 years as ‘Mark Bryan,’ was stripped away from me,” he says about how the song reflects on a time in his life where his marriage was breaking apart and Hootie was on indefinite hiatus.

Even with difficulties in his home and career, Bryan’s enormous love for his children permeated his songwriting.

“The music was written separate from the melody, and when I put the two together, her name just fit perfectly,” he explains of the album cut “Madelynn Claire,” saying, “it almost feels like I’m calling out to my daughter, like a lullaby.”

“Growing Wild” might be more about Bryan’s other kids, Marlee and Kenny, who are both making their own forays into music.

Climb across the forest baby
Make your way across the land
Free fall off the canvas maybe
Only hold on where you can
I see you growing wild

Bryan’s strength through this period of his life, the love of his kids, and his songwriting, got him to the resolve that the title “Let Your Soul Light Shine” indicates. It’s like a mantra.

The follow-up single “Explain That To A Heart,” another song written with Durrette, takes that resolve and peppers it with reflection:

My heart won’t let go of you
I try and try to tell it to   
You can tell the rest of me why we fell apart
But how do you explain that...
How do you explain that to a heart?

Continued at: www.fanaticpromotion.com/markbryan

Midlife Priceless

Mark Bryan - Wanna Feel Something

A song that wants the people we love and the things we need to come home. Special bridge for our Brave Men and Women in the Military.

Bring Em Home new version

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Born in WV
Live in Charleston, SC
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Ho Ho Hold My Beer

Kipper Lee

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