When you drop the needle or hit the button to listen to Greenville singer-songwriter Edwin McCain’s new album, “Lucky,” go straight to the second track.
There’s nothing at all wrong with “Chasing a Memory,” the uptempo acoustic-electric rocker that begins the album, McCain’s first album in 10 years. But on the second track, “Love Me or Leave Me Alone,” the Edwin McCain that became beloved in the 1990s returns.
The voice of the man who went platinum singing epic ballads like “I’ll Be” and “I Could Not Ask for More” is still in fighting form after more than 30 years in the music business, and his slow grind through the ballad is one for the ages…