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It’s often said that you should never meet your heroes. But if Lindsay Ell hadn’t, her entire career might have been very different. The pop-country blues-rock (that’s right!) singer-guitarist was discovered in her teens by fellow Canadian Randy Bachman of The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive, who produced her early recordings. By the time Ell was in her twenties, she’d shared the stage with Buddy Guy. After moving to Nashville via LA, she was mentored by Kristian Bush of country superstar duo Sugarland, who produced her first major album The Project. She’s since toured with Keith Urban and traded live chops with Billy Gibbons. Oh, and Brad Paisley built her a relic’d Strat.

For her latest release, , Ell has moved up a league to work with award-winning producer Dann Huff. If you judge a person by the company

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