Eg White

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Francis Anthony 'Eg' White (born 22 November 1966) is a British musician, songwriter and producer.

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[edit] Biography

Eg started his career in the bands Yip Yip Coyote and, with his brother David, Brother Beyond in the late 1980s, leaving the latter when they became involved with the songwriting team of Stock, Aitken and Waterman and just prior to their chart successes.

In 1990 Eg teamed up with London model and BMX champion Alice Temple, and together they recorded the critically acclaimed pop album 24 Years of Hunger, which was released in 1991 under the name Eg and Alice. It was described by Allmusic as "one of the finest, most refined and fully realized recordings of the era, employing a much more sophisticated and romantic style than anything else out of England at the time". In spite of the critical acclaim (the album featured in many major music publications top 50 albums of 1991) and two well received singles "Indian" and "Doesn't Mean That Much to Me", the album failed to enter the UK Albums Chart.

In 1992 Eg produced the debut, self titled album by Kinky Machine, then disappeared from the music industry until 1996 when he released his debut solo album Turn Me On, I'm a Rocket Man, again critically acclaimed, although the singles "Stay Home" (written by Andy Sturmer, originally recorded by Jellyfish) and "Made My Baby Cry" failed to chart. In 1997 Eg provided instrumentation for the sessions of Suggs' solo album The Three Pyramids Club, but in 1999 his career really started to take off as he became an in-demand songwriter, musician and producer. He collaborated with Alice Temple again for her solo debut album Hang Over, and with Icelandic/Italian singer Emiliana Torrini on her debut album Love In The Time Of Science.

In 2002, Eg co-wrote the track "Say It" from the Alison Moyet album Hometime. He also co-wrote produced and provided the majority of instrumentation on Through My Eyes, the debut album from Nicole Russo, and Dive Deeper by Jade Anderson. He also worked extensively on Javine's debut album Surrender in 2003.

Eg's song "Leave Right Now" was recorded by Will Young in 2003, and reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart. In recognition, he was awarded the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically in 2004. Eg also co-wrote two other tracks on Young's Friday's Child album, "Going My Way" and "Out Of My Mind". In 2004, Eg worked on the tracks "Legend" and "U've Only Got 1" from the Tamyra Gray album The Dreamer, and co-wrote "You Had Me", the lead single from Joss Stone's second album, Mind, Body & Soul.

He continued to be in demand as a songwriter, and was largely responsible for the lead single "Shiver" from the Natalie Imbruglia album Counting Down the Days, as well as the track "Slowdown". Eg also worked on the albums Set the Tone by Nate James (track and second single "Universal"), Tissues and Issues by Charlotte Church (second single "Call My Name"), R3MIX by Sara Jorge (single "Dirty Business") and In The Red by Tina Dico (tracks "Use Me" and "Give In").

Eg has since co-written tracks for albums by Simon Webbe ("Free") and Will Young, including "Keep On", "Save Yourself" and "Think About It", as well as an Eg/Lucie Silvas co-write that was the Number 11 UK Hit "Who Am I". In addition to the Will Young single, he co-wrote and produced the debut Top 10 hit for James Morrison called "You Give Me Something", and the follow up single "Wonderful World". He also collaborated with Jamelia on her track "Go" from the album Walk With Me, Sophie Ellis-Bextor on the track "Can't Have It All" from her third studio album "Trip the Light Fantastic", Take That on the track "Mancunian Way" from their comeback album Beautiful World, Beverley Knight on the track "No Man's Land" from the album Music City Soul, and James Blunt with "I'll Take Everything", on his album All The Lost Souls. Eg also co-wrote and produced "Just A Little Bit" for Mutya Buena and "Cosmic", a track from the Kylie Minogue album X.

At the beginning of 2008, Eg had co-writes on #1 albums by Adele and Duffy. These include the hit single "Chasing Pavements" (for which Eg and Adele were nominated for Best Song and Best Record Grammys) as well as "Tired" and "Melt My Heart To Stone" on Adele's debut album 19 - all three of which he also produced - and second single "Warwick Avenue" plus album tracks "Delayed Devotion" and "Hanging On Too Long" on Duffy's debut Rockferry.

Also in 2008, Eg has had co-writes on albums by Sam Sparro ("Hot Mess" and "Waiting For Time" on the eponymous debut) and Jack McManus, (lead single "You Think I Don't Care" on "Either Side Of Midnight").

Eg worked with Will Young again in 2008, with four co-writes on the singer's fourth album for 19 Recordings. Eg and Will co-wrote the lead single "Changes" (also produced by Eg) and "I Won't Give Up" (co-produced by Eg and the Freemasons); Eg also co-wrote and produced the title-track "Let It Go" and co-wrote a fourth album track "Tell Me The Worst". The album and "Changes" were released in September 2008.

In 2009, Daniel Merriweather's debut will be released, with several Eg co-writes - including Water and a Flame, a duet by Daniel and Adele (singer) that was written by Eg with Daniel and produced by Eg.

Whilst Eg is first and foremost a songwriter/producer, he has signed a recording contract with Parlophone Records and released a second album entitled Adventure Man on 18th May 2009. The instrumental version of the lead single Broken was used as the incidental music to the BMW PGA Championship 2009. He is an accomplished player of many instruments, playing all instruments on his album and also on many of his productions of other people's work.

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] References

  • Eg White Official site [1]

[edit] Eg and Alice - Discography

[edit] Singles

  • "Indian" c/w Crosstown and Bobby and Holly (WEA Records 1991) - did not chart
  • "Doesn't Mean That Much to Me" (WEA Records 1991) - did not chart

[edit] Album

  • 24 Years Of Hunger (WEA Records 1991) - did not chart
Track listing
  1. "Rockets"
  2. "In a Cold Way"
  3. "Mystery Man"
  4. "And I Have Seen Myself"
  5. "So High, So Low"
  6. "New Years Eve"
  7. "Indian"
  8. "Doesn't Mean That Much to Me"
  9. "Crosstown"
  10. "IOU"
  11. "I Wish"

[edit] Eg - Discography

[edit] Singles

  • "Stay Home" (Andy Sturmer) /b A Little More Now
  • "Made My Baby Cry"
  • "Broken" (Released 18/5/09)

[edit] Albums

  • Turn Me On, I'm a Rocket Man (WEA Records, 1996)
Track listing
  1. "Nothing Comes Easy"
  2. "Made My Baby Cry"
  3. "What Can I Do"
  4. "Stay Home"
  5. "Mr Cool"
  6. "Do It for Myself"
  7. "Sister Blue"
  8. "Holding It In"
  9. "I Wish You Could Be Happy Too"
  10. "Angel"
  11. "My Lovely Valentine"
  • Adventure Man (Spilt Milk Records 2009)
Track Listing
  1. "But California"
  2. "Weird Friendless Kid"
  3. "My People"
  4. "'Til The End"
  5. "Pay Later"
  6. "Broken"
  7. "There's Going To Be Someone"
  8. "Whatever Makes You Sick"
  9. "Time To Fall"
  10. "If You Run"
  11. "Pull Mr Through"
  12. "Our Turn Will Come"

First review found at Daily Music Guide [2]

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