Eli Young Band @ 2014 CMT Music Awards
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Today's Catch of the Day comes to us from a group whose history can be traced back to a pair of college roommates, that just both happened to play guitar.

Mike Eli and James Young met at the University of North Texas where they became dorm roommates their freshman year. They played guitar and eventually began writing and singing songs together; they formed the acoustic duo, Eli & Young. Chris Thompson and Jon Jones joined them later on and the Eli Young Band was born.

Eli Young Band @ Fifth Annual "Darius And Friends" Concert
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The group released their first album in 2002, the self-titled Eli Young Band, but commercial success eluded the EYB until their 2011 release Jet Black & Jealous, which featured their first number 1 single, "Crazy Girl".

5 albums, 5 top 20 singles and a pair of number 1's away from their start in Denton, Texas, the Eli Young Band is preparing their latest release, an EP called Turn It On.

Today's Catch is the first single from that release, scheduled to hit the airwaves March 9th. Your Catch of the Day, the Eli Young Band and "Turn It On", new music you haven't heard, but you'll want to hear it again.

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