Obadiah Parker’s The Elihu Project:

Have you ever seen this Youtube video?

Cover of Hey Ya by Mat Weddle

If not, then I recommend you click on the picture to go listen to it now, then come back here.


Pause while you listen to the vid.


Ok, what did you think?


Me, I loved it. I think it is better than the original and I really liked the original.

Anyways, the singer is Mat Weddle, lead singer/songwriter of the band Obadiah Parker from Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. Mat sang this cover of OutKast’s song at an open mike night at a local coffee shop and the video was edited and posted on Youtube by one of his friends. As you can see there have been almost 3 million views of the video since it was posted.

But despite being the Internet hit of 2006 and having a live album for sale via iTunes, no big record company came knocking at their door. So to answer the cries of their legion of Internet fans for more songs, Mat has decided to make his own studio album. The Elihu Project is the way he’s going to do it.

I’ll let Mat explain it himself:-

I like where this guy’s coming from, I like his music and I like his voice.


I’ve signed up – its only $10 (£6.70 approx) – and it should be fun helping talented people reach their dreams.

If you are interested please join in The Elihu Project at www.obadiahparker.com

Anton