Edwin McCain, who plays Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida on March 28, 2025. Credit: Photo by David McClister

Ahead of a summer tour supporting Train, Edwin McCain is out pushing his first album of new material in 15 years.

In 34 minutes, the 55-year-old singer-songwriter recalls helping his late mother fulfill her final bucket list item (“Helicopter”), ponders the death of the old world (“Empire”), and even pokes fun at the nastiness of Kool Mild cigarettes, with a very obscure mention of former Sting saxophonist Branford Marsalis.

Edwin McCain’s Saturday, March 28 concert is free with admission to Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, and is part of the park’s Food & Wine Festival 2025 concert series (which welcomes Easton Corbin on Friday).

Because what’s better than snacking on theme park albondigas while watching a singer-songwriter reminisce about the last decade and a half of his life?