I should be heading to bed as I work tomorrow, but...damn...this is, holy shit.
I mean, f***in' wow, just wow:
Shinedown rocks.
Brent Smith has an amazing voice. And you're correct about Beato having at least one writing credit for them....
You could tell with his pipes they were going places---even if they have changed their
core sound since then, and gone a little "Niceklback" as far as songwriting and production.
Not that there is anything wrong with that.
Pretty sure Rick Beato has a songwriting credit and producer credit or two from that 1st album.