es ▁Van ▁Z and t , ▁and ▁others . ▁Also ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁E rel li ▁tou red ▁with ▁L ori ▁McK en na ▁in ▁support ▁of ▁Tim ▁McG raw ▁and ▁Fa ith ▁Hill ▁on ▁their ▁Soul ▁ 2 ▁Soul ▁tour ▁which ▁included ▁appearances ▁on ▁Good ▁Mor ning ▁America ▁and ▁at ▁the ▁Grand ▁Ole ▁O pr y . ▁Later ▁that ▁year ▁E rel li ▁invited ▁fans ▁to ▁fin ance ▁his ▁next ▁studio ▁album ▁- ▁Del iver ed ▁- ▁referring ▁to ▁the ▁project ▁as ▁a ▁bar n ▁raising . ▁The ▁project ▁succeeded ▁and ▁the ▁ 1 1 - song ▁album ▁produced ▁by ▁Josh ▁Ritter ' s ▁bass ist , ▁Z ack ▁H ick man , ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁In ▁his ▁review ▁of ▁Del iver ed ▁for ▁The ▁H uff ington ▁Post , ▁entertain ment ▁writer ▁Mike ▁R agog na ▁said :" This ▁is ▁powerful ▁stuff , ▁and ▁it ' s ▁a ▁shame ▁that ▁over ▁the ▁six ▁or ▁so ▁albums ▁Mark ▁E rel li ▁has ▁created , ▁he ▁hasn ' t ▁grown ▁into ▁a ▁more ▁popular ▁artist . ▁But ▁we ▁all ▁know ▁about ▁market ing ▁challeng es ▁and ▁how ▁difficult ▁it ▁is ▁these ▁days ▁to ▁cut ▁through ▁the ▁c ac oph ony ▁of ▁T M Z - style ▁stories ▁our ▁main stream ▁media ▁pre fers . ▁As ▁E rel li ▁points ▁out , ▁nothing ▁much ▁has ▁changed ▁here . ▁But ▁as ▁he ▁also ▁rem inds ▁us ▁by ▁that ▁song ' s ▁title , ▁" H