A year or so ago, Nashville hitmakers enlisted six guys for a burgeoning new vocal group called King Calaway. Each band member has an impressive history and musical background, but once in the studio, the chemistry was on the money.
新的，吉他的孩子们在街区上可以用郁郁葱葱的声音和谐地填补一个老式的音乐厅。但是，尽管卡拉威国王可能看起来像个男孩乐队，但它们远非一维乡村流行。
阵容包括Caleb Miller，Chris Deaton，Simon Dumas，Jordan Harvey，Chad Michael Jervis和Austin Luther，他们在纳什维尔拥有最多希望的希望只有一年的梦想。该群中没有任何个人主唱，而是依靠多部分的和声，并保持其影响力，例如Eagles,Keith Urbanand艾德·希兰。
After releasing Rivers (BBR Music Group/Stoney Creek Records), much to the band’s surprise, country superstars Garth Brooks and Keith Urban became fans. Later, Brooks even invited the guys to open one of his Minneapolis shows, personally introducing them on stage.
“真是太疯狂了，这样的速度可以改变您的职业生涯，”首席吉他手米勒（Miller）散发出来。“我们简直不敢相信加思·布鲁克斯（Garth Brooks）实际上知道我们是谁 - 这真是太疯狂了。
卡拉威国王的第一首单曲两个人的世界在首次亮相周中，这是乡村广播中最大的歌曲。对于一个没有一起长大的乐队也不太破旧，也没有磨练他们在深处或纳什维尔的Honky-Tonk的集体声音。
But the six-piece merged their musical chops and some great gigs ensued. They played the legendary Grand Ole Opry with Ricky Skaggs for a vibrant cover of七桥路。US TV shows followed, which are not easily secured or pulled off, but the band accomplished both playing两个人的世界on吉米·金梅尔（Jimmy Kimmel）直播, and then a rousing live performance ofRiversonThe Late Late Show With James Corden。
19岁时，卡莱布·米勒（Caleb Miller）是乐队中最年轻的乐队，他和旋律的即兴演奏一样乐观Rivers。在录音室里，他尝试了各种声音，以雕刻乐队的jangly，槽，有时甚至是坚韧的曲目。为了获得河的温暖，老式的音调，他演奏了自己的首选PRS吉他（包括Silver Sky) through a ’65挡泥板Deluxe Reverbin addition to other amps and pedals.
We learned more about Nashville’s new guitar guy in town who says he “felt like a 13-year-old kid tinkering in the studio”.
What were your early musical experiences?
“我四岁的时候开始弹吉他。我长大后，我父亲在乐队中演奏低音。我非常着迷于去他的节目并在舞台上看到他。最终，我跑到舞台上，试图和他们一起玩。但是，我四岁时请他教我吉他，他开始给我课，向我展示他在吉他上所知道的一切。到我六岁的时候，我已经比父亲好。因此，我不得不去找一个教吉他的人。我开始上课，真的很早就开始了。我当时九岁，晚上偷偷溜进酒吧，只是为了播放表演。我会被踢出去，但后来我会尝试重新进去。
How old were you when you started doing session work?
“到13岁时，我正在为多位艺术家举行会议，从国家到蓝调再到摇滚，您可以想象的一切。我认识的一个人实际上在我的家乡有一个工作室，人们会在区域来找他，没有巨大的行为，但是福音，乡村和摇滚艺术家会来找这个人。而且他需要会议音乐家和我与他建立联系，并为许多艺术家做了会议工作。15岁时，我加入了我的第一支实际乐队，巡回演出，并尽一切可能获得尽可能多的经验。而且，我想我还很年轻，在这里我和卡拉威国王一起在纳什维尔，所以我不能对自己的位置感到骄傲。”
When King Calaway was formed, how did you get involved and gel with the group?
“我遇到了我们现在是我们的经理的罗伯特·迪顿（Robert Deaton），他正在寻找世界各地的音乐家，并向我介绍了他认识的一些人，来自海外的人，美国的一些人。我们所有人都在纳什维尔见面，进入了乐队的房间，并开始演奏，看看我们是否可以作为乐队工作。您永远都不知道您从未见过的人。我们玩了Love The One You’re With[Stephen Stills的封面]，魔术很疯狂。就像我以前在乐队中经历过的那样。我知道我必须追赶卡拉威国王。
Love The One You’re With是我们作为乐队一起演奏的第一首歌。我们都进入了乐队的房间，我们在说“我们都知道什么歌”？而且，我认为，从播放酒吧演出和婚礼演出中，我们都知道那首歌。我们开始干扰，感觉很不错。那是一个神奇的时刻，实际上，我们拿了那首歌，然后决定：“好吧，这是我们的声音，这就是我们想要成为乐队的人。”
How did you go from being this new band to getting all these big shows?
“纳什维尔就是这样的音乐之都，在那里迅速传播了一句话。而且，一旦像Keith Urban和Garth Brooks这样的人开始听到您的声音，他们喜欢您的音乐，这真是太疯狂了，类似的事情可以改变您的职业生涯。加思听说过我们，他给我们的经理发送了一条消息，说他有多喜欢我们的音乐，以及它有多伟大。因此，我们收到了这个信息，我们绝对吓坏了。但是，几周后，我们收到了经理的另一条消息，说Garth希望我们在明尼阿波利斯为他开放的道路。像这样的时刻很疯狂地看到图标的认可如何启动您的职业生涯。成为其中的一部分真是太酷了。”
从吉他手在直播电视节目中的角度来看，挑战是什么？你得到声音检查吗？
“Live TV is really interesting. Sometimes, we will get a sound check, sometimes we won’t. Usually, they’ll give us one. For us, it’s very much like a live show. I have my whole live set up in the studio, and the amp will be mic’d, and it’s not so different from a live show. But the nerves are so much different than playing live, because on live television, it’s one take. You have to do it perfectly. I try to get my sounds out perfectly before the show, and then do my best during the performance.”
河流是一种吸引人的曲调。那首歌是如何发展的？您重复的即兴演奏确实使这首歌继续前进。
“Rivers作为完全电子轨道，被我们推向了我们。整个赛道上没有一个真正的乐器，这不是卡拉威国王。但是我们听到了这首歌，我们绝对爱上了它。即使上面没有现场乐器，我们决定对我们进行完全数字曲目并使其成为完全现场的曲目，但根本不会改变这首歌是一件很酷的事情。因此，我们将那首歌带入了乐队的房间，并写了其他一些部分，以使其更加卡拉威国王。但是我在合唱中想到了那条线，合唱团的即兴演奏，我觉得这首歌使这首精力充满了能量，你知道，抬起合唱。但是我们真的为此感到自豪，我们觉得这是一首革命性的歌曲，尤其是在国家格式上。而且，越过摇滚和流行音乐，这是一首非常充满活力的歌曲，我们为之骄傲。”
告诉我们您与PRS吉他的关系。
“I’ve been with PRS for close to five or six years now, and it’s crazy. I used to play a brand that I won’t mention, but I was obsessed with their guitars, loved everything about the brand. But, once I stumbled across PRS, it was kind of life-changing. It changed how I played, and how I sounded on stage. I just love the modern aspect of Paul Reed Smith guitars. And I feel like they offered a guitar that no other brand could, at that time. I feel like there’s a modern aspect to all the guitars as well as a vintage type of sound. And the combination of those two really drew me to them above everybody else. And I feel like I implemented that into my playing, and how I write songs, and how I write solos. And I feel like I’ll never change. I think PRS are the best guitars out there, and I’m honored to be a PRS artist.”
是什么组成了您的工作室钻机？
“I got some freedom from the producers, which is a lot of fun, to try some different amp and guitar combinations. As far as amps, I played aSupro黑人玛格克（Black Magik）3rd Power英国梦，这是一家纳什维尔公司。并做了很多很酷的事情。我们实际上麦克风了那些年份挡泥板60s and 70s amps and had some fun with that. But, as far as guitars, it was all PRS. I used the Silver Sky for the first time on a couple of the tracks, and I fell in love with it. It was a sound that I feel was missing out of my guitar collection, and that really filled that void. I got to be a guitar player. I felt like a 13-year-old kid in his bedroom, just tinkering with all the sounds. But it was so much fun getting to create a sound that hasn’t existed yet, and just be as creative as possible.”
描述您在专辑中获得的声音。
“We really wanted each instrument to sound like a solo instrument type thing. Like you could put it on all by itself and it would sound amazing. For the guitars on the album, we wanted a modern feel. We wanted the album to sound like a live record and the guitars were a big factor in that. We mic’d the amps live. I wanted to bring a high-energy rock sound and youthfulness to the guitar tracks onRivers。在其他曲目上，我去了复古，温暖的音调，就像'53Strat插入了挡泥板AMP，只是每个人都在寻找的温暖音调。但是我觉得整个专辑中确实遇到了这一点。
让我们谈谈这首歌No Matter What。You’ve got a fierce guitar tone and when you break out on your solo, it has Keith Urban feel.
“Absolutely, I’m a huge Keith Urban fan, so that’s a big compliment. But, I’ve been in rock bands most of my life. So, totally, that’s kind of what I go for on songs like that. And,No Matter What，尤其是这首非常有趣的歌曲，我试图获得真正的摇滚音调，并尽我所能。”
There’s a lot of different textures on Rivers, too. What about the acoustic guitar parts on the album?
“我们通常一次有大约三四个吉他手。因此，声学范围都被乐队中的其他一些人覆盖。但是他们做得很棒，我们在声音，播放什么以及何时播放的声音上相互影响。作为乐队中的音乐家，这很有趣。一切都活着。”
您的演奏中会出现不同的挑选风格，这在乡村音乐中非常普遍。你的方法是什么？
“我的挑选风格通常从歌曲变成歌曲。如果更多的是乡村曲目，我会做一些鸡肉采摘的东西和一些混合动力。但是，更快，更现代的岩石东西，我通常会选择采摘，并尝试从每首歌中获得这种声音。我将选择音调或吉他选择作为歌曲的方式。我觉得您如何玩它同样重要。我觉得语气中的第一步是您手中的。深入研究歌曲的每个音符，以及如何播放以及如何处理它，这一点非常重要。”
You guys connected as a six-piece but were fortunate to have songs from some of the elite songwriters in Nashville.
“我们在纳什维尔获得了一些最好的歌曲。我们决定为第一张专辑，我们将退后一步，只是专注于创建卡拉威国王的声音。我觉得这是一次很棒的经历，只是为了超级创造力。我写了自己的吉他零件和自己的独奏，但歌曲的裸露骨头是纳什维尔词曲作者的。Riversis a blueprint for where we want to go in the future. We’re in love with these 12 songs, and we can’t wait to create more.”
What’s your live setup like?
“直播，我通常会尽量保持尽可能简单。我觉得创造出色的声音并不需要很多装备。因此，通常是我的PR，要么是银色的天空或麦卡蒂245与Humbuckers一起穿过我的踏板，直接进入我的Vox AC30。无论我在哪里，我都有Vox AC30with my rig. That’s kind of the staple of my tone, is the AC30. But, honestly, I’ve been looking at more digital stuff. So, maybe in the future, on live rigs, I may go completely digital, which would be pretty cool. But, for now, I’m very happy with my AC30 and the pedals I have at my feet.”
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那你会放弃管放大器吗？
“Possibly. Nowadays, it’s hard to argue for the tube amp when there are such great digital sounds out there. It’s really impressive hearing them side by side, the real amps and digital amps. Plus, having that consistency on tour would be worth it, leaving it to no one else but myself how the guitars sound. I don’t have to depend on any other producer or anything to judge my tone. But, just directly out of theKemperor轴fxor whatever digital profiler I’ll use. But, maybe, one day, we’ll get to that.”
What are your hopes for the future?
“I’m really proud to be in this situation that I am with King Calaway and being a PRS artist. It’s always been a dream of mine, so it’s really cool to check those things off my bucket list. But, I hope to keep creating music, and influencing people to pick up the guitar. I get messages all the time, ‘Man, you inspired me to pick up the guitar. I’m now learning because of you.’ It’s such a cool full-circle moment, and I hope to continue that for the rest of my life.”
Rivers is out now onStoney Creek唱片。