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Cozying Up with
King Calaway
THE COZY CONFINES OF THE CLUB BRAMAN Johnny Cash songs in their father’s garage,
Performance Theater provided a welcome to sneaking out at night to play in bars at the
sanctuary for Club Braman members from tender age of nine, each member provided
an unusually chilly March morning. The insight into the paths that eventually
unique weather set the stage for an equally brought them together in Nashville.
unique performance, co-hosted and live-
streamed by Wave 92.7 and 93.3, by the up- The set included their single World for Two
and-coming collective of country artists, from their debut, self-titled EP released
King Calaway. in January, as well as the very first song
they ever played together—Crosby, Stills,
King Calaway is a bold musical experiment and Nash’s Love the One You’re With. To
in a genre that typically rewards tradition. the audience’s delight, the final song was
Although born in Nashville, the group’s performed “unplugged” with the band
six members hail from three different singing directly to the live audience—
continents. Each brings their own history, leaving those watching the stream from
musical influences, and instrumental their computers to only hum along as King
aptitude to the band. King Calaway is Calaway’s six melodic voices came together
egalitarian by design, with no lead singer as one. At the conclusion, the audience
or stand-out star. Instead, bandmates share members filed out into the brisk morning
verses and melodies, coming together as air, their hearts a little warmer.
one over hooks, making their in-person
harmony something truly wonderful. The King Calaway performance is only
one of the many perks available to
Over the course of the hour-long Club Braman members. Membership is
performance, the band members took included with every vehicle purchase
time between songs to speak about their from Braman Motorcars.
personal journeys. From singing along to
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