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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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