‘California Son’ shines a light on the L.A. artist, who’s played live and in the studio with Jennings on Grammy-winning albums by Tanya Tucker and more
Ted Russell Kamp simply can’t give up L.A. Despite a prolonged stint in Seattle and maturing in Upstate New York, Kamp is a California country-rocker through and through, and his most current album, California Sonchecks out like a love letter to the Golden State.
It’s likewise a picture of one of the most respected, if under the radar, professions in nation music. A Grammy-winning artist and manufacturer, Kamp is revered by those in the understand for his deal with Shooter Jennings, with whom he’s played given that 2003, however he’s likewise dealt with icons like Jessi Colter and Tanya Tucker, in addition to numerous rock acts.
“It’s been a remarkable trip,” Kamp states. “And the experience keeps continuing.”
California Son is Kamp’s 14th studio album and puts together 12 tunes abundant in Americana and indie-folk textures. “High Desert Fever” is a piece of timeless, roaming honky-tonk, “Hard to Hold” highlights his hooligan nation authentic, and the title track nods to the hold that L.A. has more than him.
“I gained from each album, the plateaus and individual development,” Kamp states. “You can hear my love of the Band, Jackson Browne, the Old 97’s, the Byrds, and Gram Parsons in them– when Americana was still called alt-country.”
Initially from West Chester, New York, Kamp was immersed in music early on, using up trumpet in primary school, then the bass in ninth grade. By high school in the mid-1980s, he got associated with a multitude of jobs, from school orchestra to garage bands in a revolving door of rock, soul, and ska clothing.
“Like many individuals who mature around New York City, you presume the whole world focuses on New York City,” Kamp states. “So, I simply presumed I would mature in the suburban areas and after that reside in the city.”
Rather, Kamp landed at the State University of New York at Binghamton. Located in the rural countryside of the Southern Tier area, Kamp double-majored in English and approach.
“But my whole social life and every day after [class] was everything about music,” Kamp states of the college bands he played in throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s.
He dabbled the concept of participating in graduate school to end up being an English teacher, however needed to very first stop the voice within him motivating his tightly-held rock & & roll dream.
“I informed my moms and dads, ‘Hey, I’ve got to attempt music for a year or more,'” Kamp states. “If it does not work, then I’ll return to grad school. I have to at least attempt.”
In August 1993, he loaded his automobile and left New York for Seattle, 2,800 miles away. After about 7 years there,