John Callaway Band

Artist Information

Biography

John Callaway and Michael Costa will start a two and a half month tour in May 2007 that will span the United States and Canada. This acoustic guitar and mandolin duo will be traveling all over North America, playing a different style of singer/songwriter, pop rock music that will be sure to grab the listening ear. This tour will be called “The American Stereo Tour” and will have the purpose of reaching as many new stereos as possible. Stops up the East Coast, Midwest, West Coast, and Southwest will provide a broad audience with a different genre of music.

John Callaway and Michael Costa both met at Clemson University in South Carolina while singing in the a cappella group, Tigeroar. John continued to play with a few different bands around the Clemson area and finally settled in with the acoustic guitar type sound. Michael picked up the mandolin a few years after the Tigeroar days and began to hone his craft. In the Spring of 2006, John released a solo album called “Drive” which featured some incredible mandolin work by Michael, and the two began to tour around the Southeast.

Go check out johncallawayband.com for more information and the latest gig schedule.

The band, which features Matt Holmes on drums, Will Tucker on bass, and Taylor Moore on guitar, will continue to play various shows. Check the gig calendar to find out which shows include a full band.

Audience Format:
An audience base could pretty much include high school age all the way up to the 50’s crowd. This untraditional funk/rock/pop/bluegrass style is being accepted by many different age groups.

Instrumentation

Michael Costa - Mandolin - Guitar - Vocals
John Callaway - Guitar - Vocals

Full Band:
Matt Holmes - Drums - Vocals
Taylor Moore - Lead Guitar - Harmonica
Will Tucker - Bass

Discography

John Callaway - solo - DRIVE
http://myspace.com/johncallaway

Official Website

http://www.johncallawaymusic.com

Audio

• I Can Feel It
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• We're Alive
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• Song About Nothing
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• Look Alive
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• Grace Falls Down
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Lyrics

• Rainy Day in Boston
• Look Alive
• Grace Falls Down

Video

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Press

• Student Musician produces new CD [+ Show ]
  

  On March 10th, a small group of close friends and family gathered at the Pendleton Coffee house for ...On March 10th, a small group of close friends and family gathered at the Pendleton Coffee house for the "Drive" CD release. "Drive" is the debut album for Clemson grad student John Callaway. Callaway is an alumnus of Tiger Roar, but decided to go solo with all the "free" time he has now. Recording started in May of last year and has been a steady progress ever since.
  
  Even though "Drive" was recorded in the John's bedroom, it has the quality of a studio produced CD. It's not like typical garage band CD's where the tracks feature background noise or someone's Mom telling them to keep it down.
  
  The music is surprisingly upbeat with stunning acoustics. The songs have their own originality, but you can hear influences of Sister Hazel, John Mayer, Silars Bald and even a little TLC. Yes, TLC. The songs are very heartfelt and sung with the same passion that they were written with. In a music scene that tends to produce songs that can be all seem to blend together, "Drive" has a strong enough uniqueness to stand against the fray and begs for greatness.
  
  Joining Callaway on the CD is a myriad of gifted Clemson musicians. Look for another rising star Graydon Tomlinson on the one of the tracks (The one that sounds like a TLC beat - "WaterFalls").
  
  Visit johncallawaymucis.com for more info and links to John's Myspace where you can hear several of the featured songs on the CD. Even better, this Saturday Callaway will be playing downtown at 356. At 7:45 Michael Costa, who plays the insane mandolin (among other things) accompaniments on "Drive," will be playing a set. Then John will take the stage with long time friends Ben Jordan, Michael Costa and Matt Irwin. They will be playing songs from the CD -- no better way to find out if you like the music. CD's will be available at the performance, so come out to preview the music and join the growing number of fans so you can say you were a fan before the CD went triple platinum.

Setlist

2 and 1/2 Hour Sets are usually the headlining length. We split this into 2 different sets.
The Originals in a Set would be:
17th Floor
3 Years
I Can't Wait
I'm Yours
Simplicity
Song About Nothing
We're Alive
Rainy Day in Boston
I Believe in Love
Sleep
Let It Go
G String Song
I Can Feel It

Covers:
Stuck in the Middle - Steelers Wheel
No Diggity - Blackstreet
Take Me Home Tonight - Eddie Money
King of Wishful Thinking - Go West
Beautiful Mistake - Rob Blackledge
Steal My Kisses - Ben Harper
Love Song for No One - John Mayer
Two Princes - Spin Doctors
Bubble Toes - Jack Johnson
All For You - Sister Hazel
Run Around - Blues Traveler

Basic Requirements

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