BLACK OPRY - KING CANYON

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King Canyon, the collaboration of Otis McDonald, Eric Krasno, Mike Chiavaro, are proud to announce their debut single “Keep on Movin” is due out October 7th. “Keep on Movin” is the first single from King Canyon as part of their forthcoming full length, self titled debut album, dropping January 13th, 2022. Eric Krasno is a two-time Grammy winning guitarist, musician and producer best known for his work with Soulive, Lettuce, Tedeschi Trucks Band & Pretty Lights. Krasno has been nominated for Grammys a total of seven times for Best Blues Album, Best Contemporary Blues, Best R&B, and Best Electronic Album. Otis McDonald is a producer/multi-instrumentalist best known for his copyright free music released exclusively through the YouTube audio library, amassing over 5 million downloads and over 10 million streams. Mike Chiavaro is a Brooklyn based electric and upright bass player. April 2020 in the midst of quarantine, two-time Grammy winner Eric Krasno came across Otis McDonald’s music on Instagram and immediately became a fan. Months later, McDonald who had been working on music with his longtime friend, Mike Chiavaro, enlisted Krasno to add in some guitar to the mix and before they knew it, the trio had an album worth of material and thus King Canyon was born. The guys have still yet to meet in person, but despite this, the grooves are insatiable. The writing and feel are unlike any other projects these musicians have been involved with previously.