{"id":1305347,"date":"2019-03-12T23:00:06","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T05:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1803817"},"modified":"2019-03-12T23:00:06","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T05:00:06","slug":"world-premiere-see-and-hear-king-legs-modern-day-throwback-wanted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/world-premiere-see-and-hear-king-legs-modern-day-throwback-wanted\/","title":{"rendered":"World Premiere: See and Hear King Leg\u2019s Modern-Day Throwback \u201cWanted\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:669695?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/stephenss\/\" title=\"Posts by Samantha Stephens\" rel=\"author\">Samantha Stephens<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">20m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/acOE6cMRzBM?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/acOE6cMRzBM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>With overtones of Roy Orbison and that iconic, reverberating production of the sixties, King Leg (\u201caka\u201d Bryan Joyce) puts his modern spin on a classic sound, filling the void in the current musical climate left by Orbison, Elvis and their contemporaries in the days where imagination and boldness blurred the lines between country and rock \u2019n roll.<\/p>\n<p>And an assist from Dwight Yoakam doesn\u2019t hurt one bit.<\/p>\n<p>Yoakam produced \u201cWanted\u201d and co-directed the video for the single, and for Joyce, the opportunity to collaborate was, simply put, a dream come true.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a truly amazing honor working with Dwight,\u201d Joyce told CMT.com.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has elevated my musical experience in every way. As a producer, he\u2019s helped bring my songs to life in ways I didn\u2019t know was possible. I enjoy learning from him \u2013 through his process of working in the studio, being open to the mysterious possibilities of music, yet maintaining focus and attention, I see how a song can yield beautiful and unexpected results.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BuudEx1BwXM\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>The way the song came to Joyce is just as unexpected as the marvelous end result.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was living in Nashville at the time and on this particular evening, there were some protests occurring,\u201d Joyce said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe protesters had shut down the interstate and they then began moving through our neighborhood in East Nashville. With the thought of the unrest happening just down the road, I picked up the guitar and this song came out as my heart\u2019s yearning for peace. It was one of the few times a song appeared front-to-finish in the flash of a moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The journey to this moment in his career almost seems just as mystical and cosmic for Joyce, who knew very early on that music was his path.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was in 2nd grade, I would carry a comb in my back pocket so I could try to do my hair like Elvis,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the time I discovered the Beatles a couple of years later, I knew I wanted to do music and I hadn\u2019t even picked up a guitar yet. In my 20\u2019s, I was still discovering my voice by emulating Roy Orbison and Slim Whitman and found what I felt was a new life to my singing. Since finding my voice, I feel like my songwriting has been influenced by it in a way, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BusKV7WBdCL\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>Perhaps one of the more rewarding experiences of his artistry is the connection to his audience through the stories he shares.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a real humbling experience hearing how others relate to my songs, and a surprise to find out that in some ways they tell the stories of other people\u2019s lives,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArt is beautiful in the way it can provide human reflection where others can find a way to relate their experiences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Expect more music from King Leg in the near future. His debut album <em>Meet King Leg<\/em> is currently available. And if you\u2019re looking to catch him live, plan a visit to Stagecoach Music Festival on Sunday, April 28, where he\u2019ll be performing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">Samantha is a country radio insider with a deep love for the music and its stars. She can often be found on a red carpet or at a late-night guitar pull.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1803817\/world-premiere-see-and-hear-king-legs-modern-day-throwback-wanted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Samantha Stephens 20m ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. [embedded content] With overtones of Roy Orbison and that iconic, reverberating production of the sixties, King Leg (\u201caka\u201d Bryan Joyce) puts his modern spin on a classic sound, filling the void in the current musical climate left by Orbison, Elvis and their contemporaries in the days where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1305347","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 21:30:53","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1305347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1305347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1305347\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1305347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1305347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1305347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}