Wisdom is an attribute so often associated with age and experience that we sometimes dismiss it in artists as young as Caleb Caudle.
Yet when he sings the line, “All I have are memories and stories I can tell,” on the title track off Stay On – Caleb’s latest release with new backing band, the Bayonets – it’s the kind of honest, unfiltered self-assessment that’s reminiscent of the best of Parsons, Petty and Haggard and belies the 22-year-old North Carolina singer-songwriter’s age.
For his sophomore release Stay On, Caleb returned to Tennessee – this time to Mr. Lemon’s Studio in East Nashville – for six days of sessions with the Bayonets, McCormick and engineer Nielson Hubbard. An album of smoky ballads and soulful confessionals, Stay On manages to sound both classic and fresh at the same time, blending Americana and indie rock influences on songs like “Our Heaven,” “Purple Nights” and “Lost in the Wind” to showcase the rare talents of a burgeoning artist, wise beyond his years.
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"Good god, where did this kid come from? Okay, so nominally, Caleb Caudle hails from Winston-Salem, NC, and he keeps a toe or two in Tennessee, where he cut both his 2007 debut Red Bank Road and Stay On (the latter, with Neilsen Hubbard at the board). But the 22-year old sounds like he stepped straight outta Lone Star territory, with jaw-droppingly fine songs steeped in classic Earle, Ely, Clark, McMurtry and Van Zandt." - Fred Mills, BLURT
"...when Caudle sings his sweet ode to his late grandmother, you'll be excused if your eyes well up. Catch him before he becomes NC's next Americana dream." -Mark Kemp, Shuffle Magazine
"There’s natural soul in his writing, nothing seems to be forced. It’s that combo of roots pop that makes Caudle a worthy addition to North Carolina singer/songwriters." - Samir Shukla, Creative Loafing Charlotte, NC
"the 11-song album is the work of a singer and songwriter with a fully formed and realized vision - there is not a bad song, not a misstep, anywhere to be found."
- Ed Bumgardner, Relish Magazine/ Winston-Salem Journal staff writer
"The sweet spot between alt.country and roots pop."
-Spencer Griffith, Independent Weekly
"Consider Red Bank Road Caudle's Nebraska and his band the equivalent of The Wild, the Innocent, and the E street shuffle. Caudle immediately established himself as a first-rate songwriter with this album. Everything about it brings to mind lost loves, decomposing fall leaves and creaky winter beds."
-Jordan Greene, Yes! Weekly
"Whereas Caudle’s debut, Red Bank Road, was a mostly acoustic affair of heartfelt classic Americana, Stay On uses more electric guitars and piano to create an almost R&B sound...The Bayonets have created a strong first record that should get them plenty of notice, but something tells me this young band hasn’t reached its peak yet."
- Eli Petersen, Twangville
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