KC and the Wright Combination Band

“Shine On The Radio”

Angela — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:23:12 +0000

So it has been a long several months. I have been in and out of California Sound Studios more times than I can count. Working with Wright family is a lot of fun. Frank Wright is a joy to play music with. The band is starting to really come together as musicians. I am very lucky to be working with talent like Rico Brown, Frank Wright, Al Robertson aka Big Daddy, and Kyle Burlington aka Rabbit. My right hand man Jesse Wright is doing a fantastic job in the mixing of the songs. Every now and then he gets a little carried away, but then I just real him back in and get him re-focused and we are usualy good to go from there. I have been meeting a lot of great people through California Sound Studios lately. Like Meeghan a 14 year old sensation. She is a pop singer that writes her own lyrics and helps with the writing of her music too. She is very sweet and funny, but besides that she is extremely smart and very very talented. She is going to be awesome. Her manager Jackie is a doll. I absolutely adore Jackie. She makes me want to visit France even more than I did before. Yes, she is French. She runs a very successful acting and modeling agency out of Hollywood California and she is a musician as well. With a great voice from what I have been told. Then there is the talented and very funny Ronnie King. Wikipedia Ronnie to see the huge list of iconic talent that he has either played music with, wrote with, or produced. Then there is Tony from the band Blacklist Union and Amber, his girlfriend, from Rock of Love. Tony has a set of pipes and can sing and Blacklist Union kicks butt. I just went and saw them perform on Tuesday at The Viper Room in Hollywood and they were great. Check out there music. Amber is also extremely nice.

So I finaly got everything nailed down with Southern California Children’s Choir and picked out the class I want to use on my song ‘Shine on the Radio’. ‘Shine on the Radio’ is a very big production song and is pretty much holding up the entire album, but will be tottaly worth it once it is done in the end. They will be singing on the outro for me.

I would like to tell you and promise you this album will be done soon, but I think that would be a lie. Nothing is worth doing if it’s not worth doing right or Wright! Ha Ha.

Keep Music Alive
K.C.

Angela — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:51:33 +0000

So I am just learning how to use my Twitter and having a good time. How fun is it to talk to the internet through my phone in a text message. Not like I have anything important to say or even talk about, but that doesn’t matter now does it. I can vent about something silly and stupid or about serious matters too. Plus it is interesting seeing what all these other people are doing at the time and what is driving them nuts or just the little things that people do to relax them selves after a long day or in the middle of the chaos.

So I am sitting on the couch in the control room of the studio at California Sound Studios next to Rabbit while he is re-recording his bass track on ‘Everything’. Jesse has a huge grin right now because this song is almost done being mixed and finished. It is his favorite song on the album this month. I still can not pick a single solitary song that I think is my favorite song on the album. Sure is going to make picking the next single very hard to do. The band is partial to ‘About You’ and I am paticularly fond of ‘Cold Sheets’ and ‘Annabelle’, but I think the two songs that are going to end up the strongest and realy make the ear orgasm is ‘We All Need Somebody to Love’ and ‘Shine on the Radio’. We are including some older songs that have stuck with me for the last several years like ‘Watching You’ and ‘Sunshine’, but we are re-recording them different from their original recordings. Lots of mixing and editing to do still, plus a little more recording too. We are all super stoked to wrap this up and start playing more shows. See you there.

Keep Music Alive
K.C.

Premiere of Jonas Brothers 3D Concert

Angela — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:05:14 +0000

So on Tuesday the street team and I did a southern California Hooters tour to promote the new single Valentine. We visited 4 Hooters handing out the CD Single and a few K.C. and the Wright Combination t-shirts as well. Shirts will be available at the K.C. and the Wright Combination store online soon. It was a lot of driving between Orange County and Los Angeles, but was totally worth every minute of bad traffic. As we were driving down Hollywood Blvd on our way to the next stop at the Hollywood Hooters to our surprise we came across a huge crowd of people. Well with pure luck on our side we stumbled across the red carpet Hollywood premiere of the Jonas Brothers 3D Concert Movie. So needless to say I was very happy to park as fast as possible and split the two sides of the street with my street team and proceeded to hand out the Valentine single CD to packs of screaming teenage girls who already love their music and prove it by lineing the streets by the hundreds and hundreds. You can’t ask for a better demographic than that and we had no idea that that was even going on, but we were happy to take advantage of the situation along with another band there doing the same. We got rid of 240 CD’s in about 20 minutes with crowds of people digging into the box and pulling out a hand full of CD’s to pass to their friends all the way up front right next to the street. So by the time we were done the street was lined with groups of girls singing, chanting, or screaming to the Jonas Brothers and other celebrities while waving Valentine by K.C. in their hands. That was a cool site.

Sunlit World

Angela — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:16:10 +0000

I am having the time of my life recording the upcoming album Sunlit World at California Sound Studios. It is a gorgeous studio with all the bells and whistles. We just might be having to much fun in there. I keep loosing track of time and how much of it is spent on recording and working when we are not just goofing around or listening to Frank, Big Daddy, and Rico swap stories of the road. Boy do they have a lot of stories too. Plus I think between the three of them may have either worked or just happen to know everyone in the business and a lot of the same people. I have been fortunate to play with some very talented individuals through out my life, but these guys take the cake. This is the smoothest ensemble I have ever put together and we are here to stay. I love Frank Wright, Rico Brown, Big Daddy Al Robertson, and Rabbit Kyle Burlington. They make up the Wright Combination and trust me they are the right combo. You will love them too.

Keep Music Alive
K.C.

Boscoe’s on Friday, February 13th, 2009

Steve — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 03:42:39 +0000

Come see the band on Friday the 13th of February 2009 at Boscoe’s Sports Grill in Lake Forest, CA. Hear the new unreleased Valentine song live at Boscoe’s. Meet the Legendary Frank Wright from the band Chicago and the World Famous KC in the once-in-a-lifetime event!

Boscoe’s is located at 23364 El Toro Rd, Lake Forest, CA 92630. Call 949-859-9351 for more info. Map and directions can be found below:

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See the Band at the Slide Bar in Fullerton

Steve — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:59:14 +0000

Join the band in Downtown Fullerton at the Slide Bar Cafe on Sunday February 15th, 2009.

Come hang out with the band at one of Fullerton’s hottest nightlife destinations, the Slide Bar Cafe. Expect great music and good people.

The address is 122 E Commonwealth Ave. Downtown Fullerton, California. Call 714-871-7469 for more information.

Directions are below:

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Join Us at the Gypsy Lounge on 3/13/09

Steve — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:38:10 +0000

Come see KC and the Wright Combination live at the Gypsy Lounge in Lake Forest, California. Meet Frank Wright from the original Chicago band and hangout with KC and the crew after the show.

Use the map below to find the club.

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Valentine Song Ringtone

Steve — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:38:15 +0000

Get the ringtone for the Valentine Song before the song is officially released. Just click here to get to the download page where you can grab the ringtone!

Kyle Burlington of KC and the Wright Combination

KC — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:36:11 +0000

Kyle was born and raised in Newport Beach, Ca. He started playing the bass at eleven-years-old and has played in numerous bands through out South Orange County. In 2008 Kyle received his bachelors degree in Visual Journalism but still always found time to make music. His styles in playing range from fast paced punk rock, to blues, jazz, rock and roll, and funk. His influences include bands like: Operation Ivy, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tool, Narcoleptic Youth, Muddy Watters, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Cab Calloway, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Beatles, Bob Marley, Pink Floyd, and Led Zeppelin.

Al Robertson Jr

KC — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:31:51 +0000

Born In Chicago on February 26th 1954 as Al Robertson Jr. Trained by Chuck Brown Northern California Studied classical piano, vocals & drums.

Now known As Big Daddy, he studied classical piano and sang in the church choir for 5 years until high school.

After serving in the Marine Corps for six years, BD began studying the drums. He has since become a seasoned professional singing drummer whose resume of those he has played with or opened for includes names like:

Cool Papa Sadler, Sonny Rhodes, B.B. King, Iron Butterfly, John Mayall & the Blues Breakers, Pat Henessey, Max Gringo, Don Williams, John Lee Hooker, Leon Russell, Dave Shultz, Jason Bonham, Zoee Bonham, Lonnie Brooks, and Tommy 2 Tone.