How can someone start over after a few years of hiatus with a new name and never talk about the past?
With a stubborn streak and a handful of newly written songs, that's what Walker Caine set out to do and found himself in the process.
With a used Jeep Cherokee packed with a handful of equipment and an old Washburn 12-String, he proceeded to put on over 70,000 miles on a self-designed tour starting with every little club or grill that would pay him; be it with food, gas money or even a place to stay for the night.
A year into breathing new life, he self-released the CD entitled "EP-1 unplugged"; a solo acoustic effort recorded in his living room in Phoenix, AZ. Back on the road, just under a year later he made a series of trips half-way across the country to recruit old friends and band members to record what became a largely impromptu studio recording at Bassline Studio in Omaha, NE that came to be entitled "Soft Shoulder".
Posting raw mixes on the Internet, they instantly grabbed the attention of fans, indie labels, internet DJ's and radio DJ's the world over. After signing with a west coast label, he was otherwise unsatisfied with the quality of offers coming in and established MLA Records, secured world-wide distribution and re-released Soft Shoulder into as many retail shops as he could afford and onto every online service and major music retailer on the Internet. This maneuver found Soft Shoulder listed on three record labels and his own spot in the music industry with a manufacturing and sub-distribution/marketing negotiation with a major record company.
Self described as folk music gone metal, Walker Caine is a new breed of Southern Rock as a band, and brings country and folk alive in a whole different fashion as a soloist which has gained him a portion of notoriety throughout Europe and North America while gaining some attention throughout South America, Australia and parts of Asia.
"Music is meant to be felt inside - you can't line up beats to that."
Welcome to the world of Walker Caine. It's an attitude.
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