Rig Rundowns

Since https://www.premierguitar.com/artists/marcus-kings-old-soul (Marcus King’s) previous https://youtu.be/4MQ3EHzq1tI (Rig Rundown) in 2017, he’s made two albums—produced by https://www.premierguitar.com/artists/the-black-keys (the Black Keys’) Dan Auerbach—and scored a Grammy nomination. He’s also busted out his own signature Orange amp with an allusive name, and upped his profile, stepping from clubs to big halls. Not bad for a South Carolina kid with blues in his bloodline. And, really, not entirely unexpected. King hit the scene in his teens as a full-blown virtuoso, playing club gigs at night and going to high school by day. He was initially championed by Warren Haynes, who was so impressed that he released the Marcus King Band’s 2015 debut, Soul Insight, on his Evil Teen Records label. And then the hard-playing young roots genre-blender rode that wind under his wings. Before his September 29 gig at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, touring behind his recent release