Today, we premiere King Canyon’s latest offering “Mullholland.” King Canyon is a trio comprised of two-time Grammy-winning guitarist, musician and producer Eric Krasno, producer and multi-instrumentalist Otis McDonald and Brooklyn-based electric and upright bass player Mike Chiavaro who have yet to meet in person.

The three came together as a silver lining in the most tremulous days of the COVID-19 Pandemic in April 2020 after Krasno discovered McDonald’s music on Instagram. Just months later, McDonald informed Krasno he had been working on music with his longtime friend, Chiavaro, and they enlisted Krasno to add some guitar into their tracks before they knew it, they had an album’s worth of music and King Canyon was born.

For their new grooving desert trip of a track, which resonates on the same sonic field groups like Khruangbin, Bobby Caldwell, Allman Brothers, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, and Son Little so gracefully traverse, King Canyon recruited the slide guitar master to add yet another layer of silk to their already lustrous sound.

“’Mulholland’ is a ‘feel good’ track. I came up with the original gospel-ish guitar riff and thought it fit the King Canyon album perfectly,” Krasno shared with Relix. “I sent it to the boys, and what they sent back brought it to a whole other level! As we were finishing the song, I thought it needed a slide guitar solo at the end. It just so happened I was heading to Derek Trucks’ studio that week. After I played some guitar on the new Tedeschi Trucks album, I played him the track… he loved it and decided to play on it. His solo was exactly what the song needed and gives it that ‘ride off into the sunset’ moment.”

Despite having to meet in person, even at this point, the trio’s amalgamation is on full display on the new track, and their self-titled debut LP will release on Dec. 2, 2022, on Mixto Records.

Listen to King Canyon’s “Mullholland ft. Derek Trucks” below