Kid Cali is as much an art project as it is a traditional rock band. The songs are all connected and centre around fictitious star- crossed lovers navigating the tail-end of the Summer of Love, searching for Kerouac’s American beauty, filtered through the lens of Easy Rider. The lead single “Third Eye” was recorded to tape by Chris Dadge, featuring pedal steel remotely tracked by Dylan S Keating out of Montreal, and Del Monte and Mitch Cooper rounding out the rhythm section. Kid Cali came to life during a three-week songwriter residency at the Banff Centre. Tory Rosso spent a few years on the road, playing sideman for storytelling folk singer, Tanner James, when they began designing a band for the digital age. The band has performed live three times; once for the Prose and Pros category at the Ship and Anchor Song Contest finals, opening for Bobby Tenderloin Universe on the patio of Broken City and as a duo at the King Eddy, where Rachel Notley could be seen dancing up front. The project has since gained festival experiences at Big Winter Classic, Sled island and Lie Low festival. The live shows are built to incorporate ever changing band members, visual components and to never play the same way twice.