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<\/p>\n Beau Bedford, Zella Day and Jesse Woods make up the band Chaparelle, which will play at The Arts Campus at Willits on Thursday. Day began as a pop star, garnering millions of clicks on Spotify. Chaparelle\u2019s music is more country \u2014 think George Jones and Tammy Wynette with popstar spice.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n In 2015, I was living in Telluride working as development director for the nonprofit radio station KOTO. When the Ride Festival (2013-2021) rolled around every July, I worked as the \u201cNight Ride\u201d Director in which I ran all of the festival\u2019s nighttime venues. The crown jewel was the Sheridan Opera House, which I ran personally \u2014 picture the Wheeler Opera House, but half the size.<\/p>\n At that midpoint of the decade, a 19-year-old named Zella Day (born Zella Day Kerr)\u00a0 came to play the Sheridan. She arrived in Telluride on her first national tour. She had just released her major label debut album, \u201cKicker.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n That record had found its way into the ears of a young man with intellectual developmental disabilities. As the festival\u2019s venue manager, I received a request for an after-show meet-and-greet between this young man and Zella Day. I presented it to Day and she agreed to meet him.<\/p>\n After the show, I escorted the man to meet Day. She greeted him with a hug, sat him down on the couch and talked with him for 20 minutes as if he were the only man in the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n On the way out of the theater, the young man stopped, turned to his mother and said, \u201cThis is the best day of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n Since that day, I have had a soft spot for Zella Day. She has a movie-star persona, silky voice, incredible stage presence, but much more importantly, a kind heart.<\/p>\n Day will appear on the stage at TACAW on Thursday with her new project, Chaparelle, a trio that includes singer-songwriter Jesse Woods and guitarist Beau Bedford.\u00a0<\/p>\n Day describes the band\u2019s music as \u201cEroticana.\u201d The music has a decidedly country flair. \u201cThe band has always eyed George Jones and Tammy Wynette as their North Star,\u201d Woods said. Day added Emmylou Harris and Gram Parsons as other major influences.<\/p>\n In the 10 years since my encounter with her in Telluride, Day has continued to pursue her solo career. She has seven songs with 20 million Spotify clicks and two songs with over 100 million spins \u2014 \u201cEast of Eden\u201d (107 million) and \u201cHypnotic\u201d (130 million). She has appeared at some of the world\u2019s biggest music festivals. After her 2016 appearance at Lollapalooza, Los Angeles Magazine called her performance \u201chypnotic\u201d and Consequence of Sound wrote: \u201cDay is an undeniably powerful vocalist.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n At the 2021 Austin City Limits Festival, Day invited Woods to see her night performance at the famed club Antone\u2019s. They met after the show and that encounter would change both their lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n Woods grew up in Texas. After graduating from college in 2006, he moved to Winter Park to bump chairs \u201cto just kind of get away from everything I knew and everybody I knew,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Woods released his first record in 2009, and has been putting out music in the indie-folk genre for the last 16 years.<\/p>\n When I asked Day to tell me the story of her and Woods meeting, she said, \u201cI\u2019ll defer to Jesse. Hearing him tell me the story is one of the joys of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n Woods picked up the story, saying, \u201cI think an ex-boyfriend of hers had turned her on to my music and she sent me a direct message telling me that she loved my new record. I was very smitten. I don\u2019t get many pop stars telling me that they love my music. She invited me to her show at Antone\u2019s and I went to the show and was just kind of swept off my feet without really asking to be. And, we just kind of hung out after the show, and have been basically hanging out since then.\u201d<\/p>\n Once Day and Woods became a couple, the two discussed writing music together. They met bass player Beau Bedford in 2023 and the idea to create a trio crystallized. Chaparelle was born.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI remember we were having a pretty fun late night, talking about music and things we wanted to do with our lives, and Zella told me she wanted to make a Patsy Cline styled record. And I remember just immediately being like, \u2018I want to do that with you,\u2019\u201d Bedford recalled.\u00a0<\/p>\n In June 2023, the three musicians got together to record some music and test the chemistry.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI showed up with some country song starts and we just started finishing songs,\u201d Bedford said. \u201cIt was just one of those unique, creative moments in life where I think we were all pretty blown away by what was happening. After one creative day of making music with them, it was so apparent and obvious that these are such wonderful people. We just made really sweet music from day one together, and it\u2019s felt like family ever since.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Day took responsibility for creating the vibe of the new band. She had made several videos during her pop career and learned some tricks she later employed for Chaparelle.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe shot like five videos in a day. We wanted to look like it was shot in 16mm film, to get that grainy, saturated look so we could create this kind of vintage essence and this aura,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe did everything ourselves and launched the first song, and it actually was the most-viewed video that I\u2019ve released, even my own stuff with all the label support \u2014 our homegrown independent release had more momentum,\u201d Day continued.<\/p>\n Check out their video for \u201cInside the Lines.\u201d I guarantee you won\u2019t ask for your three minutes back. The video has a classic MTV vintage aura. The song reminds me of Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett\u2019s song \u201cOver Everything\u201d from their 2021 album. Chaparelle sounds a lot like Barnett and Vile, with less crunchy guitars and more twang.\u00a0<\/p>\n The band\u2019s debut record \u201cWestern Pleasure\u201d came out in April. Day said the band is ready to release more singles and a full album is planned for next year.\u00a0<\/p>\n Thursday\u2019s stop in TACAW is part of the band\u2019s first solo tour as a band. Their gigs up until now have consisted mostly of festivals or playing alongside other bands.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re so confident in our show,\u201d Woods said. \u201cWe\u2019re so excited to share with audiences where we\u2019ve taken this music and where we\u2019re going next. It\u2019s dynamic. It\u2019s high energy, and then there\u2019s some real ballad moments. Zella and I sing to each other with a bitchin\u2019 band, and it\u2019s a lot of fun. It\u2019s like a real show. It\u2019s theater.\u201d<\/p>\n Thursday\u2019s show offers an opportunity to see a nascent band with a ton of upside. Zella Day was born to be a star. Chaparelle might be the vehicle that gets her there.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.aspendailynews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Beau Bedford, Zella Day and Jesse Woods make up the band Chaparelle, which will play at The Arts Campus at Willits on Thursday. Day began as a pop star, garnering millions of clicks on Spotify. 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