NAT Col & the Kings

Friday, September 23, 2011 – Bendigo Weekly www.bendigoweekly.com.au b.entertained • 31 sic business, Cavaleri put the guitar but self titled EP. ben cAmeroN down and picked up a job as a brick- “It was quite nerve wracking ENTERTAINED ie’s labourer, while plotting what to because I wasn’t sure how the world THE emergence of do next. would receive it,” he says of their first Nathan cavaleri as “I just totally escaped music,” he release. says. However, the crowds have the people’s guitar “It can be a dark time when swelled over the short lifespan of prodigy during the you’re finding yourself creatively Nat Col and The Kings, which has again. eased the pressure on Cavaleri. early 1990s, is well “They (his parents) said ‘Let’s just “You get a heap of adrenalin and known. finish school and work out what you a massive sense of invincibility when want to do in life’.” you play in front of a huge crowd,” He ignored the chorus of easy he says. First appearing currency, telling him to do every- “When we played Byron Bay at on Hey Hey It’s Sat- thing from a blues instrumental Blues Fest, we had about 6000 to urday like a junior album to covers. Instead, Cavaleri 8000 people in front of us. Tommy Emmanuel, followed his heart to a place far re- “I was way more nervous when Cavaleri initially moved from the constant buzz of we did our first gigs in Newcastle last captured the coun- showbusiness. year, it was 100 people. try’s hearts, then guitar legend BB “I realised I really wanted to get “I was like ‘Wow, I can see all King’s, who quickly took him under his back into it, but do it my own way, your faces!’.” wing. and forget all the people who are Despite starting very early in life, From here, the next few years of trying to tell me there’s only one way winning over an intimate crowd re- Cavaleri’s life was like a Hollywood to success,” he says. mains a challenge. script. Alongside a US tour with King “(It was about) following the “It’s hard work,” he says. there was a Disney movie appear- herd, which I’m glad that stuff didn’t “I’m pretty sensitive to crowds, ance, a White House visit, a pash seep in.” but Col, he doesn’t really give a shit. with a 12-year-old Jessica Alba; even After flirting with the Dirty “I would ask him ‘How do you Jimmy Page wanted a signed copy Skanks, the new Cavaleri project is switch off from that, how do you not of his work. Nat Col and the Kings, a collabora- care what people are thinking?’ It could have been a case of far tion with fellow Skank and former “And they just say ‘We’re happy too much, far too soon, but what Screaming Jets drummer, Col Hatch- just playing music, as soon as you Cavaleri did next has been far less man. let the fear into you then people will documented. Their second EP Simple Things, sense it.” With it now common place for is also a tribute to close friend Greg It’s probably why Cavaleri is precocious talent to be pushed into Clark who passed away in recent aware older fans will approach Nat the limelight through the likes of X months. Clark was a mentor, an Col and The Kings with a degree of Factor and the ilk, the second chap- “iconic sound guy” who brought Hey Hey baggage. ter of the Cavaleri story is more time- Cavaleri and Hatchman together. “It can get in the way some- ly than ever. Their first meeting was memo- times, but the good thing about my The world was seemingly at his rable – not long after after Hatch- management back then is that they feet, but his parents went the other man had been beaten to a pulp after got me mixing with credible artists,” way: with the ear of the right people a Jets’ gig in Darwin. he says. in the business, they yanked him out “He drove from Newcastle with “I was never doing anything of the spotlight. Those people were two busted eye sockets, completely super cheesy, although a young Jimmy Barnes and his wife Jane. numbed out by Panadeine Forte and kid playing a guitar, there’s a bit of “Fortunately, my first record he’d just had a face reconstruction cheese there, but you can’t escape it. deal was with Jimmy Barnes’ wife,” basically,” Cavaleri says. “But that’s all about re-branding, Cavaleri remembers. “He set up his kit and in typical the people who enjoy my music nat col & “Thankfully they weren’t sharks, Hatchman style he went hard... and I stylistically back then, would defi- because mum and dad... put a heap knew within the first four to six bars nitely connect with Nat Col and the of trust into them. we’d be partners in crime for a long Kings.” “So we’re really thankful they time.” Nat Col and the Kings play The the kings had good hearts.” Cavaleri is a lot more relaxed Torrumbarry Hotel on Friday, Sep- Nathan Cavaleri and Col Hatchman. Taking one foot out of the mu- about Simple Things, than their de- tember 23. 63 DAYS To GO FenellA has one crazy week Proudly supported by BeN CameroN “It involved organising scripts, answering phone Bendigo pop singer Fenella calls,” she says. ENTERTAINED Wagener’s singing skills were “Sometimes it was just exposed to thousands of Mel- getting Luke Darcy’s coffee or bourne listeners last week. tea in the morning. 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