Marcus King Sings ‘Wildflowers and Wine’ on ‘The Tonight Show’

Marcus King performed his song “Wildflowers & Wine” on Wednesday night’s episode of The Tonight Clearly show Starring Jimmy Fallon, top his band through the soul-inflected tune from his album El Dorado.

Backed by a entire band that features fellow singer-songwriter Maggie Rose as a person of his backup singers, South Carolina indigenous King demonstrates off his twin-risk abilities as a singer and guitarist all through the efficiency. With its slow-burning Muscle mass Shoals groove, “Wildflowers & Wine” starts off reserved and will work its way up to a crescendo of King’s soulful wails and dazzling guitar solos. “An outdated scratchy report performs in the background of our life/We’re nevertheless here dancing after all this time,” he sings.

King dropped El Dorado, his solo debut soon after releasing albums underneath the Marcus King Band moniker, in January. The album was manufactured by Black Keys singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach at Uncomplicated Eye Sound in Nashville, and demonstrates King branching out from his blues-influenced jamming to country-soul and folk with a heavier emphasis on his songwriting. In November, El Dorado acquired a Grammy nomination for Best Americana Album.

In September, King led a tour of travel-in theaters in the Japanese U.S., producing him a single of the few artists in 2020 who was equipped to participate in ticketed shows while still observing distancing regulations. Subsequent fall, he’s established to join up with Chris Stapleton on the All-American Highway Present tour.