Colbie Cailla brings our to Stockton

Colbie Caillat, Gavin DeGraw bring tour to Stockton

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It's been a tour match made in heaven for pop stars Colbie Caillat and Gavin DeGraw, who bring their show to Stockton "Bubbly" singer Colbie Caillat didn't know touring could be so fun until she hooked up with Gavin DeGraw. The two come to Stockton's Bob Hope Theatre on Wednesday.

"It's so much fun, it's seriously the best tour I've ever been on," Caillat said in a phone interview. "Everybody in his band, his crew, my band, my crew — we all hang out together every night."

Caillat, 27, broke out in 2007 with her mellow hit "Bubbly," which spent 14 weeks atop Billboard's Top 40 chart. She is known for her positive, feel-good hits like "Realize," "The Little Things," "Lucky" (a duet with Jason Mraz), and more recently "Brighter Than The Sun" and "I Do," off her latest album, 2011's "All of You." She also contributed background vocals and songwriting to Taylor Swift's Grammy winning 2009 album "Fearless."

DeGraw, 35, came to fame in 2003 with his album "Chariot," featuring the hit title song and "I Don't Want to Be," which became the theme song to the CW TV show "One Tree Hill." His latest album, 2011's "Sweeter" reached the top 10 in the Billboard 200. He competed on last season's "Dancing with the Stars" (he and his partner were eliminated in the fifth week). He played in Modesto as a up and comer at SummerFest in 2004.

"I think we're both admirers of each other's music and voice," she said. "His voice is so strong and so beautiful. Every time I watch him at night, it makes me want to get better and better because he's so good."

She recently posted a photo on Twitter of the two of them writing a song. They planned to debut it earlier this week. Caillat said the song is called "We Both Know" and is a beautiful ballad with nice harmonies. "It's about learning each other's limitations in a relationship — where you're strong and where you're not."

Caillat grew up in Malibu and Hawaii, the daughter of Ken Caillat, who co-produced Fleetwood Mac's albums "Rumors" (1977) and "Tusk" (1979). The members of the band were family friends and she went to their houses and attended their concerts. She said her friends didn't know who they were but their parents were impressed.

Caillat said it was her decision to sing but her parents supported her, getting her lessons for singing, piano and guitar and encouraging her to write her own songs. Her dad also has produced many of her songs. Although she might disagree with his advice to add an instrument here or there, she said he's usually right.

Despite her musically privileged background, Caillat didn't have a smooth ride to the top. Before she became famous, she was rejected for "American Idol" not once, but twice. She was 19 and 20 when that happened. The second time, she auditioned with "Bubbly," which she had just written.

"My voice was shaky, I was really nervous and too shy," she said. "I wasn't right for the show at all. I would have failed completely."

Caillat said she never really wanted to audition for the show in the first place and only did at the urging of friends. She never got very far in the auditions and didn't ever meet then-judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul or Randy Jackson.

Later this year, she'll release her first Christmas album, which her father produced. She recorded it over recent months at her parents' Southern California house. It includes four duets but she doesn't want to name the other artists quite yet. She feels good about the album because she had time to do it right and didn't have to rush. She said she is thinking about doing a Christmas concert tour. She also wants to record some songs with DeGraw and possibly put out an EP.

She said she writes positive music because that's the kind of person she is. "I don't like being sad and upset and depressed," she said. "We all have those days for sure. I turn the perspective around about how I want it to be, how it's going to be."

Colbie Caillat Talks Lily B. Skincare

Colbie Caillat Talks Lily B. Skincare, "Christmas in the Sand", The Humane Society, and More

Colbie Caillat might just be one of the hardest working women in showbiz.
Right now, the Grammy Award-winning songstress is traversing the country on a jaunt with Gavin DeGraw, she's finishing up her first holiday album Christmas in the Sand, and promoting Lily. B Skincare with whom she recently partnered. If that's not enough, the girl also remains a staunch supporter of The Humane Society and animal rights. We could use a whole lot more pop rockers [and people] like Caillat. Not only does she make the world a bit brighter with her music, the singer-songwriter is doing everything she can to help it even when she isn't holding a guitar.
In this exclusive interview with ARTISTdirect.com editor in chief Rick Florino, Colbie Caillat talks Lily. B, Christmas in the Sand, and so much more.

What separates Lily.B from other skincare lines?

Well, it's made with all-natural ingredients, and I love that it's not tested on animals. The bottle is eco-friendly too. Since I'm all about everything being organic, natural, and good for putting in or on your body, I thought it was a really great line to partner up with.

Have you been thinking about partnering up with a brand like this for a while?

There have been lots of offers for me to be a spokesperson for different brands. A friend of mine gave me Lily.B to use, and I loved that it was natural. So I had a meeting with them, and I wanted to see if I could help them get the word out.

How do you maintain a skincare regiment on the road? That can't be easy.

It's not easy, especially living and sleeping on a tour bus every night. The bathroom and sink are really small so washing all of my makeup off and re-applying the skincare line can be difficult. However, it's really important. From the first couple years of touring when I was young and didn't know, I treated my skin awfully. I'd sleep with my makeup on. The next day, I'd scrub it off. That can give you wrinkles under your eyes. I've learned so much since then. Now I'm 27-years-old, I know the precautions, and I use the daily moisturizer, the night cream, and the foaming face wash to get the makeup off. I do the things all women need to start doing.

What's your favorite piece from the Lily.B line?

My favorite is the daily moisturizer. I'm obsessed with moisturizing my skin. I'm always in the sun, and I think it's really good to keep it hydrated. My three favorites are really the foaming face wash because I love how it feels on my skin when I wash it at night, the eye cream because it's really important, and the daily moisturizer. Those are my go-to.

Have you come to them with suggestions for the line? Are you helping them develop new products?

I'm sure that we will. I'm partnered up with them. They want my ideas and suggestions. I give them notes about things. We will definitely get into more stuff. This is just the beginning.

What's it like making a Christmas album in July?

[Laughs] It's funny. I've been making it all spring and summer. I guess it doesn't matter. In California, it's always hot and sunny. It's actually a perfect for it because this record is called Christmas in the Sand. I was listening to all of the Christmas songs I was going to cover. They all talk about snow, being cold, and Santa by the fire. I enjoy that during Christmas. I covered the standards, but I also wrote a few more songs for the album that are about your tropical Christmas for the people who live in California and Hawaii. It's sunny, and they're at the beach with their friends sipping coco with a candy cane and Santa falls off his surfboard. It's a little tongue-in-cheek. It's a mix of wintry songs and Christmas at the beach.

Do you have a favorite from the album?

As far as a favorite standard goes, I did "Auld Lang Syne" for the New Year's song. I love that. I think it's beautiful. Then, I did "Santa Baby", "Baby, It's Cold Outside", "Merry Christmas Baby", and "Silver Bells". There are 14 songs on the record. Then I wrote "Everyday It's Christmas", "Happy Christmas", and "Christmas in the Sand". I'm really excited for people to hear those.

Has Christmas always been special for you?

Yeah, we would always go to Lake Tahoe in Nevada with my grandparents. They have this house right across the street from the lake. It'd be snowing. We'd light a fire, make Christmas dinner, and eat pie and hot chocolate. There were presents overflowing out from under the tree. It was your complete, perfect Christmas. It was good to be locked in a house with my family in a house for a week.

How do you approach each album?

I go with what I'm feeling at the time. I write from what I'm experiencing in my life. I add in the styles of music that influence and affect me. I want my next record to be more stripped-down and raw. I might put out an acoustic EP.

"Make It Rain" really stands out on All Of You. What's the story behind that song?

It was the first song I wrote for All Of You. I was on tour in Germany. My boyfriend was in my band at that time. We were on tour together, and we were falling in love. Every time we tried to go sightseeing or we went on a jog, it would start raining. I thought it was this magic we were creating being in love and all that cheesy stuff [Laughs]. I went to my hotel one day and wrote the song for him.

If you were to compare All Of You to a movie or a combination of movies, what would you compare it to?

Oh wow! That's a good question…I'd have to think about it more. What would you say from your listener's perspective?

Caillat's new CD radiates sunshine

ST. LOUIS, Mo -- Pop singer Colbie Caillat comes off as a sunny person on albums such as her latest, “All of You,” and previous efforts “Coco” (2007) and “Breakthrough” (2009), but she admits that’s not always true in real life.
“I’m glad people see me that way. I’m from Southern California, and I have roots in Hawaii. I grew up listening to positive vocal bases,” Caillat says and names artists including Fleetwood Mac, Lauryn Hill, Bob Marley, James Taylor, Tom Petty and John Mayer as musical influences.
But, she says, “I’m not always happy. But I try to turn my songs around. If I’m in a bad mood, I’ll turn it around, figure out how I can make it better.”
On “All of You,” which features the hit singles “I Do” and “Brighter Than the Sun,” her writing came about while she was falling in love, she says.
“I was writing songs about our relationship, the ups and downs we were going through,” she says, adding that they’re still together.
Caillat worked with rapper Common on the track “Favorite Song,” on which she sings, “I wanna be your favorite song, you can turn it up, play me all night long.” It’s an unlikely collaboration, one with a reggae twist, but it’s a winner.
She calls Common one of the coolest people she has ever worked with.
“He’s so down to earth, just a really nice guy, very positive and healthy and spiritual,” Caillat says. “I’ve always loved the tone of his voice and the positivity of his lyrics. I’d been dying to work with him.”
Caillat’s fans may be surprised: This isn’t the first time the singer has worked with a rapper.


When she was 18 and still trying to figure out who she was, she was the “Fergie” in a rap group.
“I recorded on these rapper guys’ songs, and it never went anywhere,” she says.
“All of You” demonstrates a much more advanced Caillat, she says.
“When I listen back to ‘Coco,’ I think my vocals sound so young and, oh my God, there’s barely any instruments on there,” she says. “Now I know where I can go vocally. Before, I was brand-new. I’m 27 now, and I’ve learned a lot and know who I am as an artist.”
Caillat says her new tour with Gavin DeGraw came about during a writing session.
“Gavin and I were writing a song at the beginning of this year, and we had such a great time writing,” she says. “I love his voice. We thought it would be fun if we toured together and told our managers we wanted to. But you never know if that is going to work out.”
It did, and they’re joined by support act Andy Grammar, who toured with Caillat last year.
Caillat and DeGraw alternate closing the show each night.
“My set is more beachy and summery,” she says. “His is a boy rock show. We both play songs from both of our albums, mix in a little bit of covers here and there, and it’s a lot of fun.”

Colbie Caillat keeps it bright and sunny

Colbie Caillat keeps it bright and sunny on latest project

Pop singer Colbie Caillat comes off as a sunny person on albums such as her latest "All of You" and previous efforts "Coco" (2007) and "Breakthrough" (2009), but she admits that's not always true in real life.
"I'm glad people see me that way. I'm from Southern California and I have roots in Hawaii. I grew up listening to positive vocal bases," says Caillat, who names acts like Fleetwood Mac, Lauryn Hill, Bob Marley, James Taylor, Tom Petty and John Mayer as musical influences.
But, she says, "I'm not always happy. But I try to turn my songs around. If I'm in a bad mood, I'll turn it around, figure out how I can make it better."
On "All of You," which features hit singles "I Do" and "Brighter Than the Sun," she says her writing came about while she was falling in love.
"I was writing songs about our relationship, the ups and downs we were going through," she says, adding that they're still together.
Caillat worked with rapper Common on track "Favorite Song," on which she sings, "I wanna be your favorite song, you can turn it up, play me all night long." It's an unlikely collaboration, one with a reggae twist, but it's a winner.
She calls Common one of the coolest people she has ever worked with. "He's so down to earth, just a really nice guy, very positive and healthy and spiritual. I've always loved the tone of his voice and the positivity of his lyrics. I'd been dying to work with him."
Caillat's fans may be surprised this isn't the first time the singer has worked with a rapper.
When she was 18 and still trying to figure out who she was, she was the "Fergie" in a rap group. "I recorded on these rapper guys' songs, and it never went anywhere."
She's says "All of You" demonstrates a much more advanced Caillat.
"When I listen back to 'Coco' I think my vocals sound so young and oh my God, there's barely any instruments on there. Now I know where I can go vocally. Before, I was brand new. I'm 27 now and I've learned a lot and know who I am as an artist."
Caillat says her new tour with Gavin DeGraw came about during a writing session.
"Gavin and I were writing a song at the beginning of this year, and we had such a great time writing. I love his voice. We thought it would be fun if we toured together and told our managers we wanted to. But you never know if that is going to work out."
It did, and they're joined by support act Andy Grammar, who toured with Caillat last year.
Caillat and DeGraw switch up on who closes the show each night. "My set is more beachy and summery. His is a boy rock show. We both play songs from both of our albums, mix in a little bit of covers here and there, and it's a lot of fun."