Colbie Caillat, Gavin DeGraw bring tour to Stockton
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
"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
"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
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."
