Singer, songwriter, guitarist, and upright bassist
Brian Capps has had a lifelong love affair with country music and early rock & roll. Born in Lebanon, MO,
Capps' fascination with traditional country music began early when his parents took him to a
Johnny Cash concert when he was five years old, and some of that old Sun sound must have gotten into his system, too, because a few years later he was playing in a local rockabilly band called the Cadillac Crusaders.
Capps left the Crusaders and formed
the Domino Kings with Steve Newman and
Les Gallier in 1993, appearing on the group's first two albums, Lonesome Highway (1999) and Life & 20 (2000), both released by Slewfoot Records, before creative differences with Newman led to his departure from the band in 2001.
Capps assembled a new band, True Liars, which included guitarist
D. Clinton Thompson, drummer
Ron Gremp, and bassist
Lou Whitney.
Whitney produced
Capps' solo debut album,
Walk Through Walls, which was released in 2005 by Hightone Records. ~ Steve Leggett