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Since Marcus King\\u2019s previous Rig Rundown in 2017, he\\u2019s made two albums\\u2014produced by the Black Keys\\u2019 Dan Auerbach\\u2014and scored a Grammy nomination. He\\u2019s also busted out his own signature Orange amp with an allusive name, and upped his profile, stepping from clubs to big halls. Not bad for a South Carolina kid with blues in his bloodline.

And, really, not entirely unexpected. King hit the scene in his teens as a full-blown virtuoso, playing club gigs at night and going to high school by day. He was initially championed by Warren Haynes, who was so impressed that he released the Marcus King Band\\u2019s 2015 debut, Soul Insight, on his Evil Teen Records label. And then the hard-playing young roots genre-blender rode that wind under his wings.

Before his September 29 gig at Nashville\\u2019s Ryman Auditorium, touring behind his recent release Young Blood, he entertained PG\\u2019s John Bohlinger\\u2014with some help with the details from guitar tech Cody Bates\\u2014with a close-up look at his current touring rig. Dig in!

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