“I was side of stage, watching Jake with his ‘number one’ SG. It was a crazy, spiritual experience. I hadn’t heard a guitar player like that before”: Chris Turpin on teaming up with Greta Van Fleet’s Jake Kiszka for Mirador and the unplanned magic of rock
Henry Yates
created: Aug. 12, 2025, 10:43 a.m. | updated: Aug. 18, 2025, 11:36 a.m.
But since rebranding under the moniker of a vintage Lightnin’ Hopkins tune, Ida Mae have made major ripples, with three albums since 2019 released to ever-noisier acclaim – and three million streams to date for the wiry tremolo stomp of their tune, Click Click Domino.
Moving to Nashville in 2019, the pair have already shown a taste for collaboration on tracks like Deep River, which – like Click Click Domino – features South Carolina gunslinger Marcus King on guitar.
His touch is reminiscent of so many of my heroes, but it’s entirely its own thing.”Ida Mae - Click Click Domino Feat.
“I think, because I’m a fingerpicker, that’s been interesting, because there’s always something different I can pull out of a chord.
I get excited by moments like that, outside of the rock and heavy guitar playing – just two gentle acoustics picking on a song like that.
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