NO "FREE" GOLDFISH

Hello from Park City, Utah. We are doing our last day of a three day run here at the Egyptian Theatre which opened in 1916! It’s a fantastic little theater with a very kind staff. Park City is lucky to have them. We are a happy little unit, slightly ground down by our intense rehearsal schedule but tomorrow we have a much needed day off. There will be naps, sandwiched between other naps.

This whole tour so far has been at very high altitudes which will not change until we get to Eugene. It’s like we are training our lungs for the Rock n’ Roll olympics. I’ll be able to breathe in space on my own by the time this is done… Morale has been much boosted seeing dear old friends and new ones on this trip. Montana really paid out the joy. It felt like a bright mix of old times and new ideas and was a balm on my tired little soul. 

I thought it might be a little odd to write about the worn-down-ness of the beginning of a tour but it’s part of the process of making live music for sure. The first shows are very loose and high-wire. Soon we will start to float. Watching my bandmates and crew work so hard and care so much is really moving. I appreciate them so much. We are like a streamlined carnival. Laundry hanging everywhere, inside jokes and stuff for sale. We don’t want to trick anyone though. No “free” goldfish here. Just music. 

What do you go see live music for? What do you hope to go home feeling?

I had no idea we needed these?