These days, I'm playing with some combination of Paul Hammer, Zach Berkman, Aidan Schultz-Meyer, Dan Ceballos, Zach Jones, and whoever else shows up. We love special guests who are ready to throw down.
For Daylight, Adam Christgau, Emile Mosseri, Jon Dryden, Paul LeFebvre, Laura Lutzke, Genia Maslov, Colin Brookes, Reuben Chess, and Jonah Thomas came in to the studio to tear it up with Paul Hammer and I.
Where should I start…these stories, my music, it comes from all the places I’ve been, the people I’ve been blessed to play music along side, the way it feels to play my guitar until it bleeds or to bang on that old piano in my living room until my shoulders ache and my fingers won’t move anymore.
From Georgia to New York, New York to the road; Charleston and Memphis, Vermont to Chicago. Turned 21, then 22…released my first record with The District…Maine and Boston and who knows where else…made love in the grass and meant it…walked down Wilshire, blinking in the Los Angeles sun… got lost in Delaware scrambling to get home to my family after too much time…swam in the ocean with the boys, thanking God for purple and orange Florida sunrises. Soaked up New Orleans…tried to become Levon Helm; realized I wasn’t much of a drummer……turned 23. Wrote A Drop In The Ocean with Zach Berkman and then put it away for six months because I didn’t get it…fell in love…drank whiskey from the bottle and howled at the moon…released Last Call…played the blues back-to-back with Buz in Charlotte and just about everywhere else along that godforsaken highway…the van broke down…we fixed it…the van broke down again. Got lost heading to South Carolina and ended up in Alabama…fell out of love and hit my head on the way towards the bottom…turned 24…made a Christmas album, because, damn it, I like Christmas albums. Played big rooms…played small rooms …listened to Van Morrison and cried…listened to trains scream somewhere off in the distance on ink-black sleepless nights…
I traced the outline of a woman’s face on a piece of paper; someone I loved and didn’t want to forget once we’d put the whole thing to bed. The picture didn’t turn out the way I’d hoped, so I took my ink-stained fingers and spelled her name out in big, smeared letters on my arm. I guess that’s all I’ve ever really had…my words. This music is the story of where I’ve been, who I am, and where I’m going…these songs are my life.
yeah i won the contest by making a really short video. Its totally embarrassing but you can watch it athttp://www. youtube. com/watch?v=VH0zKhTHp9c . I go to new york and then in january i go to an award show. but yeah pizza for sure!!! and them maybe like some indian food, that sounds good.
Happy Birthday tomorrow man. We'll all have to celebrate and find trouble when we're back. Saw the shirts you and Zach wore for Kate and LeAnn, impressive. Take it easy.
Hey So… I won a trip to NY (going next week), I’m going to watch Matt White record a song. Ever heard of him? I will defiantly be telling him about you, I’m very sad you wont be playing a show. Oh well…. So you should name one place that I need to go eat at in NYC, i need to know good places to eat :)
