Winter tour diary

Part 1, which may or may not be the last entry, knowing me.

(I am already terrible at this.)

Hello from the West. Stevan and I are making our way east, crossing over from Pacific Standard Time into Mountain Time last night. We’ve been listening to a lot of music and talking nonstop (which I absolutely love), especially on long drives.

Yesterday we listened to Watertown by Frank Sinatra, Nancy & Lee Again by Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood, Curtis by Curtis Mayfield, In the Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson, and Scott 3 by Scott Walker. We may get into picking a musician or band and going through their entire discography. Tour is a perfect time to do this, as the drives are long.

Stevan mentioned wanting to dive into the David Bowie catalog, which would be fun, seeing how both he and I own none, or very little, of his albums. I’ve always held strong to the belief that you can’t really have an honest opinion of a musician until you go through their entire discography. I did this years ago with R.E.M., having little knowledge of their music except for the singles I heard on the radio. In the end, I came away a fan.

As for which musician’s catalog I would like to explore next, it’s tough to say. There are so many. I may have to let mood lead me, as with everything.

The scenery in the West is stunning. That is all there is to say. I have lived in the West most of my life, so leaving it can be hard—even if just for a week or a few days. If you’re a Westerner, especially a Northwesterner, you know what I’m talking about.

My favorite thing about touring America is making my way back from the Midwest or East Coast—especially in the evening hours when it feels as if you’re following the sun. I told Stevan as we crossed the Oregon/Idaho state line, “I am already excited about making our way back home.”

I may have already mentioned this in a previous post, but I am the worst at documenting anything—especially photographing my journeys. Thus far, I have taken just two pictures. Here they are.

I released an EP this morning. It’s called Suddenly You’re Leaving Town.

This EP consists of demos of songs taken from EPs that I have not yet released — I hope that makes sense. In other words, you’ll hear the final studio recordings of these songs on future releases soon. I just thought it would be neat to release some of the demos first.

Suddenly You’re Leaving Town is available now as a digital download on my Bandcamp page (link can be found in this fancy advertisement below).

Well, that is all for now. I’ll be in touch when I can. Until then..