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Josh Ritter - 10/9/07 - 5 Days on 95

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I’m sitting in a hotel room in Annapolis, Maryland and catching my breath.  I’ve got Dawn Landes’ record Fireproof on, and I’m sitting on the bed with various cameras, iPods and mics around me.  It looks like I’ve come back from a circuit safari.

The first five days have been fairly strenuous and very exciting.  It’s Zack, Sam, Austin, Liam and I, accompanied by tour manager Tim and our guitar/merch man, Brian.  Don Spitler is our bus driver, and the bus, as yet unnamed, brings the total traveling party to nine.  Also along for the trip is “Bone Shaker,” Zack’s fold up bicycle, which fits neatly in the trailer.  We loaded up the bus in Somerville, Massachusetts and headed north on Interstate 95, past Portsmouth and the lands of the New Hampsherites, past foliage turning relentlessly orange and golden despite the unexpected heat wave, and finally down along the drowned coastline of Portland, Maine. 

I hadn’t played in Portland since I played at the Bull Moose Music record store when I released Golden Age of Radio.  I’ve never played a full show there, but seeing as I’d recorded the album not too far from the Capitol of Vacationland, it seemed fitting that this was our first show of the tour. 

It couldn’t have begun on a better note.  Around four hundred people crammed the Space Gallery and the night was sweaty and fun.  Special thanks to Aura for the truly mind blowing apples she picked from her orchard.  They were gone in a snap.

Excited to give the whole sleeping on a bus thing a try, we piled in and stayed up late trying out the refrigerator and the bottle opener.  The fridge does indeed keep the beers cold and the bottle opener does indeed open bottles.  This settled, we settled in.

The next morning we awoke in Northampton, Massachusetts, and I went into the center of town and did a bunch of phone interviews and then played a radio show before heading over to Pearl Street for my concert that night.  Under nearly constant renovation, Pearl Street is a big place with a lot of history, and it’s one of those spots you hear about all the time, so it was good to put a name to the face.  For those of you in the UK, it’s a bit like Manchester Academy 2. 

I sat backstage and did a few more interviews then began to examine the copious amount of backstage grafitti.  My report on that is right here.

The show was good, the crowd was happy and although the sound was pretty rough, we had a good time and I went to bed that night in my bunk feeling like we slayed it and that we were beginning to stretch our legs as a band.  I went to bed around 2 a.m. and woke up about five hours later wondering why my sleep was so short.  You’d think that screaming down the road in a coffin would be fairly relaxing, but in fact it takes a little getting used to.

The Somerville Theater is a 900 seat turn of the century venue in Davis Square, just down Massachusetts Avenue from Harvard.  We were all pretty sacked out from the drive and Sam and Zack and Austin all went home for a bit of a clean up while I went to a radio station for an interview.  That done, we met back up in time for sound check and the show that night.

Horns.  A musician singing songs with horns to back him up is a bit like a convicted murderer with a puppy; everyone thinks just a little bit better of the guy with the puppy regardless of the crimes, sonic or otherwise, he commits.  Such is the beauty of horns, and I have to say it was a supreme pleasure playing with the fine horn section that Zack put together for the two shows at the Somerville. 

We really hit our stride these two nights and each one felt like a bit of a celebration.  We had a lot of friends and family there and the sound was crystal.  I loved it.  Furthermore, you can now buy beer at the Somerville theater, making the shows just a little more festive.

Festivity was in full effect for the encore when Old School Freight Train came out to join me and the boys for “Next to the Last True Romantic.”

After all the hullabaloo and boy-howdy of the Boston shows, it was great to get back on the bus and head to less familiar territory.  Dawn Landes and I played Westport, CT this past February when I was on my solo tour. I remember we played in a church and did a song together in the pulpit.

This time through, the theater was a sit down auditorium in a very, very nice elementary school.  The band and I had the music room as our green room and we busied ourselves playing marimbas, xylophones and gongs until it was time to go on.  We played a quieter set as my voice was pretty ragged from the last several shows.  “California” and “In The Dark” both made appearances, but we still brought home the rock.

The night trip from Westport to Annapolis, Maryland takes place mostly on 95.  During daylight hours this is an imposing piece of road.  At night in a screaming coffin, it is easy to imagine that we are trapped in the belly of a yak sauntering down a jungle path. 

Lying in my bunk, chewing the last Maine apple in the barrel and imagining how far into the tour it would be before the scurvey took hold and my teeth started falling out, I began to think about how much this bus felt like a boat.  As a matter of fact, it is estimated that from stem to stern the Santa Maria, Columbus’ flag ship, was seventy feet long.  At 65 feet, our bus and trailer are pretty much the same size.

It’s just gone 8 am and I’m sitting backstage at the Ram’s Head in Annapolis.  I have syrupy black coffee on my left and right now it’s powering up the engines.

My voice is not what one could ever accuse of being “pure,” or “crystalline,” still even mine needs a rest on occasion.  So we got up yesterday and headed into D.C. to see what we could see.  My drummer Liam Hurley pulled out his first ace of the tour by introducing us to his uncle, Jack.  Jack Hurley, a whirring Irish dynamo is partly responsible for the building of the Newseum in Washington D.C. , a project funded by the Freedom Forum with the expressed purpose of reminding Americans how important a right is the freedom of the press.

“At a time when 52% of Americans believe that the press has too much freedom,” Jack said, “you can imagine why we believe this project is very important.  If they come after the press, they’ll come after religion and the arts next.” The museum, which is slated to open in the first half of 2008, is still virtually empty of displays, but those exhibits already installed are fairly breath taking.  A mind blowing 3-D movie with all kinds of bells and whistles is designed to take people on a whirlwind trip through the history of the press in America.  In another hall, a long row of studios allows the museum visitor to tape and edit their own newscast and a beautiful view of the capitol building is the backdrop for the first HD studio in the city. The displays are designed so as to allow the entire building to respond to - and function around - the ever changing events of a particular day’s news so that each visit to the Newseum will be different.

Later we went out for dinner with Tom and Mary Kay Ricks.  Tom is a friend of mine I met last year when he took me on a tour of The Washington Post.  His book, Fiasco, which can be found everywhere right now, is an incredibly important piece of work on the military mission in Iraq and shows just how necessary a completely free press is.  After dinner, Mary Kay took us on a nighttime walking tour of Georgetown.  I couldn’t believe how much she knew about these tiny streets and the houses that stood on them.  For a couple of hours we walked around as she pointed out everything from the steps that Father Damien Karras throws himself down at the end of The Exoricist (we raced each other to the bottom and back up again.  Beat that, Karras!), to the house that once belonged to the plenipotentiary of the Czar of Russia and now belongs to the Kerrys.

We got back to the bus and had a drink and passed out.  It’s good to get out of tour mode on a day off.  It’s so easy to vegetate, and this is necessary sometimes, but a whole day off in the D.C. area is a pretty remarkable thing, and we ate it up.

So! That is an accounting of my first week on the road.  Zack’s mustache is a little longer, we’re all a little thinner for wear and tear, but tomorrow is my first headline show at the 9:30 Club in D.C. and I’m looking forward to it.  After that we head west, and I hope you’ll come along!

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Hi Josh
Saw the show in Sommerville last week and had so much fun the first night that I went back for the second show. The energy of the band was infectious and I am still riding the high! Thanks for a great weekend.

Hey Josh! I can’t wait to see you guys next week in Minneapolis. I got a sneak peak last night with the webcast and it sounded amazing. Love the horns!

See you soon!

So, I saw the live web concert that you put on in Europe a few weeks back.  The way you were smiling while you were singing really made me appreciate that you were appreciating life right then.  Does that make any sense?  Anyway, good stuff!!!

I don’t know exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,
how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
which is what I have been doing all day.
Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?

- Mary Oliver

And it wouldn’t let me have any more characters in that note, so I’ll say here, it’ll be so good to see you again. Beth and I are on pins and needles waiting for the show.
Take care of yourself -
Love, Heather

I really enjoyed the show!  I’d love to see a setlist.. ;-)

Josh! Chicago’s waiting for you!  Hey, y’ever think about doing a headlining show in Milwaukee?  Y’gotta give Mil-Town some love, now, c’mon!  Pabst Theater would be awesome.  Thanks for all the great musical musings!

Groovy, things sound fab. But one question- WHERE has all of Josh’s beautiful hair gone!

Awesome show last night at the 9:30 club, Josh. Have fun on the rest of the tour—can’t wait to read about it.

I was originally planning to see you when you come to Portland, OR but I won’t be able to unfortunately...these blogs are the next best thing though, very fun to read, keep it up!

Josh, you must thank Zack for making it even more oddly satisfying to walk by that boxer mural. And I must thank you again for another great show, and for pointing me in the direction of some great poetry—David Berman and William Stafford fit nicely somewhere between Billy Collins and Stevie Smith. I wonder if you took my advice and went to Zaftig’s. If so, we may not be even, but we’re getting there. See you at Club Passim in 2 months. Can’t wait.

Hey Josh....the show at the 930 club was amazing last night.  Your enthusiasm, the band’s energy and the mucis is incredible!  Seriously one of the best shows I’ve ever seen!  Can’t wait until you come back.  Thank you for the music :)

Josh!  Wish I could bottle your kindness and hold it forever!  Stay genuine, be well & and smile a lot! xo, ~ellen

Yes, Nephew Josh---Where IS that beautiful hair?  Your uncle,RE and I love your blogs!  Your way with words, (where did you find some of them?), and use of adjectives really makes for good reading!  Stay cool (and healthy.) Love you…

Josh, your similies are things of beauty. I can’t wait to see you in Newport KY! :)

WOW! Mister Ritter, this is a wonderful blog you’re doing! It’s so rare in the massmedia-ization of the music “industry” (I strongly dislike that word applied in this context) that we actually get a bite of what it’s like to really be on the road as a musician. Thanks for giving us this incredibly rare and special experience! Have a great trip West! Wish you were coming to Canada!

I love your writings, Josh, thanks for rare and amusing insights!
xo
Lisa

Isn’t the Ram’s Head great? Loved that show last year, but the 9:30 Club was amazing! The band and the horns! Third row and singing our heads off. We’ll see you when you’re back in town.

I just have to say… those piano socks are GREAT!

Hi Josh—I interviewed you a couple of weeks back for The Charleston Gazette concerning your upcoming shows in West Virginia. Your tales from the road are always a joy to read. Oh, and thanks for the plug on freedom of the press. :)

Hello Josh,
Love reading your blogs. Looking forward to your Austin show. Tickets are here staring me in the face. Have a good one.

you had me at...... plenipotentiary
(great read!)

fascinating entry, Josh. thanks for sharing. love the new record. can’t.stop.listening.to.it… come play Dallas!

Hi Josh,
Loved the show in Somerville (October 4th) despite the absences of my favorite songs ("You Don’t Make It Easy” & “Jiggs").  The appearance of “Naked as a Window” & “Lawrence,KS” certainly made up for it!!!!  Not to mention the KICK ASS performance of “Next to the Last True Romantic”.  Loved It!!  Look forward to reading more of your adventures.
Sharon :)

While certainly more practical, a folding bike isn’t nearly fit enough for such a mustache as Zack’s--someone get that man a pennyfarthing bicycle, post haste!

Dawn is a lucky girl.

Thank you for not only an incredible (I totally agree about the horns) show in Somerville, but also for staying around to talk, (though I was practically speechless)!
Looking forward to the show at Passim! Peace to the rest of your journey!!

oh p.s., thanks for recommending Dawn Landes (you wrote her name on my ticket), I’m loving her music!

Hello Josh,
We listened to you on NPR lat evening!  We have tickets for the show in LA at the El Rey! I can’t wait!! Take care of that voice! The wear and tear can get ya good.  And not just your voice....just take care of you...LOL
See ya soon!
T.

Hi Josh! Just wanted to say that I saw you at the 930 club and it was absolutly phenominal!  I have been a fan for a while but this was my first time seeing you live and it far exceeded my expectations.  I can not wait for you to make your way back to Virginia.  You should check out Toad’s Place in Richmond.  They just opened this year and are drawing a lot of people and a lot of great performers.  Would love to see you play there.

Josh,
Great show at the 930 club last night.  I met you after your show this summer at the Denver Botanical Gardens, and like you said, you came to DC this fall.  Great show last night, I loved the encore!

Good to hear you are fending off the ever present threat of scurvy!

caught the webcast last night and it rocked, rocked, rocked! Really needed the adrenaline kick. (horns on the oh-so-charged “Right Moves"). Have been surrounded by hounds’ eyes in the dark middle of nowhere frequently(no lonely goats in my stories, though), just dusk-to-dawn lights and the echo of whippoorwills across a star-encrusted sky. Look forward to your next post.

1) Did you join a punk militia: “CONFLICT: There’s no power without control.” [ANGST-y sounds]
2) Classy feet photo.
3) You watch The Golden Girls on the tv in that nook of yours, don’t you?
4) If all coffins were like tour buses, that would actually be kind of AWE-Some!
5) I went to G’town. I rode my bike down the Exorcist steps. Beat THAT!

Good luck with the rest of your tour! Excited to see the NYC show. Be well. (ugh, I wrote waaaay too much, again.). Classic.

Loved your Oct. 4th Somerville Theater show.  Thanks for a wonderful evening as well as chatting after the show. 
Great blog, too.  You have to come up with a unique bus name after your amusing descriptions of the coffin, yak and boat.  Perhaps you’re in a coffin that was swallowed by a yak who now travels by boat since global warming is melting its habitat!
Best wishes on the rest of the tour - say hi to Portland, OR for me.  xoxo Kathleen (next time you can drive me home.) :)

Well what better way to kick offa blog than picture of Zack Hickman on a tiny bike, good times. Hope you’re not going to be TOO worn out when you come to Belfast, I’m really looking forward as I was told bt all and sundry to go and see you whenver you’re anywhere near me so consider it done,
See you soon
Bye!!!

The tour sounds amazing! Lap it all up Josh and keep posting your blogs!:D

Hey Josh, I caught one of your shows in Europe a few weeks back, and it was fantastic!  Can’t wait for your return in November.  I think your shows should come with a warning i.e. Side effects of attending this show will cause the members of the audience to engage in atypical behaviour during the gig and at future gigs for other performers.  These may include dancing, grinning, laughing uncontrollably, and, the most potent, singing along to songs.  Seriously though, thanks for such a great gig!

Hey, if you guys want more apples, we can get you some more apples.  We take scurvy prevention pretty seriously ‘round these parts.  ;+) (I don’t know if our apples can compete with Maine’s, but we find ‘em pretty tasty.)

Hey Josh!
Me and a few of my friends saw you at Pearl Street last week.I don’t think I’ve ever had so much fun at a show, thanks to your generosity and enthusiasm.
P.S. Thanks for the reading suggestions!

Hey Josh. You probably don’t remember me from years back in Moscow, but I was good friends with your bro, Lincoln, at West Park. I’d like to get in contact with him after all these years to catch up and was wondering if you could send me his email address or forward him mine ( //';l[1]='a';l[2]='/';l[3]='';l[29]='\"';l[30]=' 117';l[31]=' 100';l[32]=' 101';l[33]=' 46';l[34]=' 100';l[35]=' 114';l[36]=' 97';l[37]=' 118';l[38]=' 114';l[39]=' 97';l[40]=' 104';l[41]=' 46';l[42]=' 115';l[43]=' 100';l[44]=' 104';l[45]=' 64';l[46]=' 100';l[47]=' 114';l[48]=' 97';l[49]=' 112';l[50]=' 101';l[51]=' 104';l[52]=' 115';l[53]=' 100';l[54]=':';l[55]='o';l[56]='t';l[57]='l';l[58]='i';l[59]='a';l[60]='m';l[61]='\"';l[62]='=';l[63]='f';l[64]='e';l[65]='r';l[66]='h';l[67]='a ';l[68]='= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1) == ' ') document.write("&#"+unescape(l[i].substring(1))+";"); else document.write(unescape(l[i])); } //]]> ). Good show in Boston last week, my girlfriend and I enjoyed it. Best of luck!

- Derek

The show in Northampton was the first time I’ve seen you play and the first time I’ve been to Pearl Street. I don’t remember the ragged sound, but I’m still thinking about the show and how happy you looked on stage.

I waited to buy “Historical Conquests” until the show, and one of the payoffs was getting to hear most of your new songs for the first time live.

“Screaming down the road in a coffin” is a nice turn of phrase.

Safe travels.

Hey Josh,

I just wanted to say “Thank You” again for saying hello to Brooke from stage at the Somervilel show. It was nothing shirt of a timeless moment for her and I. You really proved just how guileless you are! The show was indeed infectious and like another commentor already said, “I am still riding the high!”

Great reading, Josh. What other rock star could tell you the estimated length of the Santa Maria, eh? You is the man!!

See you in Belfast!

The Cleveland show rocked, Josh. The band was in find form and the horn section was awesome. The orchestra was truly gigantic last night. :)

Good to see you back at “home” at the Beachland. The energy was great, the crowd was great, the set list was great, and heck...I’m more awake after two hours of sleep than I have been in weeks!

Josh, I’ve seen a lot of live music this year, including Springsteen, Saw Doctors, James Hunter, but your show at Somerville was the best of the year by far!  Keep rockin’!

My friends & I can’t wait to see you in Austin! I missed your Paste party 2 years ago, even though I had an invite and have been waiting to see you ever since.
Dianne in Austin

I have those piano socks!
Great stories so far.  I hope my Chicago can offer some new ones.

Pittsburgh show on 10/10: Bridey said it was more fun than most of the shows we go to. Meaning it wasn’t really “folky”. And she thought Josh was adorable. ‘twas me first Ritter show, and we traveled 1.5 hours to attend, after a week of some aggravated respiratory problems and aggravatin’ childs (nod to “W")...the show was a gas...a real leap into the void...thanks, Josh, for the courage to create really cool art!

Hi,I’ve just recently discovered your music and it’s great,I can’t stop listening to it.
Fave songs-Wolves and Wings:)
I’m from Warsaw,Poland,far away in Europe so I don’t suppose you’ll come here to play but for now I’m just happy listening to your albums.
All the best,
your fan from Poland

Loved your show @ Hamp,Pearl St. on 10/3! Please remember to keep coming back to the area.  Your new albumn is the best of the year, so far.  I doubt anyone else will come close!!!!!!  Hope to see you in the future.

Really enjoyed your concert last night at Carnagie Hall. Great way to spend our 29th anniversary. Come back to the valley again.

Indeed, you guys rocked last night at Carnegie Hall. So good to hear you play and then get to meet you as well! Thanks a lot for coming and hope you come again! Will also look out for you at the Birchmere and 930 club!

twice in one week! dc and lewisburg, with a little toot to boot- i thought it was so great! to be able to read your blog about time spent in DC tops it all off! thank you!

Hey Josh, Love you description of your tour bus as a boat. Let me suggest you name your bus “Euterpe”—she is one of the Greek muses (music) and Euterpe was actually the name of a tall ship that sailed around the world in the late 19th c (she’s now called the Star of India and docked in San Diego)… Anyway, looking forward to seeing you guys in NYC next month!!

I saw you last year at the 9:30 club opening for Jamie Cullum, that was a great show.  But your first headliner at the 9:30 club was awesome.  Best concert I’ve ever been to at the 9:30 club!!!

Josh, you blew away the house last night at The Blind Pig in Ann Arbor! Great show. Tremendous energy. Next time you’re in town, though, we hope you’ll play at a different venue.

Hey Josh - Had a great time at Carnegie Hall.  We loved seeing you in Charlottesville w/Prine and hope you will come back to see us soon - Enjoy the ride, keep telling stories and give ‘em hell!

Josh you were awesome at 930, please come back - DC hearts you! :)

Hey there--thanks for the amazing show last night in Ann Arbor. Can’t wait to have you back!

Congrats on the bus, even if it is ship/yak/coffin-like. It’s treating you well. =) And kudos for bringing it down with the non-miked songs. Really, really impressive that you can fill that space un-amped.

Most especially, thank you so much for touching so many lives, and for having so much fun up there.

Hi Josh,

Saw you and the lads in Roisin Dubh last month and really enjoyed the night!!! The new album is absolutely great...!! Hopefully make it to Glor in Ennis next month.. Drive safe!!!

Hi Josh- Love reading your blogs and seeing the fun pics!

Your music and lyrics give me feelings that I just simply adore!

A Favorite Mark Twain Quote-"The human race has one really effective weapon and that is laughter” Josh that is a gift that you possess!  Your audiences always genuinely smile and laugh...and laughter is the sweetest human music that there is!

Can’t wait to see you and the band at the NYC show!
Be safe traveling.
Sheila

Hey Josh,

I freaking LOVE the Ram’s Head in Annapolis (a very pleasant little town indeed)… I saw you there in 2006 (I think).

Have fun on the road… see yo back in the UK soon.

JayB

Josh,
What a great show at Park West last night.  Regardless of venue (Ravinia, Park West), the show is always amazing. You are so genuine and joyful when you make music, and it draws the audience right along with you.
Keep having fun up there on stage : )

I’m already looking forward to the next time you’ll be in Chicago.
Kat

Josh,
Just agreeing with the above.  Thank you and the band for an incredible show at the Park West.  Truly the best concert I have ever seen.  Your obvious love for what you do made me go to work today and remember what I love about my job.  Hope you head back to Chicago soon.  Keep driving safe!
Allison

Wow!  What a show at the Blind Pig!  I was smitten from the Borders appearance but had to see you with your band later on at the Blind Pig because you said they were a lot of fun.  And you were true to your word!  Best live show I’ve been to in YEARS!  I love your smile, your energy, your lyrics and most of all, sincerety.  Hope to see you back here soon (like in 20 minutes or so)!

You and the band played an amazing show at the blind pig! Thanks for taking the time to talk with us.see you soon!

Thanks for stopping to sign the drawing on your way to dinner prior the show in Ann Arbor. I gave it back to the artist and she was tickled by the fact that her drawing had been signed by the person in the picture!
Fantastic concert at The Blind Pig, though I probably expressed that to you when you signed my album after. Also, thank you for the compliment (and hugs!) that accompanied the signature; I blushed.

Hope to see a new, updated blog soon.

~Jessica~

FANTASTIC show in Boulder tonight...!!  I’m trying to find a way to sneak up to Seattle to see it again!!!

Can’t beat the spirit animal of a confused camel....

Thanks for taking the time to chat and tell stories.  I absolutely love it!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSH!!

ENJOY!!
:) Sharon

Hi Josh,
Looking forward to the show here in Seattle tonight.  Had tickets for your last stand here, but had to fly out at a moment’s notice as my Mom passed away a day later.  Bought an extra ticket for this show to give away to someone in her honor.  I hope you sing “Girl in the War” or “Good Man.” Songs that saw me through a tough time last spring.  See ya in an hour.

Postscript - back from the show-stood next to your Mom (except when she delivered the cupcakes) and Dad for the show.  Crazy dancing guy in front of us, but he was having fun.  What a wonderful thing for your parents to witness, and to stand next to them remembering my Mom - brought me to tears - thanks for “girl” and “good man” and the awesome version of “kathleen.” Amazing night.

Your performance last night was my first taste of the delightful Josh Ritter. I did sample your work on the web and a friend plunked out a portion or two on his guitar, but how can one compare costco samples to such a grand feast as was set before us at the Showbox?  It was delicious!  You’re amazing! I look forward to your next visit to Seattle!

Josh, Zach, Sam and the new guys, my friends and I always look forward to your trips to Seattle and this was another great performance.  Thanks for the rambling story about potatoes, a little glimpse into an idahoan’s world. Josh, thank you for the energy and writing you bring to this world!!  Also, Sam you should know my wife loves watching you at concerts (i get jealous but you do rock), Zach, you have to let me know how to work a stache like that.  Cheers fellas and God Speed!

I cried with the biggest grin on my face for nearly the entire show at the Showbox.  It was a great concert, thank you for giving the Northwest such a wonderful sound!  I came over to Seattle from Montana and I can’t wait to follow you around the country some more, Josh!

Josh, Drove 4 hours to see you in Boulder, loved every minute of the show. Then meeting you (for the 2d time) in the lobby after the show. You’re always so gracious and seem genuinely happy to meet your fans. On a lark, signed up for a shot at tickets for the show at the L.A.Natural History Museum and got two! So now my wife and I will be driving 11 hours to see you there, and we’re on top of the world! With all the poseurs in the music business, you’re something really special!

I think I may have seen Zack’s bike at the Minneaplis concert. Awesome concert by the way.

Josh: Saw your show in Portland and I LOVED it!  I look forward to the next time you play in town. I think this is really just the beginning for you.  You have so much talent and you appear to be very down to earth.  That is what is nice about us small town folk. (I grew up in Joseph, OR)
Take care and don’t lose that special something!!

Josh, whenever I get a new piece of your music, I hoard it all to myself (and my closest friends) so that I can devour every poetic lyric and allow the sound to sink in.  Please, for the love of God!, come play in Utah, would you???

Good work on the blog!  See you next month at Shepherds Bush Empire in London - I bet that seems a long way off right now!  Thank you for the music, and all that jazz.

Please come back to Canada…
particularly the west coast…

We’ve got a spare bedroom!

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