Tour!

I’m taking a break from preparing for the upcoming Al Stone tour, which over the years has evolved into a disconcertingly relaxed process.

I spend most of my time drinking tea and listening through tunes, and won’t really pick up a guitar until I’m running stuff with the band. I’ll memorize chord changes, song forms, make note of dynamics, but we don’t recreate the records live, so unless it’s a signature moment, I’m not too invested in specific arrangements.

Al hasn’t sung and we haven’t played a lot of these songs since we recorded them, which is over a year ago now, so I’m curious to see how they’ll come to life.