Hi friends, I feel like I haven’t touched the ground since hitting the road a week ago Friday–Mr. Robert Earl Keen was right, re: “the road goes on forever,” though I’d argue at this point that it really just goes round-and-round, a circle that closes back in on itself at the intersection of Where-ya-goin and […]
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June Tour Begins: Throwing the Long Ball
“Throwing the long ball”: that’s how Billy Joe Shaver described it metaphorically to me once, outside FitzGerald’s in Chicago some years ago–I’d opened for him and his band, and apparently they’d driven all the way from Texas for just that one show. Since then, I’ve taken to expanding the use of the phrase to indicate […]
KG UPDATE: 2019 SUMMER TOUR / SUMMER 1984 / HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH?
Happy Friday! Along with the rising heat comes the summer touring season—and wow is the calendar looking busy! Find details on the tour page, or via Bandsintown or Songkick, but here is an abbreviated look, listing the dates, venues, and cities where I/we will be over the next month or so, as of today. All […]
Trying to Get to Memphis / Bluebird Cafe show / Concert Window follow-up
Dear friends, May this find you well, “this” being yet another occasional communique from the KG home office. I’m packing my bags while watching the skies darken as a wide swath of rain is coming in from the west. Pearl the watch dog is snoring on the sofa here next to me. Here’s what’s coming […]
