him. Greenhouse was my
songs, but perhaps not the
finding my own sound and
concept has also matured.
that you have to pay dues
't just meet the devil at a
ars old. You really have to
ence, you arrive.
e n c e d y o u r w r i t i n g ?
Lowell I finally heard what I
ading a band. You'll have a
Lowell, the sound that the
ing from a canyon in Los
songs and singing. The
slightly more New Orleans,
before I cracked the code,
novative guitar player ever,
ke everyone else, but if you
from Ry I learned that you
nding unreachable. That is
, Ry was a curator of great
preting them, so in a way,
the music they interpreted,
in my work with Phil Cody.
oet, but a poet with a guitar
e. Townes is pushing me to
g that, if I'm successful, will
t Lucinda of course, who's
l disciple of Townes, knew
b o r a t i n g w i t h s o m e o n e e l s e
I bring a lot to the table, so
od listener too, so I can sit
ready with something pithy
al, and this serves me both
can be depressing, and in
nd be the one to exorcise
more American music. This
"melting pot" if you will,
mbinations, "mash ups" in
rds. I have a tremendous
d view common phrases "in
pt, then dig into my well of
over them until no stone is
to people around the world
ght. I'm raring to go, but for
terviews like this and radio
because as a writer one is
e on the road.
oject with Heather Donavon