Updates
Gearing up to shoot a new video for the new album, but for now here is a look back at my last one. This was shot around Des Moines during January '16, and released along with my self-titled double album. Check it out! 🤘
-DT
I came up as a bar musician; 3-4 sets a night in front of flat-screen TVs, playing through a PA jammed in a dark corner. Your purpose in the bar is one thing - keep 'em drinking. That's it, really. It's why you're paid to be there. Nothing wrong with it at all. But it is what it is, as they say.
The last few years I've been really fortunate to be playing more and more listening rooms. Places where the audiences are there for the show. Places that are only open on nights when there is a show, and close when the show is over. The thing is....the habits of a bar musician are hard to break. That voice, "keep 'em drinking", doesn't quiet so easily. Why am I bringing this up? Because it's the reason I don't play a six minute piano ballad more often. "Tracks On Fire", is probably one of the best songs I've written, to date, and I should be playing it almost every night. I'm getting better at trusting my songs, and my show, and not falling back on old habits; the pressure to, “keep 'em drinking". You'll hear more things like this in my sets going forward. For now, take a listen. This is from last May, at Lincoln Hall + Schubas (Schubas Tavern), in Chicago. 🎥: Ellegra Chavez
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-DT
10 tracks. I shot the cover image with my phone on a cold February afternoon visiting the crash site of the, "day the music died", in Clear Lake, IA. The album was recorded with Duane Lundy at Shangri-la Productions in Lexington, KY throughout the latter half of 2017. Stay tuned for release details, pre-orders for vinyl and, of course, tour dates. ✌️
-DT
Have you found me on Spotify? If not, this would be a great time to connect. You'll automatically be notified when new music is released.
Hook up with me here: spoti.fi/2u0GPLM ✌️
-DT
