Taylor Scott — Tour Diary 9/29 Wednesday I started the tour solo driving from Denver to Portland. Crossing over i-80 through southern Wyoming is boring for some people but I don’t mind it at all. The Medicine Bow Forest up near Elk Mountain, the Red Desert east of Rock Springs, and the bluffs of Green […]
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Jeremiah Johnson – Tour Diary – Sept ‘21 Ruf Records Recording Artist 5X Top 10 Billboard Blues Artist 9/15/21 – Jumping through Hoops to Survive There was a point where I thought touring in Europe was something lost to this pandemic and the title “International Touring Artist” was years away. This current tour I am […]
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The Mercy Of The Road. I’ve been touring Europe for nineteen years – sometimes twice a year. In one sense it’s simply work. In another sense, it’s a mysterious adventure. I’ve had passports expire, illness, missed shows and all manner of carefully arranged travel gone wrong. I once woke at five am to […]
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Americana Highways brings you Jeremiah Johnson’s 2020 European Tour Diary, ahead of his forthcoming album release for Heavens to Betsy (Ruf Records). Follow along with weekly updates until it’s over! https://www.jeremiahjohnsonband.com 1/27/2020 – 11pm Central Time So here I am sitting at the terminal at St Louis Lambert International Airport watching all the different people […]
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Americana, Americano We made it with an hour to spare. We wait at gate C7 for American Airlines flight 1316 from Dallas to Portland. The flight leaves at 8:55 Saturday morning. Pamela and I are on the flight. We made it with an hour to spare. Half asleep I think of Hurricane Florence and then […]
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Forever Changes Sept 14 — I find myself waking up in a College Station Sheraton. One block to the north is George Bush Dr., alternatively the block to the south is Harvey Rd. I head towards the south to a local coffee shop. It’s overcast and humid. I play the love song “Alone Again Or” […]
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With two guitars and and an oversized red vinyl suitcase, myself and Pamela Littky—a photographer and documentary filmmaker—arrive at 5:40pm in Austin, TX on September 11th. We retrieve our baggage, find our rental car in Budget parking spot F22, and make our way toward Austin on highway 183. As we move away from the scent of jet […]
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