With everything that’s been going on this year; coronavirus, rioting, murder hornets, political divide, and so many people struggling. I keep think of that song by REM, It’s the End of the World as We Know It. But it’s the next line that I really love, “and I feel fine”. I mean there’s always gonna be...
I think the first U2 song I really connected with was the live version of Gloria from Under a Blood Red Sky. I had those thoughts, like so many kids going through that awkward stage in life. No one understands me, I’m different than everyone else. Their music made me fell like, it’s gonna be OK, made me believe that I’m...
For much of my youth I was forbidden to listen to rock music by my stepmom. I was finally allowed to listen to the radio when I was 10 or 11, and that’s when I heard Bruce Springsteen. I immediately connected to his songs because he was singing about getting out, getting away, which is exactly what I wanted to do. I lived in a lot...
“It was the most difficult decision of my life. Change is never easy, but it’s especially painful when you’ve poured your heart and soul into something for so long that it nearly becomes the entirety of who you are. I had been with the sign language interpreting program at a christian college since it started over 25...
You go to Avett Brothers shows to not just see the band and listen to the songs, you go because you’re chasing something. For some people it’s a song or a feeling. But for even more people it’s the connection they make with other fans. You get to hear and share stories about about how the music has changed and shaped so...
Yeah, maybe you have to go to work everyday to take care of your family, pay your mortgage and be responsible. But at least you have the ability a couple times a year to go out and be part of a scene that’s very different from your normal, stress filled life. That’s a really important part of why a lot of people came to Dead...
“I don’t think I’ve ever been more connected to an album than when I fully dove into ‘Voodoo’ by D’Angelo. I was going through some pretty serious heartbreak and depression at the time. I mean it was the biggest of my life, and that album absolutely came alive for me. It was something I could kind of...
“I can’t really articulate the magnitude of how U2’s music resonates with me. I guess, the best way to put it is that I always identify with something in their songs, I just get so much out of them. One of the most difficult times of my life was when I lost my daughter, she was stillborn. During that intensely emotional...
I grew up as a teenager in the ’90’s. So you might look at this group and think I’m bringing them with me to see Third Eye Blind. But, actually it’s my daughter who spearheaded this whole trip. She and her friends looked up the set list a few weeks ago, and she decided that she wanted to bring her best friends to...
“We were at odds my whole adult life. My mom didn’t like my lifestyle. She wanted me to stay close to home, but I had big dreams and moved across the country to California. We just couldn’t find a way to get along with each other for so many years. Then she had a serious medical condition that caused me to come back...