In October 2021 I returned from my first concert tour since before the pandemic began. To celebrate the occasion, I released my new album of demos, "Road Songs”.
These 9 demos were recorded on the road during the last decade of heavy touring in Europe, Africa, and the U.S. Most of these songs have never been released to the public before, in any form. Some are rough phone recordings, while others have been professionally recorded, mixed and mastered (including one, "Far Too Fast”, that was recorded by pro bluegrass musicians in Branson, MO).
The album cover is a photo I took on tour in Germany several years ago. I peered in my sideview mirror while driving on the autobahn…and spotted a triceratops passing me in the right-hand lane! It was being towed, on a trailer, en route to an amusement park.
Like this hastily-captured photo of the triceratops, these song demos are snapshots of moments in time during a decade of life on the road: touring, writing and recording all over the planet.