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Musician posting photos from tour & bike adventures around L.A. The War On Drugs, film scoring, etc. Also funny stuff & animals.

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Out now: The new David Nagler & Friends single “Billy Sunday,” in commemoration of Carl Sandburg’s Chicago Poems, released 10 years ago today!

This recording was made by the musicians who performed in the original project, on all acoustic instruments. The song was mixed & mastered by @tedyoungmusic, who engineered the initial tracking of Chicago Poems at NYC’s Magic Shop, where David Bowie recorded his swan song Blackstar just three months prior in secret.

The cover features another stunningly evocative shot by @atwoodphotography, who provided the original album art, with design by @smmsachs, Chicago’s album designer to the stars.

“Billy Sunday” is an original song that we performed at the 2016 record release shows in New York and Chicago. Many people, myself included, were first familiar with Billy Sunday from the song “Chicago,” which was “the town that Billy Sunday couldn’t shut down.”

Sunday was a contemporary of Carl Sandburg’s, a baseball player-turned-evangelist that Sandburg was not particularly fond of. Sandburg wrote a poem about him that was so scathing that he had to change the title; “Billy Sunday” became “To a Contemporary Bunkshooter.”

When I introduced the song at both concerts in October 2016, I made reference to a contemporary bunkshooter of our own, one who I didn’t actually believe would become president in less than a month’s time.

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Trumpet 🎺 or Sax 🎷? Well, there's no 10 hour long YouTube videos about a sexy TRUMPET guy ☝️😒 #SBUTV #jazz

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CALLING ALL BAND KIDS❗️Your mission? Watch the latest episode of SBUTV with comedian @jetskijohnson & The War on Drug's @jonnatchez - out now.

Learn how best to finger YOUR instrument 🤔

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@thewarondrugs at @andbeyondfestival 09/24/2026
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#iphone18promax #iphonephotography #oneaday2026 #269 #269365

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SEP 23 – 24 2 0 2 6 || whirlwind couple of days supporting our favorites @thewarondrugs wooo!! Birmingham Wednesday then up to Louisville. Come to the City went down in the history books as utter insanity + Under the Pressure always takes me to a different dimension. Up next: SLC & Vegas!! @jourdanparenteau

Last pic by Jeff Frank

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@thewarondrugs busted out this 💎 new jam - second time ever - called "Now We're Talking" and dedicated it to the #1 bedwetting fan. Amazing. Can't wait for this record. Thanks to AG, @pizzamcq & my friends in band and crew for letting me tag along the last few days. ❤️❤️❤️

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3 concerts. 4 days. 3 states. 1,476 miles. Roughly 24 hours in the car. And somehow, every mile was worth it. 🖤🎶

Delaware ➡️ NYC ➡️ North Carolina.

Harry Styles and The War on Drugs. Three shows packed into four completely insane, exhausting, unforgettable days.

But the best part is everything that happened in between.

I got to do all of this with one of my great friends — someone I never would have even met if it weren’t for The War on Drugs. And now my daughter gets to come along for the ride and experience this crazy little music-loving world with us. 🥹

And then North Carolina happened…

We decided to make our love for this band a little more permanent and got matching War on Drugs tattoos inspired by “Occasional Rain.” 🌧️

We walk out of the tattoo shop, fresh tattoos and all, and almost immediately RUN INTO THE GUITARIST FROM THE WAR ON DRUGS. 😂

Because apparently the universe decided this story wasn’t ridiculous enough yet.

We showed him the tattoos, told him what we had just done, and got a picture with him. Then we headed to the show thinking THAT would obviously be the story we’d be telling forever.

Nope.

We make it to the show, and before they play “Occasional Rain,” THE BAND TALKS ABOUT THE THREE WOMEN WHO GOT MATCHING TATTOOS… and then dedicates the song to us. 😭🌧️🎶

The song that inspired the tattoos.
The band that brought our friendship together.
My daughter there experiencing it all with us.
And 1,476 miles of memories packed into four days.

I genuinely don’t know how we’ll ever top this adventure.

Some occasional rain, a whole lot of music, and one hell of a story we’ll be telling forever. 🖤🌧️🎶

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HATED BY CRITICS. EXILED FROM RADIO. DECADES PAST ITS PRIME. And an unlikely utopia, hiding in plain sight.

✨SMOOTH WORLD🌎, a new documentary by @mickduzyj about the fans & artists keeping smooth jazz alive, is coming to the @newportbeachfilmfest . World Premiere October 21 (ticket link in bio.)

Starring peak-smooth @davidstephenkoz , @kirkwhalum , @pat_prescott_ , @mindiabair , @normanticmusic , @vincentingala , @alexanderzonjic , and @coryjwong .

Director/Producer: @mickduzyj
Producer: @maeryan
DP: @adamuhl
Additional camera: @gofly.akite @timhaber
Editor: @bruce.cannibal
Animation: @masonlondon
Composer: @jonnatchez
Line producer: @spinnow
Associate producer: @emilyjanepullen

#smoothworldfilm #newportbeachfilmfestival

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Support Your Local Arena Rock Band! @thewarondrugs 9..18.26

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Full “Baritone Night” recap is up on YouTube now, featuring @henryrsolomon @tiesenga @timboslice146 @tylertyjohnson @jonnatchez @louiscolemusic + more🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷 recorded live at @cafetristela by @maximilian.world shot by @fiona__kane edited by @noahkentis link in bio

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this was fun. where next?

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The earthquake reports this week may be the aftermath of the epic Bari hang this week! Thanks putting this together @henryrsolomon! #barisax

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