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@therealjohncourage

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𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 || 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫 & 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐬
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Oct 31st 🎃 @estero____ @forestvilleclubmusic

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Permanent Change Part 1 is out everywhere today!

The songs come from being right in the middle of things: slipping in streams, hiking in the woods, breaking the rules because sometimes it’s the right thing to do, and noticing the beauty in all of it. They come from the last moments of a season that somehow feels like it will never end.

The album is also the cumulative effort of some amazing people —

Chris Hansen takes my strange basement demos and turns them into actual songs, somehow knowing what to add and what to leave alone. He’s my best friend and greatest collaborator. If we got some horses and started robbing banks, we’d be set.

No one believes in me like Anya Marina. She finds magic in my music and my insanity that no one else seems to see. Her harmonies, ideas and inspiration run through all of these songs.

Hilary James is a brilliant orchestrator, of both music and human beings. She keeps the faith alive with her spirit and makes playing live feel like something bigger than it should. Partly because she always has a bag full of candy.

A few days after I first met John Courage, I broke my leg. Since then, I think we’ve connected by the fact that we’ve seen each other at our worst and best. He’s a brilliant guitar player who knows how to bring the soul out when the soul needs to be seen.

Pete Hanlon was an album-saving surprise. I only knew him peripherally as an amazing engineer, but when he got involved with the record, he brought an instinct for the spaces between things—the unwritten language that helped the songs become what they were supposed to be.

Kyle Kelly-Yahner, Lee Falco, Dan Ford and Pete Caigin played the drums. They found the groove, tied everything together and repeatedly blew my mind.

Brandon Morrison was brilliant on bass, Matthew Cullen did an amazing job engineering Onteora Lake. The same goes for Pete Caigin and Joe Colwell at Utopia. And Dan Coutant mastered the record—I trust his ears completely.

Julie Ruiz made the beautiful, understated artwork, as an inverted tribute to Last Light, which she also designed.

My name is on all of this music, but it has always been a collaboration. I’m lucky to have made it with these pe

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Can’t wait to play Specks tomorrow night for O+ Fest in one of the most historic, best-sounding rooms in Kingston.

Yes!

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The album’s out Friday, and we open the tour in Kingston — my hometown. Saturday is Philly, where it all started. New songs, old favorites, and then we head west. Yes!!

10/9 Kingston NY
10/10 Philadelphia PA +
10/15 Seattle WA +
10/16 Milwaukie OR + sold out
10/17 Roseburg OR +
10/18 Eugene OR +
10/20 Novato CA *
10/21 Oakland CA *
10/22 Los Ángeles CA *
10/23 Ojai CA *
10/24 San Diego CA *

+ w/ Bathtub Cig
* w/ Anya Marina

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Live Session tonight with @therealjohncourage at Banister Wines, 5-8 PM 🎶

Spinning from the vault today: Led Zeppelin (1969) 🎸

Produced by Jimmy Page and released on Atlantic Records, it features “Good Times Bad Times,” “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You,” “Dazed and Confused,” and “Communication Breakdown.”

Led Zeppelin is one of the artists who inspires tonight’s performer, John Courage. In his words: “electric guitar riffs, and great songs underneath epic arrangements.”

Come hear the record,enjoy some wine & empanadas. Then catch John live. Hope to see you! 🍷🎶

@sonoma_county_sounds

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The vinyl is here. Permanent Change Part 1 — out October 9. Yes!

Preorders start shipping now. Pick up yours from our webstore today.

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That is a wrap on the East Coast Tour! Thank you to all the venues and amazing musicians I got to play and hang with and everyone that came out to dance and sing!❤️🕺🏼❤️ 😊

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Thanks for my peeps that came out to Littlefield last night. Amazing sound and hospitality. Drawings by @inklines from Bearsville gig are on point!

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Sean Hayes and his band of longtime friends and collaborators (including keyboard player, @dayrowshay who opened the night) , lighting up the lounge at @bearsvilletheater last night. The audience was loaded with transplanted San Franciscans and fans, re-connecting and sharing stories and quips. A lovely fall night in Bearsville…

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I’ve always felt like fall is when our music makes the most sense.

So here we are. The air is getting colder, the nights are getting longer, and it’s time to play some shows.

Hope to see you out there!

10/9 Kingston NY
10/10 Philadelphia PA +
10/15 Seattle WA +
10/16 Milwaukie OR +
10/17 Roseburg OR +
10/18 Eugene OR +
10/20 Novato CA *
10/21 Oakland CA *
10/22 Los Ángeles CA *
10/23 Ojai CA *
10/24 San Diego CA *

+ w/ Bathtub Cig
* w/ Anya Marina

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Coolest strip mall club I’ve ever played/been in!

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Week 2 of the East Coast Return begins in Richmond tonight @thecamelrva w @johannawacker and continues right on up 95 w @jarroddickenson

Tue Sept 22 • Richmond, VA • The Camel @thecamelrva
Wed Sept 23 • Vienna, VA (DC) • Jammin Java @jamminjava
Thu Sept 24 • Wayne, PA (Philly) • 118 North @118northwayne
Fri Sept 25 • Somerville, MA (Boston) • Warehouse XI @warehouse_xi
Sat Sept 26 • Portland, ME • Portland House of Music @portlandhouseofmusic
Sun Sept 27 • New York, NY • Nightclub 101 @night_club_101

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