Jay Farrar

I have a theory. I might be wrong. I was reading the liner notes to Van Morssison's 2002 "Down the road" (damn good album). The liner notes say "The blues is the mother road". Now, I believe this to be an old blues saying; something you might throw in a song just for tradition, like saying "Jelly Ro...

FYI, last year Vinyl had its biggest selling year since 1990. Now that maybe due to kids who spin bying bulk records, buts it sure is good for bussiness. I still buy vinyl as much as possible.

Maybe we should buy Jay an airplane so he can play more dates. Can't you get a single engine Seston for around $100k ? Him nd Mark could get their pilots' lisences.

Even if you hated every band there, Bonaroo would be worth going to just expereince an enviroment where drugs are perfectly legal. Bon. is sooooo much fun.... you get your own campsite, you can bring all your own food and drink, drugs are legal and girls are naked.

I was there both nights.

The movie Cash Crop has a scene in a bar where "Back into your world" is playing on the jukebox.

Well, there are over 1,000 bands in town to play. Given that rock music is a male dominated scene, it would follow that there are plenty of men there. Men of every size, shape and fashion weilding the intrument of your choice: banjo, guitars, drums, piano,washboards, Jew's Harp. Rock star swagger to...

I'll tell you what, Drop $90 on a South by South West wrist band for the middle of March. Music fan paradise. Unsigned bands, up and coming signed bands, record label showcases, outdoor concerts, cook-outs, beer, women, university Spring Breakers, friendly people who share joints, bands playing 3 gi...

I've been on the backstage side of many a concert with many mid-level bands and seen many bands have their eight-ball of coke and 3k guarentee waiting for them when they arrive. Maybe I'm underestimating the popularity of Son Volt. But I've payed 15 or 20 dollars on several occassions just like the ...

Yeah, bands that get 3,000 dollar guarentees also tend get another luxury: backstage riders. In this agreement, they don't get things that say Def Leopard does, but they generally have requests for certain types of beer and a dinner of some sort, sometimes even drugs and maybe a bottle of champagne ...

Son Volt wasn't paying bartabs. They also has a tour bus. And since you've been out on the road so much, you know how much money a band has to make before they can have a tour bus. its a alot.

As for radio play, well you would be supurised. You forget about XM radio which has genre specific stations. Plus, I'll hear snippets of SV songs on mTV programming from time to time as well as the VW commercial. There are soundtracks that you discount ("Back into your World" was in a movie called C...

DBT has played over 200 shows a year for the last couple of years. 27 shows in 2 months equals time off for those boys. How many shows did Jay play last year? I'm guessing around 200, maybe more. That's the formula for most working bands, 8 to 10 months of strong touring.

2 shows per week??? Have you ever looked at their tour schedule? Try 5 shows per week. Minus a grand for expenses, divide 2K by 5 and you get 400 per member per show. 400 X 5 shows a week = 2 grand a week. Plus merchandise and record sales. Take out taxes. These band usualy play 200+ shows a year. Y...

That sounds about right for Trace. I imagine it continues to sell relatively well as it gets mentioned on a lot of lists. So it goes to follow that Straightaways and WST probably sold around 100,000 copies each. You know, Son Volt was doing fine finacially despite what many of you were saying. They ...