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A Missive to Our Fans in the UK and Ireland Regarding Our Upcoming Tour of Same |
At long last, Treasured Friend Across the Pond, we Punch Brothers have landed ourselves a proper tour in your neck of the woods. Now is your chance to see the band that Radiohead have called "awesomeness incarnate" (they haven't, actually), and that Sir Edward Elgar refers to as...
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Greetings, From the Judge's Chambers: Punch Brothers UK Trip, Part 1 |
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Written by The Judge
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Friday, 13 June 2008 |
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Hello there good people! Gabe Witcher, a.k.a "The Judge", here with my first entry into Punch Brothers Blog Land. I've been enjoying a little time off here in sunny Southern California, counting the days until we kick off the Punch Brothers Summer-y Time Tour Extravaganza. In July we'll be heading across the pond for our first official Punch Brothers tour of the UK and Ireland. So, in honor of that, I thought I would share some photos from our trip in January, when we played at Celtic Connections in Glasgow, Scotland...
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10 Things You May Not Know About Punch |
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1. Punch Bowl grew out of the bass line that now anchors every verse (Greg was playing out his frustration after a long day in Xplorador, Punch Brothers' trusty 15 passenger rental van).
2. The lyrics from Part One of The Blind Leaving the Blind's first movement come not from the
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Punch Brothers Mailbag with Snowy Fox |
 Snowy Fox answers your mail!
"Is it true that Thile made Critter cut his hair?"
--Jimmy, Gainesville, FL
Thile has 2 or 3 random “fashion checks” per tour. Are the shirts all ironed? Is the hair all fashionably messy? Are the shoes properly soiled? Are there any corduroy violations? Until Critter premiered his blue suede shoes, he had failed each and every fashion check. So, you be the judge. Some of us prefer the old look, however.
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A Conversation With God (or Everything I Need to Know About Scotland I learned At Starbucks) |
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Written by The Band
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Thursday, 24 January 2008 |
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Why, oh Lord, when I need coffee so desperately this first fine morning of mine in wee bonny/cheeky Glasgow, do you lead me to a Starbucks, where I am certain not to get even a cheeky/bonny wee taste of my new environs? Am I two-videoing* you? Should I be content with one video in the form of stepping off the plane from East 10th Street in Manhattan onto the stage of Glasgow's Royal Concert Hall for a rehearsal with a dozen or so of my favorite British Isles folk musicians last night?
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