1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:01,240 Speaker 1: Taking a Walk. 2 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:03,200 Speaker 2: I think about the fact that Megan and I for 3 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 2: years have started, you know, and maintained a YouTube channel 4 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:10,559 Speaker 2: where we cover a wide variety of songs, and we 5 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 2: started out doing that just for fun, just as a 6 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 2: way like in between tours, for us to stay fresh 7 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 2: and sharp, and you know, go and learn a Tom 8 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:21,279 Speaker 2: Petty song, Go and learn a Black Sabbath song, Go 9 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:23,479 Speaker 2: and learn a Pat Metheenie song, Go and learn a 10 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 2: Steve Moore song. And that was sort of like our 11 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:30,640 Speaker 2: way of educating ourselves further in the language of music. 12 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Taking a Walk Podcast, the show where 13 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:36,840 Speaker 1: Buzz Night talks to musicians and gets to the heart 14 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: of their craft and their creative process. On this episode, 15 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 1: he talks with Rebecca and Meghan Lovell, two sisters who 16 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 1: lead the roots rock and Americana band Larkin Poe. Here's 17 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:52,160 Speaker 1: Buzz Night with Lark and Poe on Taking a Walk. 18 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:56,279 Speaker 3: Rebecca and Meghan, Lark and Poe. 19 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 4: So great to have you on the Taking a Walk Podcast. 20 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 5: It is so fun to be here. Yeah, thank you 21 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 5: for having us. 22 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 4: Take me back both of you sitting at a piano 23 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 4: with your mom learning to sing. What do you remember 24 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 4: about that important moment in your career. 25 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 6: Our mom grew up singing with her siblings, so harmony 26 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 6: was always a big part of our musical heritage. I 27 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 6: guess you could say our mom grew up listening to 28 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 6: a lot of folk artists and grew up in the 29 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 6: land of Dolly Parton, so I think that siblings singing 30 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 6: together was a big part of her her growing up 31 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:39,559 Speaker 6: as well. So she sat down and taught us to sing. 32 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 6: There's a four siblings all together, but the three sisters 33 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 6: are the ones that sang together. So Rebecca and I 34 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 6: and our older sister, we learned to sing harmony before 35 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 6: we could even read. 36 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 4: And it's a pivotal moment that really shaped both of you. 37 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 3: Right. 38 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, at the time, I guess we weren't even considering 39 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 2: it as as a career because it was a very 40 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 2: special gift that my mother gave us from you know, 41 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 2: three and four years old, our parents allowing us to 42 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 2: start taking classical violin and piano lessons and making music 43 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 2: such an integral part of our household. And again, like, 44 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 2: even from our parents' perspective, I don't think that they 45 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 2: were ever intending us to treat music as a livelihood. 46 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 2: It was just a joy that they experienced and wanted 47 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 2: us to be able to have. 48 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 5: Use of a language, the language of music. 49 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:37,359 Speaker 6: I feel so fortunate that music really was a part 50 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 6: of our daily lives, and they instilled in us a 51 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 6: love of music, and they listened to all different kinds 52 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 6: of music, from you know, rock to jazz, to bluegrass, 53 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 6: to classical music, world music, all of the hard rock. Yeah, 54 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 6: so we grew up having kind of a diverse love. 55 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 3: Well. 56 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:03,920 Speaker 4: I feel like as Lark and Poe has evolved, I 57 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 4: really feel that you're really not typecast in terms of genre. 58 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 4: In my view, I think you are a little bit 59 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 4: of this and a little bit of that, and you're 60 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 4: constantly exploring. 61 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:19,800 Speaker 3: Is that a fair assessment. 62 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:22,399 Speaker 5: Absolutely, and it is. It's interesting as well. 63 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:24,640 Speaker 2: I think the older that we get, or I'll speak 64 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 2: from my perspective, the older that I get when I 65 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 2: look back at our track record, so many of the 66 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 2: pivotal moments in our career or the practices that have 67 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 2: ultimately shaped us the most, we're very rarely intentional, or 68 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 2: we're very rarely like you know, a means to an end. 69 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 2: Like I think about the fact that Megan and I 70 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 2: for years have started, you know, and maintained a YouTube 71 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 2: channel where we cover a wide variety. 72 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 5: Of songs, and we started out doing that just for fun. 73 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 2: Just as a way like in between tours, for us 74 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 2: to stay fresh and sharp, and you know, go and 75 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 2: learn a Tom Petty song, go and learn a Black 76 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 2: Sabbath song, Go and learn a Pat Metheeni song, Go 77 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 2: and learn a Steve Moore song. And that was sort 78 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:16,599 Speaker 2: of like our way of educating ourselves further in the 79 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:20,160 Speaker 2: language of music. But I think as a result, and 80 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:23,160 Speaker 2: we never would have premedicated this, that people view us, 81 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 2: I think as less attached to genre because they know 82 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 2: us for our original material and they also know us 83 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 2: for covering anything from rockabilly to you know to hard 84 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:37,359 Speaker 2: rock from our YouTube series. So I think that that 85 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 2: has actually, somewhat unexpectedly been such a boon to us 86 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:44,719 Speaker 2: and allowing Lark and Poe to kind of skate on 87 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 2: like this surface of a very broad musical lake, and 88 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:51,360 Speaker 2: in that way, it's like such a gift. 89 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:55,599 Speaker 6: Also, we played for a long time and we're kind 90 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 6: of mentored by Elvis Costello, and that's also a man 91 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:02,799 Speaker 6: who has a very diverse career in terms of genre 92 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:05,719 Speaker 6: and it allows him to change it up and keep 93 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:10,480 Speaker 6: himself fresh, and he kind of imparted that wisdom onto us, like, 94 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:14,719 Speaker 6: don't box yourselves in, keep try and keep audiences guessing 95 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:17,839 Speaker 6: a little bit so that you can be at the 96 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:19,160 Speaker 6: forefront of your own game. 97 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 4: Talk about some other career turning points that have really 98 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 4: sort of continued to free you creatively. 99 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 2: I feel twenty seventeen is a big one. Twenty seventeen 100 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 2: is the year that we self produced our first record together, Peach, 101 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 2: and we started our record label, and that really has 102 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 2: been one of the more the single most impactful moments 103 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:49,839 Speaker 2: of our career because it was a very intimidating move 104 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 2: to make and it felt a little bit fullhardy. I 105 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 2: think both my sister and I, even for being touring 106 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 2: musicians in the entertainment field, we're fairly risk averse, even 107 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 2: though you would think otherwise it's a very risky line 108 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:05,039 Speaker 2: of work to try and make a buck in, but 109 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 2: being able, I think to come together as a team 110 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 2: and be like, you know what, we're going to jump 111 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:10,039 Speaker 2: off this cliff. 112 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 5: We're gonna do it ourselves. 113 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 2: We've always known from the beginning that we've had very 114 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 2: strong creative opinions. Clearly, our mother and our father raised 115 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:22,720 Speaker 2: us to like to do what we want to do 116 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 2: when we want to do it, and for that I'm 117 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 2: eternally grateful because it has allowed us, I think, to 118 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 2: reach that point in our career and have the sense 119 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,360 Speaker 2: of self and the faith to take that leap and 120 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:35,120 Speaker 2: start our own label and start producing our own records. 121 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:40,520 Speaker 5: And that was really our first taste of pure, unfettered 122 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 5: creative freedom and there's no going back for us. 123 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:48,919 Speaker 4: Now, where did you get the desire to always seek 124 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:52,840 Speaker 4: continuous improvement? Is that from your parents? I know they 125 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:55,279 Speaker 4: were in sort of the medical field, right. 126 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 6: M Yeah, they were both in the medical field and 127 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:04,600 Speaker 6: both very much do it yourselfers, and both of them 128 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 6: have a. 129 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:08,159 Speaker 5: Very strong drive and work ethic. 130 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 6: So I do think that we got a lot of 131 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 6: that from them, and I think it's also helped to 132 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 6: have a little bit of sibling rivalry as well, in 133 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 6: healthy and unhealthy ways. 134 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 5: But mostly healthy. 135 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 6: You know, I think that we push each other and 136 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 6: there's no resting on laurels when you've got somebody beside 137 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 6: you who really who really knows you and kind of 138 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 6: wants to see you improve as well. 139 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:41,679 Speaker 5: So I think I think we do push each other. Yeah, 140 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 5: that's it's fair to say. That's very fair to say, 141 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 5: and I agree. 142 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 2: I think that that is a blessing and a curse 143 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:53,559 Speaker 2: because I think especially in the music industry of today's time, 144 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:57,560 Speaker 2: where there is such a hand in glove relationship with 145 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 2: social media, and so there's always this upping of the 146 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 2: anti there's this this this image conscious, this never resting, 147 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 2: twenty four hour news cycle approach to the creative arts 148 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:15,720 Speaker 2: at this point that sometimes I think, because we are 149 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 2: we do have a very high expectation of the kind 150 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 2: of work that we can do together as a teen 151 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:25,360 Speaker 2: that finding those moments where it's like, you know what, Hey, 152 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 2: actually we need to dial back to self criticism, We 153 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:33,080 Speaker 2: need to dial back sort of the always on because 154 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 2: I think back to you know, when we were in 155 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 2: our early teens, late teens, we would have uninterrupted hours 156 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 2: of time to sit and hone our craft, just sitting 157 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:45,600 Speaker 2: and noodling on our instruments, sitting and toying with a song. 158 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 2: And nowadays, like the ratio of times it's so weighted in, 159 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 2: like our calendar is full, we have so much stuff 160 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:57,920 Speaker 2: to do. There's these extra pressures that I think if 161 00:08:57,920 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 2: you don't keep it in check, if you don't keep 162 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:00,680 Speaker 2: that that. 163 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 5: Work ethic of. 164 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:08,719 Speaker 2: The work side of running a band, running a business, 165 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:12,320 Speaker 2: running a record label, being a touring musician, the work 166 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 2: side of busy work. You have to keep that in 167 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:20,079 Speaker 2: an appropriate relationship to the meat of our work, which 168 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:24,080 Speaker 2: is being created, which is being musicians. And that I 169 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:26,840 Speaker 2: think is something that we're especially in our thirties now 170 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:32,560 Speaker 2: and in our thirties now that we have arrived at 171 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:34,720 Speaker 2: this new point in time where we're trying to be 172 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:38,319 Speaker 2: super intentional about dialing back some of that push, push, 173 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 2: push and be like, you know what, actually, let's make 174 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:41,680 Speaker 2: sure our priorities are in line. 175 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 4: Rebecca, what's the one thing Megan does to push you 176 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:50,560 Speaker 4: to greater heights? And then conversely, Megan, what's the thing 177 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 4: Rebecca does to push you. 178 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:57,280 Speaker 2: The thing that I love about one of the many, 179 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 2: many things that I love about my sister is Meghan 180 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 2: doesn't mince the truth that I think there is in 181 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:07,720 Speaker 2: our relationship. I sense that Megan really respects me to 182 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 2: handle the truth from her, and so she will give 183 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 2: me her undiluted truth that in some ways for me, 184 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:18,000 Speaker 2: like I'm definitely like a little bit more of a 185 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 2: pr agent, like, well, how can we like the room 186 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:24,000 Speaker 2: was basically sold out, you know what I mean? That 187 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 2: kind of an energy, a little bit of a used 188 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:27,439 Speaker 2: car salesman energy. 189 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 5: But she's not that. 190 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:32,160 Speaker 2: Meghan is like the world of tabbles and chairs and like, 191 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 2: this is how I see it. 192 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 5: I'm going to tell you how I see it. 193 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:37,960 Speaker 2: And so sometimes when I can get like as a 194 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:41,720 Speaker 2: little sis all get like super in my head about 195 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 2: my prowess as an instrumentalist, or my body image or 196 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:51,840 Speaker 2: like all the things that I think can get distorted. Again, 197 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:54,079 Speaker 2: speaking back to social media, you can kind of get 198 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:56,320 Speaker 2: in your head and have a warped view of reality. 199 00:10:56,720 --> 00:11:00,200 Speaker 2: And I appreciate Meghan to the best of her ability 200 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:02,560 Speaker 2: bringing me back to the reality as she sees it. 201 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 2: And I trust this woman, I really do. So that's 202 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 2: one thing that I feel super super grateful for and 203 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:11,080 Speaker 2: the way that she continues to educate me to be like, hey, 204 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:15,199 Speaker 2: just take it as it comes. Breathe, relax. Think about 205 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 2: this from a different perspective. 206 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:20,320 Speaker 5: It's all perspective. I respect your ability to tap into that. 207 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:24,319 Speaker 6: We are very different people, but I think that we 208 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 6: marry mirror each other very well. That we're kind of 209 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 6: like puzzle pieces a little bit so different, and yet 210 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 6: we fit together. And I think that I am a 211 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 6: very concrete person. But to match that, you need somebody 212 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 6: who has their head in the clouds a little bit, 213 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:48,360 Speaker 6: somebody who's like wants to jump in and take action. 214 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:52,200 Speaker 6: And that's something that Rebecca is really good at. She 215 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:58,320 Speaker 6: is very much a move forward like momentum is king, 216 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 6: and you've got to to get started on the journey 217 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:05,119 Speaker 6: in order to continue. Like I think it's really important 218 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 6: to remember that. 219 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 5: You've got it. 220 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:11,560 Speaker 6: The hardest part is starting something, and she's very good 221 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:15,440 Speaker 6: at starting and sometimes has to drag me along. 222 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:16,959 Speaker 5: A little bit maybe, But. 223 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 6: Also it's been really good for me to be in 224 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 6: that energy because I think that I sometimes want to 225 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 6: research something to death before I even get started. 226 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:31,680 Speaker 5: Sometimes you just have to jump in and learn trial 227 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:33,680 Speaker 5: by fire, sink or swim. 228 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:39,560 Speaker 4: So I love your fascination with the technical aspects of 229 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:45,320 Speaker 4: your your playing, the relationship that you have with Beard, 230 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 4: you know, instruments and just sort of those nuances there. 231 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 4: I had Skunk Baxter on many months ago on the podcast, 232 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 4: and he talked about how he sort of reverse engineered 233 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 4: certain versions of guitars and kind of you know, had 234 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 4: that sort of mindset. 235 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 3: Are you both wired sort of that way. As far 236 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 3: as the technical aspects of the instruments. 237 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 2: I would say no, But then there is evidence that 238 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 2: would speak contrarily to that. 239 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:20,079 Speaker 3: No. 240 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 2: I think as it relates to like our pedal boards 241 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:30,079 Speaker 2: or effects pedals or amplifiers, we're very low like, we're 242 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:32,319 Speaker 2: very low maintenance when it comes to that kind of stuff. 243 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:35,080 Speaker 2: We like to find something that works and then stick. 244 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:35,320 Speaker 6: Like. 245 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:37,839 Speaker 5: We're not the kind of foreign musicians. 246 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:39,560 Speaker 2: Who are like, oh, I went to like a guitar 247 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 2: shop in Saint Louis and found this new fuzz and 248 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:45,440 Speaker 2: I'm going to dismantle my board and put a new like. 249 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:48,439 Speaker 2: We like the consistency, I think, especially because we've toured 250 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:50,520 Speaker 2: for so many years and had so much stuff break, 251 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:54,439 Speaker 2: and like the pressure of shaking up the ghosts in 252 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 2: the machine. 253 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 5: We want the ghosts to just rest. Just don't talk to. 254 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:01,440 Speaker 2: The ghosts, don't acknowledg the ghosts, and the thing will 255 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 2: just work. But when it comes to the creativity of 256 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:09,200 Speaker 2: engineering a new instrument, shout out to Megan for yeah, 257 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 2: reverse engineering her instrument and starting a new line of 258 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:16,280 Speaker 2: slide guitars called Electrolys, because I would I would say 259 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 2: that I'm not. 260 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:21,160 Speaker 6: A tweaky, deeky kind of a person, but I am. 261 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:23,720 Speaker 6: I do know what I'm looking for, and I'm going 262 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 6: to be very very picky until I get to that 263 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 6: point where I feel satisfied and I think that you're 264 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:32,680 Speaker 6: the same, you know what you're looking for. I don't 265 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 6: really care how we get there, just as long as 266 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 6: we get there, and then I want to stick with that. 267 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 6: So I for a long time have played Rickenbacker lap steels, 268 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:47,760 Speaker 6: which are just incredible and I love them. They're very 269 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 6: very heavy instruments, so I was finding that it was 270 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 6: impacting me on a day to day basis touring, so 271 00:14:56,240 --> 00:15:00,320 Speaker 6: I want I just wanted basically my Rickenbacker accept light 272 00:15:01,280 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 6: and made more for standing and running around the stage. 273 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:07,000 Speaker 6: So I worked with Beer Guitars and we were able 274 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 6: to develop this this lap Steal that's half the way 275 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 6: to the Electro League, yet it still has that tone 276 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 6: that I'm looking for and is shaped better for standing 277 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 6: on stage. 278 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 1: We'll be right back with more of the Taken a 279 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:29,239 Speaker 1: Walk Podcast. Welcome back to the Taken a Walk Podcast. 280 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 4: How did your life change when you discovered the dobro 281 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 4: and the. 282 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 3: Lap as well. 283 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 6: Oh, definitely changed my life. I heard Jerry Douglas playing, 284 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 6: and we had grown up listening to a lot of 285 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 6: Alison Kraus and Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, so I 286 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 6: had that sound in my head. But it wasn't until 287 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:54,680 Speaker 6: I actually saw a dobro being played that I really 288 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 6: connected the dots. I was like, Oh, this is the 289 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 6: this is the instrument I've been searching for. I'm a 290 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:04,760 Speaker 6: relatively quiet person. I don't sing lead. I sing harmony 291 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:08,040 Speaker 6: to Rebecca, who sings lead. So I think I was 292 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 6: always searching for my voice in an instrument. And lap 293 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 6: steel dobro, these slide instruments, I think have such a 294 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 6: vocal quality to them. 295 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:19,880 Speaker 5: It's like a fingerprint. 296 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 6: I feel like the way that people play slides or 297 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 6: it's very unique in the speed of the vibrato and 298 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 6: the way that the slide touches the strings. It's it's 299 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 6: very human, I think, so I was. I was extremely 300 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 6: drawn to that and seeking that in my life. 301 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 3: I love that. It's amazing. Jerry Douglas is amazing too. 302 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 4: Who are some other folks that have influenced the both 303 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:52,800 Speaker 4: of you that to this day you learn from either 304 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 4: from observing them or your you know, interactions in person 305 00:16:57,120 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 4: with them. 306 00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 2: In terms of other artists, definitely shout out Jerry. Jerry 307 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:07,640 Speaker 2: Douglas is just I mean, I remember like Slide Rule 308 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:10,840 Speaker 2: was such a pivotal record for us, and we learned 309 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:14,120 Speaker 2: every melody. At the time, I was playing mandolin, so 310 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:16,320 Speaker 2: I learned all the manolin solos and stuff, and just 311 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:19,560 Speaker 2: a great, great piece of work that was really important 312 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:22,440 Speaker 2: for us. We have to shout out once again Elvis Costello. 313 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:26,000 Speaker 2: He has had an indelible impact on our career and 314 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 2: who we are as people. He's become a very dear 315 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:31,840 Speaker 2: friend and mentor. So we got a shout out Elvis. 316 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 2: Who else comes to your mind? 317 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:34,640 Speaker 5: I'm actually curious. 318 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:40,240 Speaker 6: We have in the last I would say decade been 319 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 6: super influenced by blues music because we grew up listening 320 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:47,480 Speaker 6: to a lot of Allman Brothers and going back and 321 00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 6: sort of researching who who were well, who was influencing 322 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 6: like southern rock music, and so we love Kip James 323 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:03,159 Speaker 6: and Son House really inspired by some of the Delta 324 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:04,199 Speaker 6: blues musicians. 325 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:09,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, that is kind of a fascinating point of conversation 326 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:13,159 Speaker 2: the fact that a lot of the records that we 327 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 2: are seeking inspiration from and. 328 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:16,880 Speaker 5: That have influenced the way that we write. 329 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:21,640 Speaker 2: I mean, clearly, anybody who listens to our records could 330 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:25,439 Speaker 2: say that we make music that is adjacent to the blues. 331 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:28,320 Speaker 2: We are not a blues band. But so many of 332 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:33,639 Speaker 2: these artists somehow skip James Muddy, like the Three Kings. 333 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:38,159 Speaker 2: These are the guys that we're listening to and taking 334 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 2: tips of writing, tips of tone, tips of expression, and 335 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:44,920 Speaker 2: these are people that will never rub shoulders with on 336 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 2: the physical plane. So it is really special to meet 337 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:53,120 Speaker 2: individuals like out on the touring circuit. And we run 338 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 2: into so many thoughtful, considerate, kind humans. 339 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:01,119 Speaker 5: Out on the fest circuit. 340 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 2: Increasingly so many more women out on the touring circuit 341 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:06,639 Speaker 2: that I feel like we're all it's sort of like 342 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:09,160 Speaker 2: the collective toolbox, where everyone's like, hey, have you thought 343 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:11,800 Speaker 2: about this, have you tried this, how do you feel 344 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:14,919 Speaker 2: when you're on stage and you're sick, or just like 345 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:20,080 Speaker 2: random information that we're constantly all gleaning from those that 346 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 2: have committed their lives to the road as we have. 347 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:25,480 Speaker 5: But again, it is sort of like. 348 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:28,679 Speaker 2: That spiritual like the realm of Like I think of 349 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:32,199 Speaker 2: Chris Whitley. He's a huge inspiration to me and he 350 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:36,639 Speaker 2: died before I was born. I think of Ozzy Osbourne, 351 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:39,800 Speaker 2: who I odds are I'm never going to meet Ozzy Osbourne, 352 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:42,679 Speaker 2: but the impact that his music has had on my 353 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 2: life is huge. 354 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:48,560 Speaker 5: So it's that's a very fun question to think about. 355 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:54,119 Speaker 2: How how we glean impacts from people around us, if 356 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:56,080 Speaker 2: it's on a spiritual level, or if it really is, 357 00:19:56,119 --> 00:19:58,200 Speaker 2: like hey, Elvis is our buddy and I'm going to 358 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:00,439 Speaker 2: call him up and get advice on something. 359 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 5: It's neat the many myriad ways in which we can 360 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:05,879 Speaker 5: all impact one another in this world. 361 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 3: Yeah. I thought of three. 362 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:15,359 Speaker 4: Either artists or bands that you know, when I listened 363 00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:18,439 Speaker 4: to the vibe of Lark and Poe that I wondered about, 364 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:24,840 Speaker 4: whether you know you'd researched it all. One is Little Feet, 365 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:30,560 Speaker 4: just due to you know, once again, this incredible musicianship 366 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:34,280 Speaker 4: that they have and that you guys have. 367 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:42,080 Speaker 3: I thought a Ray Cooter as well. You know, once again, the. 368 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:48,480 Speaker 4: Vibe and the stellar you know, musicianship matches what what 369 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 4: Lark and Poe is is certainly all about. 370 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 3: Does that resonate with you at all? Those Yes? 371 00:20:57,960 --> 00:20:59,080 Speaker 5: Who was the third. 372 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:01,880 Speaker 4: Yeah, just looking up into the air and it floated 373 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:02,399 Speaker 4: above me. 374 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:04,120 Speaker 3: So when it comes down, Oh. 375 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:04,520 Speaker 5: No worries. 376 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 2: I'm just curious because that that is exactly the space, 377 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:12,200 Speaker 2: like the space between Little Feet Rye Cooter, And. 378 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:13,760 Speaker 5: Like, what would you add as a third point? Maybe 379 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 5: the Crows, maybe the Black Crows. 380 00:21:16,119 --> 00:21:18,560 Speaker 2: It's like, because we want to rock, we want to 381 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:20,679 Speaker 2: we want to get on stage and kick ass, but 382 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:23,280 Speaker 2: we don't want to shred. Like neither my sister or 383 00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 2: I are like we need to have a thousand notes 384 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:29,040 Speaker 2: in order to like prove a point. 385 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:30,480 Speaker 5: We're definitely in. 386 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:33,879 Speaker 2: Like I think of the melodies that ry Cooter writes 387 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:38,439 Speaker 2: with his guitar, and I think of the lyrical depth 388 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:41,399 Speaker 2: of a band like Little Feet, where it's like you 389 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:43,920 Speaker 2: can crawl inside the story and get a little piece 390 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:45,920 Speaker 2: of the human experience. So that that's a really great 391 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 2: little trilogy for us. Thank you, that's such such kind compliments. 392 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:50,800 Speaker 4: And I did think of the third one, and I'm 393 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 4: embarrassed you're probably for forgetting briefly gonna you know, hang 394 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:59,200 Speaker 4: up on me. But Bonnie rate oh. 395 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:04,920 Speaker 6: By the Queen, the Queen love Bonnie Ray. Yeah, and 396 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:11,720 Speaker 6: especially as a female slide player. I revere Bonnie she 397 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:15,119 Speaker 6: was she was doing something in her time. 398 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:16,200 Speaker 5: That nobody was doing. 399 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 6: There's nobody who looked like her laying the way that 400 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 6: she did. 401 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 5: So yeah, huge respect. 402 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:26,720 Speaker 4: So I love the version of running Down a Dream 403 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 4: that that you do on the Petty Collection, and it's 404 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:36,720 Speaker 4: also in Bad Monkey. It's amazing. I think Running Down 405 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:41,480 Speaker 4: a Dream is one of those greatest driving songs certainly 406 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:45,760 Speaker 4: of all time. What are some of your favorite driving 407 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:46,720 Speaker 4: songs as well? 408 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:52,399 Speaker 6: Oh, another running song, Running on Empty is a huge 409 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:56,119 Speaker 6: one for me. That's a great driving featuring David Linley 410 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:58,399 Speaker 6: of course on lap steel, playing one of the most 411 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 6: iconic guitar so of all time. I think that's a 412 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 6: great driving song. 413 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:07,520 Speaker 2: I'm gonna actually this is sort of a random one, 414 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 2: but anytime we drive in the Little Rock we have 415 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 2: to listen to Little Rock by Colin Ray. 416 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:17,680 Speaker 5: Do you know that song? I can I'm on a 417 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:19,879 Speaker 5: roll here a little. 418 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 2: Rock, Like anytime you cross the state line, like out 419 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 2: of Tennessee, it's like, all right, crank up, Colin Ray, 420 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 2: let's go. 421 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:29,280 Speaker 5: So that's a huge driving song for me. Yeah, it's 422 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 5: a big one. 423 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:31,640 Speaker 3: That's a good one. 424 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:37,240 Speaker 4: Tell me about your creative process in the studio. Take 425 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:40,400 Speaker 4: us inside that. How does that work, what's the give 426 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:43,240 Speaker 4: and take of it? Give us a little glimpse of that. 427 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:46,480 Speaker 5: I would describe it as ever evolving. 428 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:50,840 Speaker 2: I think, especially as kids of the nineties and growing 429 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:56,679 Speaker 2: up with the advent of garage, band and logic, our 430 00:23:56,720 --> 00:24:02,440 Speaker 2: relationship to recording is like constantly on the move. We 431 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 2: you know, in early Larkin po days, we've recorded live records. 432 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:09,359 Speaker 5: We've recorded. 433 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:15,320 Speaker 2: Records in our bedrooms using laptops to program drums. But 434 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 2: most recently we've phased into attempting as as much as 435 00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:24,119 Speaker 2: possible to try and represent who we are on the 436 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:25,360 Speaker 2: live stage. 437 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 5: In the studio. 438 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:29,399 Speaker 2: So we've definitely done a lot of live tracking, but 439 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 2: I think the goal for us is to do an 440 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:37,640 Speaker 2: all live record because there is there is something, there 441 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 2: is something unique, and you use the word earlier fingerprint, 442 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 2: there's a fingerprint of spiritual energy that exists when humans 443 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:51,040 Speaker 2: make music together, which I think is truly the antidote 444 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:57,520 Speaker 2: to AI's participation in music creation. That AI can never 445 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:04,480 Speaker 2: recreate the unique energy of humans responding spontaneously with one another. 446 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:08,520 Speaker 5: In the live space that increasingly I. 447 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:11,240 Speaker 2: Would have such an interest in trying to capture on 448 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:15,640 Speaker 2: our records, but there is also budgetary limitations. 449 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:19,560 Speaker 5: We've actually made the last I mean, what four or 450 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:20,080 Speaker 5: five of. 451 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 2: Our records in our home studio, and it's a very 452 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 2: petite space, so being able to have everyone set up 453 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 2: in a circle and tracking together, it's just not physically 454 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:34,840 Speaker 2: possible due to our spatial limitations. But we're really excited. 455 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:38,080 Speaker 2: We're in process of building a recording studio so that 456 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:41,480 Speaker 2: hopefully Larcompoe records in the future will be able to 457 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 2: be performed alive with the appropriate isolation. Well, we'll have 458 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 2: a booth to put Meg in, a booth to put 459 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 2: me drummer in the live room and everyone looking at 460 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 2: each other and capturing those live performances. 461 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:59,160 Speaker 3: Are you mentoring anybody on the label these days? 462 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:04,720 Speaker 2: We have actually not branched out into mentoring at this 463 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:09,159 Speaker 2: point in terms of signing an artist or producing another artist, 464 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:13,080 Speaker 2: But I feel that that is something that we I 465 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:14,760 Speaker 2: think that we will have a passion for, and I 466 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:16,439 Speaker 2: think that we would be really well suited as a 467 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:20,240 Speaker 2: team to work with an artist in the capacity. Right now, 468 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:22,760 Speaker 2: I feel like we're just we'remaxed were maxed out. 469 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:26,239 Speaker 6: We're so busy as handling everything lark and po But 470 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:29,560 Speaker 6: once we have a little bit more time, I feel 471 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:33,359 Speaker 6: like we would love to devote some energy to mentoring 472 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:37,359 Speaker 6: the next generation of music makers. That would be that 473 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:38,920 Speaker 6: would be incredibly meaningful. 474 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,159 Speaker 2: I'm excited for that, and that, I think is the 475 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:43,960 Speaker 2: one thing that I do find a lot of like 476 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:48,360 Speaker 2: comfort and excitement in is is that even though being 477 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:52,920 Speaker 2: a touring musician it comes with a very unique set 478 00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:59,600 Speaker 2: of stressors. The unpredictability of the work. You know, some 479 00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:02,560 Speaker 2: of this sacrifices that it requires. The thing that it 480 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:07,120 Speaker 2: really gives, the gifts it gives in spades are are 481 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:09,280 Speaker 2: the fact that it's ever changing. 482 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:10,960 Speaker 5: That you know, within. 483 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:12,760 Speaker 2: The next five ten years, the kind of work that 484 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:15,280 Speaker 2: we're doing, it'll still be creative work, but it may 485 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:16,119 Speaker 2: look very different. 486 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:18,360 Speaker 5: And I'm super excited for the future in that respect. 487 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:23,920 Speaker 4: I love how you've built your fan base and worked 488 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:27,720 Speaker 4: so hard at it. Almost it seems as a fair 489 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:30,640 Speaker 4: to say, in a one fan at a time sort 490 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:34,200 Speaker 4: of basis, can you talk a little bit about how 491 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:35,280 Speaker 4: you built the fan base. 492 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:40,199 Speaker 6: It was person by person by person. Our twenties were 493 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:44,359 Speaker 6: definitely dedicated towards a huge grassroots effort. I feel like 494 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:50,240 Speaker 6: we went everywhere and played to five people, you know, 495 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:53,800 Speaker 6: and we'll come back through a city and there's a 496 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:56,160 Speaker 6: few more people, and come back through again and there's 497 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:58,760 Speaker 6: a few more. And then there's a little bit of 498 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:01,960 Speaker 6: a snowball effect that has happened over the past few 499 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:06,920 Speaker 6: years where we were suddenly like jumping up and selling 500 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:09,639 Speaker 6: out places and selling out entire tours. And that was 501 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:15,040 Speaker 6: extremely exciting continue especially considering that we've we've spent many 502 00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:17,840 Speaker 6: years playing to sometimes just the bar staff at a bar, 503 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:22,200 Speaker 6: you know. So it's it's definitely hard one, but that 504 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:27,240 Speaker 6: also ties us to our supporters, and these people that 505 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 6: that that come out and spend their time and energy 506 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:32,440 Speaker 6: on us were tied together in a in a very 507 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:36,680 Speaker 6: emotional way, and it's it's super meaningful. And I think 508 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:41,480 Speaker 6: the relationships that you can form with music lovers is 509 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:46,080 Speaker 6: is huge and it keeps us going. It's it's it's 510 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:48,480 Speaker 6: the joy of our life to be able to go 511 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:50,040 Speaker 6: out and connect with people. 512 00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:53,600 Speaker 4: In closing then, and I think you sort of already 513 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:59,200 Speaker 4: led to this, how do you describe musical happiness. 514 00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:05,920 Speaker 2: Musical happiness. Oh my gosh, you are so good at 515 00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:10,680 Speaker 2: your job. That is a wonderful question, and I'm really 516 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:13,120 Speaker 2: curious to hear what we each have to say. What 517 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:17,000 Speaker 2: do you do You have a little neural synapsies firing off. 518 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:25,720 Speaker 2: For me, musical happiness, I think is time to experiment, 519 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:32,640 Speaker 2: to create something new that then can go out into 520 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:37,160 Speaker 2: the world and mean something to somebody else. I think 521 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:43,560 Speaker 2: that musical happiness is me creating something within myself that 522 00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:45,840 Speaker 2: then doesn't belong to me anymore. 523 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:51,760 Speaker 5: Ooh, I love that. I'm going to go the opposite direction. 524 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:54,640 Speaker 5: I'm gonna go introspective because I was actually. 525 00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:57,640 Speaker 2: What first popped into my mind was this was maybe 526 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:01,160 Speaker 2: a month and a half two months ago, Meghan and 527 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:06,280 Speaker 2: I backed up on You played dobro and lapsteel and 528 00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:10,040 Speaker 2: I played mandolin. One of our heroes, we love t Bone. 529 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:13,520 Speaker 2: Burnett and t Bone released an incredible record and he 530 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:16,680 Speaker 2: played a scattering of shows in the Southeast and so 531 00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:19,040 Speaker 2: we were able to come out and support him on 532 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:20,640 Speaker 2: one as. 533 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:21,280 Speaker 5: Part of his band. 534 00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:26,400 Speaker 2: And it was such a cool experience to sit acoustically 535 00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:29,400 Speaker 2: on the stage and it was Meghan on my left 536 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:31,440 Speaker 2: and there was an upright bass player Dennis Crouch to 537 00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:34,800 Speaker 2: my right, and there was a fiddle player across the stage, 538 00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:38,920 Speaker 2: and everyone was playing in concert together and it was 539 00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:42,120 Speaker 2: acoustic because clearly we're playing. 540 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:44,360 Speaker 5: A rock and roll show, as Larkin Poe the majority 541 00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:45,080 Speaker 5: of the time. 542 00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:49,760 Speaker 2: Which requires there to be like the introduction of tech, 543 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:51,720 Speaker 2: where we've got we're wearing in ears so that we 544 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:54,640 Speaker 2: can actually have isolation over the drums, because for years 545 00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:57,560 Speaker 2: we toured on monitors, where you have speakers on the 546 00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:01,080 Speaker 2: stage blasting sound at you. I was routinely singing my 547 00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:05,040 Speaker 2: voice out trying to sing over the drums. So there, 548 00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:09,400 Speaker 2: I think, by necessity, some of our some of our 549 00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:13,040 Speaker 2: touring implements create a little bit of a barrier between 550 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:17,240 Speaker 2: us and the music just by nature of kind of 551 00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:19,000 Speaker 2: like the way the world turns and the way you're 552 00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:21,640 Speaker 2: able to do the amount of shows that we book. 553 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:24,080 Speaker 5: But I think in. 554 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:27,320 Speaker 2: The future, for some Lar compos tours, I would want 555 00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:31,560 Speaker 2: to recreate that intimacy because again it was it was 556 00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:34,240 Speaker 2: a bunch of humans sitting within feet of each other, 557 00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:37,600 Speaker 2: and the sound waves coming from one human to the 558 00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:41,200 Speaker 2: next was impacting all of us and our chemistry on stage, 559 00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:44,240 Speaker 2: which in turn was spilling over and to speak to 560 00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:49,600 Speaker 2: your points well, touching the audience. So I think being 561 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:53,120 Speaker 2: able to create that kind of a musical experience on 562 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:55,880 Speaker 2: stage which you and I share all the time. I 563 00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:58,600 Speaker 2: feel so blessed to be able to sit literally right 564 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:01,600 Speaker 2: next to one of my best friends and play music 565 00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:05,680 Speaker 2: that is instinctual and so rarely we're able to carry 566 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:08,400 Speaker 2: that out on stage in its purest raw form for 567 00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:10,440 Speaker 2: a crowd, and I think that'll be really cool at 568 00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:11,160 Speaker 2: some point in the future. 569 00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:12,320 Speaker 5: So that physical happiness to me. 570 00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:16,040 Speaker 6: So would you say it's a conversation, Yes, yeah, when 571 00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:18,480 Speaker 6: music is allowed to be a conversation, when it's not 572 00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:20,840 Speaker 6: too premeditated, there's not too. 573 00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:25,680 Speaker 2: Much tech involved, there isn't pressure. Musical happiness is when 574 00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:26,760 Speaker 2: it's conversational. 575 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:34,160 Speaker 4: Yeah, Well, Rebecca and Megan. For me, podcasting happiness is 576 00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:37,200 Speaker 4: this is an example of it. I get to do 577 00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:40,680 Speaker 4: it frequently, and this is one of those moments that 578 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:44,640 Speaker 4: I'm so grateful for, and I'm grateful for the music 579 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:47,600 Speaker 4: you continue to give us. And thank you for being 580 00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:49,520 Speaker 4: on the Taking a Walk Podcast. 581 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:51,120 Speaker 5: Thank you so much. 582 00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:55,280 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to this episode of the Taking a 583 00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:59,240 Speaker 1: Walk Podcast. 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