Me and the boys have tracked the basics on 11 songs for my new album, in a record three days, and four hours. I’ve never worked so fast, with so little effort, and felt so free. Everything was cut live to tape, without a click track. Can’t wait for you to hear.
Pledge Update #5 from Luke Reynolds on Vimeo.
Massive thanks to everyone for the birthday gifts of supporting my PledgeMusic campaign. Can’t think of anything else I could appreciate more this week. If you’d like to join in, you can directly support this album being made, and picking up an advance copy of the album, one of my dads guitars, or a shirt HERE.
Thanks so much!
Luke
Hey gang,
As many of you know, I’m making a new record with some of my favorite musicians in the country. It’s slamming.
I’ve launched a Pledgemusic campaign to support making my new record, and if you’d like to support, you can do so HERE. If you love the music I’ve made in the past, and want to directly influence helping me to release more of it, than this is a way for you to do just that.
Updates from the studio coming soon. Dudes with long hair assembling in Brooklyn next weekend to resume recording.
Luke
Playing three shows with Dispatch, the first three weekends in June, to warm up for the summer.
June 1 – Chicago, IL – Charter One Pavilion
June 8 – Mansfield, MA – Comcast Center
June 15 – Berkeley, CA – Greek Theater
More info here.
Sitting here on the bus in Lexington, in a hotel parking lot, out back of a gas station. It’s almost midnight, cold and been pouring all day. Had a great sold out show in Durham, NC last night at the Carolina Theater.
Love this clip of Greg Leisz, a multi instrumentalist I deeply admire. Thought I’d share before I crash. Good night.
Well, we’re already a week into January tour. We started off in Dallas, where our whole crew flew in, for a full production rehearsal with the symphony orchestra. Then it was off to New Orleans, where we put on a full rock show at House of Blues, before returning to Dallas, for one last rehearsal with the conductor. I wore a suit. Thanks to our friend Megan at Tommy Hilfiger.
Woke up in Austin the next morning feeling pretty giddy we’d pulled off it off such a relaxed and loose show in Dallas, in spite of what was very much a high pressure situation. Had a show that night at the Central Presbyterian Church. Austin is always great, we’ve got friends there, and I hope someday I get to make a record in that town. We finished every song with an amen, a joke we quickly rode into the ground, and then hung in there strong, till it got funny again. Encored in the balcony. Been having a lot of fun playing in the opening band Yellowbirds every night too. Peace be with you.
Hi friends,
It’s been a busy fall. I just wrapped up a national tour with cellist Ben Sollee, and am back home in Brooklyn, unpacking, working on new music and playing in the studio.
In between all the touring, I somehow managed to build a 16′x30′ cedar shingle cabin with clean lines and lots of natural light, on my land up in Vermont. It wouldn’t have been possible without the help of my dad, who worked harder than most 20 year olds I know.
Guster heads back on the road in January. Looking forward to playing with the Dallas Symphony, and reuniting with our cellist and violinist friends, April and Charlene, who you may have seen on tour with us earlier this year. In addition to playing Guster songs, I’ll also be playing with the opening band Yellowbirds, whose music I love.
GUSTER DATES
* also performing with Yellowbirds
01.04.13 w/ Guster – House of Blues – New Orleans, LA *
01.05.13 w/ Guster + Dallas Symphony Orchestra – Meyerson Hall – Dallas, TX
01.06.13 w/ Guster – Central Presbyterian Church – Austin, TX *
01.08.13 w/ Guster – Workplay Theater – Birmingham, AL *
01.10.13 w/ Guster – Variety Playhouse – Atlanta, GA *
01.11.13 w/ Guster – Variety Playhouse – Atlanta, GA *
01.12.13 w/ Guster – Carolina Theatre of Durham – Durham, NC *
01.14.13 w/ Guster – Buskirk Chumley Theater – Bloomington, IN *
01.15.13 w/ Guster – Stocker Arts Center – Elyria, OH *
01.17.13 w/ Guster – Calvin Theatre & Performing Arts Center – Northhampton, MA *
01.18.13 w/ Guster – The Capitol Theatre – Port Chester, NY *
01.19.13 w/ Guster – The Music Hall – Portsmouth, NH (SOLD OUT)
LIVE ACOUSTIC ALBUM
Finally, Guster just put out a collection of 16 recordings from the Guster Spring 2012 Acoustic Tour featuring the Guster String Players, which you can find here.
Have a safe and happy holidays. See you on the road in 2013.
Luke
Hey friend,
I’ll be wrapping up my summer residency at The Living Room in NYC this Friday, with one final show at 9PM. I’ve had a lot of fun playing these shows the past three months. Thanks for being part of it.
Guster has a string of one offs coming up, including our recently announced show with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in January.
I’ll also be going on tour for the fall with my friend and bad ass cellist, Ben Sollee. For those of you who don’t know Ben’s music, he’s a really talented dude from Louisville, KY who’s collaborated with everyone from Bela Fleck to Jim James (My Morning Jacket).
SOLO DATES
08.17.12 at The Living Room – New York, NY 9PM
GUSTER DATES
09.01.12 w/ Guster at Montage Deer Valley – Park City, UT
09.08.12 w/ Guster at Downtown Dayton Revival Music Festival – Dayton, OH
10.20.12 w/ Guster at East Tennessee State University – Johnson City, TN
01.05.13 w/ Guster + Dallas Symphony Orchestra – Meyerson Hall – Dallas, TX
BEN SOLLEE DATES
09.21.12 w/ Ben Sollee at Square Room – Knoxville, TN
09.22.12 w/ Ben Sollee at Terminal West – Atlanta, GA
09.23.12 w/ Ben Sollee at DeLuna Festival – Pensacola Beach, FL
09.25.12 w/ Ben Sollee at Ponte Verda Music Hall – Ponte Verda Beach, FL
09.26.12 w/ Ben Sollee at The Pour House – Charleston, SC
09.27.12 w/ Ben Sollee at Stage Door Theater – Charlotte, NC
09.28.12 w/ Ben Sollee at Cat’s Cradle – Carrboro, NC
09.29.12 w/ Ben Sollee at Orange Peel – Asheville, NC
09.30.12 w/ Ben Sollee at The Soapbox – Wilmington, NC
10.05.12 w/ Ben Sollee at Headliners – Louisville, KY
10.06.12 w/ Ben Sollee at Headliners – Louisville, KY
10.11.12 w/ Ben Sollee at Norton Center – Danville, KY
10.12.12 w/ Ben Sollee at Cat In The Cream at Oberlin College – Oberlin, OH
10.14.12 w/ Ben Sollee at Blind Pig – Ann Arbor, MI
10.16.12 w/ Ben Sollee at Capital Theater – York, PA
10.17.12 w/ Ben Sollee at Theater of the Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA
10.18.12 w/ Ben Sollee at Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA
See you on the road.
Luke
I’ll be going out on the road this fall with my good friend and bad ass cellist Ben Sollee, opening the shows, and playing in his band too. We met for the first time back in 2005 one night down in Charlottesville, VA when him and I, along with David Rawlings and Ketch Secor (Old Crow Medicine Show), all backed up Abby Washburn. The next time we reconnected was at Telluride Bluegrass. We both like bikes. Tour dates are below. For more info, click here.
September 21, 2012 – Knoxville, TN @ Square Room
September 22, 2012 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
September 23, 2012 – Pensacola Beach, FL @ DeLuna Festival
September 25, 2012 – Ponte Verda Beach, FL @ Ponte Verda Music Hall
September 26, 2012 – Charleston, SC @ The Pour House
September 27, 2012 - Charlotte, NC – The Stage Door Theater
September 28, 2012 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
September 29, 2012 – Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
September 30, 2012 - Wilmington, NC @ The Soapbox
October 5, 2012 – Louisville, KY @ Headliners Music Hall
October 6, 2012 – Louisville, KY @ Headliners Music Hall
October 11, 2012 – Danville, KY @ Norton Center
October 12, 2012 – Oberlin, OH @ Cat In The Cream at Oberlin College
October 14, 2012 – Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig
October 16, 2012 – York, PA @ Capital Theater
October 17, 2012 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theater of the Living Arts
October 18, 2012 – Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
WHEN U LOVE SOMEBODY
OH BROTHER + SISTER
EVERY SHIP MUST SAIL AWAY
THE THINGS I WISH I’D DONE
WHO LOVES THE SUN
PART OF YOUR HISTORY
THE ROAD TO TOWN
SOUND OF LIFE MOVING ON
ONE WOMAN MAN
EVERY WAR
IT’S YOU
PLACES
CREOLE BELLE
I’ll be performing solo at Club Passim in Cambridge, MA this Sunday July 22 at 8PM. Tickets still available here!
100 DIRECTIONS
IT’S YOU
SPUD
HOLD ON
EVERY WAR
THE THINGS I WISH I’D DONE
OH BROTHER
SPACE BETWEEN THE LINES
MY CREOLE BELLE
Tomorrow night, I’ve got a 9PM show at the Living Room in New York City and I’m going to be playing with some of the best musicians in the country. It’s a fact. It’s a free “pass the bucket” kind of show, even though I’ll be paying my band weather the place is packed or empty. What I can’t get across in a 140 character Tweet or Facebook post about tomorrow night, is just how much work and love it takes an artist like me to actually pull a “tomorrow night kind of show” off, which is why I’d like to write a bit about that here.
I grew up in a small town in Vermont, with a black and white TV. My folks didn’t have a credit card till I was in college. There were no national news papers to be found in our household. I had no family contacts in the music business, let alone any business contacts what so ever when I first moved to Nashville to take a crack at going full time pro musician back in 1999, and neither my Mom or Dad had any real advice at making a career in music other than to work hard, be honest, stay away from dope, and not get anyone pregnant.
There’s so much background white noise nowadays, it’s no wonder everyone feels overwhelmed what with all the invitations to shows and events. I don’t have a ironic Twitter voice, and my email invitations to friends and peers are pretty point blank, for better and for worse. My sense of humor is an acquired taste as is, understood best by those who know me well. I don’t spend that much time on Facebook, and most of what I care about happens in real time. In the past I’ve been gun shy about inviting people out, but none of that matters to me anymore. I’m 33 for fucks sake. Same age as Jesus. The only thing I care about as much as music, is my health, my land, my family and my inner circle of friends. So why hide it?
I want to thank in advance the musicians who I’m going to be sharing the stage with.
One of them (Sam Cohen) made one of my favorite albums last year (Yellowbirds), and another (Kenny Wollesen) has been my favorite drummer for well over a decade, even though we only started playing together last year. Chris Morrissey played bass on my number one record for all of 2006 and 2007 (Mason Jennings – Boneclouds) and the other I met in a shitty beer stained rock club in Des Moines Iowa back in 2008 as we both unpacked our pedal steels, and has since become one of my best friends (Max Hart). These guys are a big part of the reason I moved to NYC.
Music is undervalued, almost as much as our general disconnect from the origin of most natural products we use on a daily basis, as well as family and art. It’s true. But that doesn’t change the way I feel about music, and how much I respect it, and want to make it, and have it in my life.
Thanks everyone for coming to the first show of my summer residency last night. Me and the fellas had fun. My next show is July 18th at 9PM. Hope to see you there.
When U Love Somebody
Its You
Spud
Untitled
Creole Belle
The Things I Wish I’d Done
Strange Overtones
100 Directions
Every War
PERFORMING SOLO
June 7, 2012
Luke Reynolds with Jesse Harris + Mark Ribot @ The Stone NYC 8PM
June 17, 2012
Luke Reynolds @ The Living Room NYC 10PM
July 18, 2012
Luke Reynolds @ The Living Room NYC 9PM
August 17, 2012
Luke Reynolds @ The Living Room NYC 9PM
WITH GUSTER
June 14, 2012
Guster @ Washington DC Nationals Park benefit for MS research
September 8, 2012
Guster @ Downtown Dayton Revival Music Festival OH
More ticket information available at my TUMBLR and WEBSITE.
Cheers people.
Luke
Tweedy and his family stopped by the Vic last night to see their friend Jeff Garlin before the show. He was super easy to talk with, and it was cool to catch up a bit about the different projects we’re both working on, until it was time for us to hit.
Can’t say how happy I was to finally meet him having admired his work for so long. Maybe we’ll collaborate on something together down the line. I sure hope so.
Thanks again to Chicago for such a good show last night, and to Garlin and Rosenworcel for their final words of encouragement this morning, to buck up and buy the Surly Long Haul Trucker I’d been sweating.
Hey gang,
I’m packing for spring tour and heading to the airport with Rosenworcel in a couple of hours. We start rehearsals with the Colorado Symphony first thing tomorrow morning. Can’t believe it. Below is a list of our spring acoustic tour dates. For complete info of where to buy tickets, ride share, etc, please head to the GUSTER TOUR DATES PAGE. Hope to see you all out on the road.
Luke
03/08/2012 Boettcher Concert Hall. Denver, CO
Special performance with Colorado Symphony Orchestra
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03/10/2012 Guster Acoustic Tour feat. Guster String Players
Opening band: Submarines
@ In The Venue. Salt Lake City, UT
Buy Tix ($28) | Request A Song | Rideshare
03/12/2012 Guster Acoustic Tour feat. Guster String Players
Opening band: Submarines
@ The Neptune Theater. Seattle, WA
Buy Tix ($28) | Request A Song | Rideshare
03/13/2012 Guster Acoustic Tour feat. Guster String Players
Opening band: Submarines
@ The Alladin Theater. Portland, OR
(18+) Buy Tix ($28) | Request A Song | Rideshare
03/14/2012 Guster Acoustic Tour feat. Guster String Players
Opening band: Submarines
@ The Palace Of Fine Arts. San Francisco, CA *SOLD OUT*
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03/16/2012 Guster Acoustic Tour feat. Guster String Players
Opening band: Submarines
@ Largo at the Coronet. Los Angeles, CA *SOLD OUT*
Request A Song | Rideshare
03/18/2012 festEVOL @ Crested Butte Mountain Resort. Crested Butte, CO
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03/25/2012 festEVOL @ Okemo Mountain Resort. Ludlow, VT
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03/28/2012 Guster Acoustic Tour feat. Guster String Players
Opening band: Yellowbirds
@ The Egg Center. Albany, NY
Buy Tix ($27.50) | Request A Song | Rideshare
03/29/2012 Guster Acoustic Tour feat. Guster String Players
Opening band: Yellowbirds
@ The Keswick Theater. Philadelphia, PA
Buy Tix ($30) | Request A Song | Rideshare
04/01/2012 festEVOL @ Mount Sunapee. Newbury, NH
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04/03/2012 Guster Acoustic Tour feat. Guster String Players
@ The Kent Stage. Kent, OH
(18+) Buy Tix ($25) | Request A Song | Rideshare
04/04/2012 Guster Acoustic Tour feat. Guster String Players
@ Sheldon Concert Hall. St. Louis, MO
Buy Tix ($30) | Request A Song | Rideshare
04/05/2012 Guster Acoustic Tour w/ Jeff Garlin & Mat Edgar
@ The Vic Theater. Chicago, IL
(18+) Buy Tix ($35) | Request A Song | Rideshare
04/06/2012 Guster Acoustic Tour w/ Jeff Garlin & Mat Edgar
@ Pantages Theater. Minneapolis, MN
Buy Tix ($39) | Request A Song | Rideshare
04/07/2012 Guster Acoustic Tour w/ Jeff Garlin & Mat Edgar
@ Pabst Theater. Milwaukee, WI
Buy Tix ($31.25) | Request A Song | Rideshare
04/16/2012 Guster Acoustic Tour feat. Guster String Players
Opening band: Yellowbirds
@ State Theater. State College, PA
Buy Tix ($30) | Request A Song | Rideshare
04/17/2012 Guster Acoustic Tour w/ Jeff Garlin & Mat Edgar
@ Paramount Theater. Huntington, NY
Buy Tix ($35) | Request A Song | Rideshare
04/18/2012 Guster Acoustic Tour w/ Jeff Garlin & Mat Edgar
@ The Lincoln Theater. Washington, DC *SOLD OUT*
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04/19/2012 Guster Acoustic Tour w/ Jeff Garlin & Mat Edgar
@ Tarrytown Music Hall. Tarrytown, NY
Buy Tix ($35) | Request A Song | Rideshare
04/20/2012 Guster Acoustic Tour w/ Jeff Garlin & Mat Edgar
@ Paramount Theater. Boston, MA *SOLD OUT*
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04/21/2012 Guster Acoustic Tour w/ Jeff Garlin & Mat Edgar (2PM Matinee Performance)
@ Paramount Theater. Boston, MA
Buy Tix ($39.50) | Request A Song | Rideshare
04/21/2012 Guster Acoustic Tour w/ Jeff Garlin & Mat Edgar
@ Paramount Theater. Boston, MA *SOLD OUT*
Request A Song | Rideshare
One of the musicians I most look up to, Greg Leisz at Fairfax Recording in Los Angeles, CA.
MADE IT TO NASHVILLE