It’s when you’re shoulder to shoulder on the highway in a van, a little hungover, perhaps a bit edgey and in need of ‘me’ time, and the only thing you can think of is the wife and kids, and that one odd job you’ve been putting off. That’s the yin and the yang – performing, setting up, etc., that energy is infectious, intoxicating even. Imagine having the greatest ten days of your life, hanging with people you feel you’ve known for 15 years through music, trying to always keep your cool and act like you’ve been there before (bullshit), seeing two of the best rock bands on earth with each in their best cohesive line-ups night after night to sold out theaters while your heart is breaking as your facetiming your kids to sleep and see your wife’s disdain with you over a semi-distorted cell phone screen. I’m involved with members of both bands in a small indie label and also handle business dealings for the Dexateens as of late. I hit the road with two of the best rock bands in Alabama, if not America, and journaled the entire experience.

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