Welcome to the working songwriter, the show where today's best songwriters come to talk shop. I'm your host Joe Pug.

Each episode here, we host a distinguished guest, and we ask them to go deep on their

inspiration, on their process, on the general ups and downs of making a life in music.

So, whether you're a grizzled veteran, asking the mix

engineer for more mouth harp on the third verse, or else a scrappy upstart, singing emo lyrics

over a hip-hop track with a face tattoo, this is your show. Because ultimately, it is what every writer seeks most. An ironclad

excuse to put off actually writing.

Hey, everybody. It's the last Friday of November 2017. Thank you for being here. Thanks to everybody who came out and joined us in Ohio this month, in Buffalo, New York, in New York City for the final installment of the working songwriter residency at City Winery. I really look forward to trying the podcast in a live format going forward and I really think we

began to figure out the formula over the last few months at that residency. So big thanks to

City Winery who have always had my back creatively and who gave that show a shot. Thank you guys. If you'd like to hear some of my

music live in the coming months, here's where I'll be. Tonight, November 30th at the Bluebird

Theater in Denver, Sunday, December 2nd in Fort Collins, Colorado at the Armory for the

Bohemian Nights concert series.

Wednesday, December 5th in Chicago at City Winery, which I believe is either sold out or

about the sellout.

So if you were thinking about going to that, grab your tickets now.

And then December 6, 7, and 8 in Philadelphia for the Strand of Oaks Winter Classic with, of course,

Tim Showalter and also Carl Bromel from my morning jacket, which is very exciting.

That will be at the boot and saddle.

And that'll be it for my 2019 on the road.

It was a great year. I'm going to shut it down.

Shut it down for a little while you guys while I get this album mixed and sequenced and mastered and

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