I never thought I'd make a live album, but somehow it felt like the best representation of the kind of "close-up music" I've been doing for the last few years. Enjoy!

@bangsiepianos Sorry it took so long!

@Rtheny It usually lands harder, but I think they were a little camera shy

@ChrisRstrib Being a tiny house baron suits me these days

Oh and a big thank you to my longtime patrons The Summit Avenue Swingers Society whose generous support over the years has made this possible. You can find more at or chat with anyone out and about you see wearing a SASS t-shirt.

@simonSJsimon @BandboxVinyl First time on here in a long while- yeah. You know what I know. We're trying to figure out how far the production went and how we can help.

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@simonSJsimon @BandboxVinyl That is a real good point!

Oddly enough I had a dream last night that I wrote a song called Light Rail and pitched it to my band and they were like "You already have a song called 'Light Rail'" and I was like "yeah, but this one's better."

@ClaireMPLS @eriktmpls @BandboxVinyl We are most definitely NOT aging. We look exactly the same. Nothing to see. Lovely to hear that cover again too.

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@delennjadzia Oh I'm only kidding about the retired part! I'm always working on stuff. It could happen!

@Freundlydude Oh I texted the band immediately and it immediately made our week. So thank YOU!