J. Knutson - Early Spirit Reopens
Jay talks with me about the band Early Spirit, where he is the guitarist and singer-songwriter and I am a former member.
On the Rhythm Changes Podcast, J. Knutson talks with me about life in the band Early Spirit, where he is the guitarist and singer-songwriter and I am a former member.
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We talked about:
- What time alone has meant for Jay recently
- Re-starting Early Spirit after downtime, in part thanks to Andy Hillhouse at Harrison Festival
- What makes a good set list, and how Jay observed Connie Kaldor dealing with it when he toured in her band
- Jay springing Spirit of the West songs on me live
- What matters most to Jay about a recording project’s motivation
- His reflections of the song “Aberdeen”, one of the first ones he performed in Spirit of the West as a co-founder of the band
- What we can expect from Early Spirit’s next arrangements on their second album
- Reflecting on the band’s first album, Unrelated, which Jay and I made in 2018 with Gabriel Dubreuil and Ben Kelly
- What would make a successful album project for Jay today
- Dealing with mortality
- Bringing in Aidan Goheen as the new bass player after I left
- What makes good live sound on-stage and front-of-house
- What sound you want to hear as the performer compared to what it sounds like front-of-house
- Jay’s Facebook video series
- a certain superstitious backstage thing we did while I was in the band!