Jun16

Virtually Unplugged & Distilled

At the tail end of 2019 we embarked upon a 13 date, fully sold out tour of the UK called ‘Unplugged & Distilled’. The idea was simple. Claire and I were to break it all down to the bare bones. We would bring our two voices, acoustic guitars, a few bits of percussion and crowd around a single microphone to sing my songs the way in which they were written. To make the experience even more intimate and memorable we asked our friends at Balcones Distillery from my hometown of Waco, TX to get the audience nice and liquored up by offering a free whisky tasting with each ticket. The tour was nothing short of magical, and the memory of those 13 packed, sweaty, wonderfully drunken evenings would help carry us through the strange and trying months that would soon meet us all with the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic.

We decided that we wanted to recreate the magic of that tour in a virtual setting to help carry us through these next few months until we can all cram ourselves into a dark and sweaty room together once again. So, we bring to you “Virtually Unplugged & Distilled”. We brought our voices, instruments and the same big microphone to the barrel aging room at the Balcones Distillery, and filmed the occasion for your viewing (and drinking) pleasure. So grab a seat, pour yourselves a beverage and join us Wednesday, June 16th for a special streamed evening of songs and spirits.