• The Road

    Tom Gray Posted On May 4, 2013
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    *   Breakfast.
    *   Travel.
    *   Load in.
    *   Sound check.
    *   Dinner.
    *   Show.
    *   Load out.
    *   Hang a little.
    *   Sleep.
    *   Repeat.

    Doesn’t sound like much of a life, does it? But I love it.

    I’ve been on the road for much of my life. In the 1990s, after my son was born, I stayed home and pushed the stroller for a few years. Once he hit the third grade I started venturing out with Delta Moon. Now he’s about to graduate high school. I’d like to take him along on a tour, have him lug amps, change guitar strings and sell merch. That would be a different kind of education.

    Leaving out all the hard parts, I would describe life on the road to him this way:

    *   See the world.
    *   Eat good food.
    *   Meet interesting people.
    *   Make people smile.
    *   Make people dance.
    *   Maybe even get paid.
    *   Repeat as long as you can.




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