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Very Brief Tour Diary, Winter 2016-17
From Dec 27, 2016 to Jan 21, 2017, I was on tour with Camper Van Beethoven (playing with Cracker, as per usual) in the United States. Overall, this was an amazing tour, not just from the point of view of…
Tagged with: Camper Van Beethoven, concert, live shows, Music, My Life, Portland, rock music
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Posted in Camper Van Beethoven, Music, Touring
just a little bragging.
This is not the normal internet-style humble-brag, I’m actually bragging. I don’t do that often…or at least not overtly. But check it out—our family of musicians has a ton of records out, and a ton just recently. And they’re all…
Tagged with: Camper Van Beethoven, concert, David Lowery, history, live shows, Recorded Music
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Posted in Camper Van Beethoven, Music, Touring
September in the Desert
Aside from a visit from my dad in Stockholm, we spent most of the summer out in the country, so I admit that while I tried to practice enough for tour in September, my fingertips weren’t sufficiently calloused. I was looking…
Tagged with: Camper Van Beethoven, David Lowery, live shows, Los Angeles, Music, My Life, Southwest, Stratocaster, touring, Touring Musician, Victor Krummenacher, Violin
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Posted in Camper Van Beethoven, Music, Touring
A Short Tour, part two
Returning to our lovely Vallejo Ramada Inn, we bought a six pack of Lagunitas IPA on the way, and when I went down to Chris’ room to pick one up, I ran into some 20-something kids on the stairs outside…
Tagged with: Camper Van Beethoven, concert, David Lowery, Guitar, live shows, Los Angeles, Music, touring, Victor Krummenacher
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Posted in Camper Van Beethoven, Guitar, Music, Touring, Violin
A short tour, part one.
The previous shows that Camper Van Beethoven played were in January (2014), and now it’s nearly June and we have a whole 5 shows to play on the west coast, because we have a new album coming out on June 3rd…
Tagged with: Camper Van Beethoven, Chris Miller, Chris Pedersen, David Immergluck, David Lowery, James Sasser, live shows, Portland, rock music, Seattle, Touring Musician, Victor Krummenacher, Violin
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Posted in Camper Van Beethoven, Music, Touring
Autumn
The last entry here happened sometime in early October (2013), and then I was back in school and being a dad all fall. I’m done with the “Swedish as a Second Language Ground level” courses now, as of the beginning…
some random interview.
I’m doing a bunch of press for the upcoming Camper Van Beethoven album, “La Costa Perdida”, out next week (Jan 22, 2013.) I figure if I have to write something, I’ll also put it here, sooner or later. Here’s some…
photo by Ian Weintraub
Jonathan Segel 