Hypothetical Equestrian Punctuality with McKittrick Simmons
How quickly could you get a horse to downtown Boston?
Well, today's guest McKittrick Simmons posed that very question to Dave and it really framed their 20+ friendship in a new way. After meeting his new friend, Jon McLaughlin, McKittrick breaks down the "neutron bomb" of intentional friendship and why "no theologians allowed" Bible studies are the secret to growth. Whether navigating the "beta test" of parenting, escaping the "shadow world," or bearing witness to friends, this deep dive is for you.
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This one might come out of nowhere.
Yes. DMB’s Crash. I’m gonna go out on a limb and say this might be one of the most incredible/impressive albums of the 1990s. Now, some of you might be rolling your eyes and saying - “Dave MATTHEWS Band? Really?”
Yes. Really.
What I need you to do is to put aside your biases (which I assume are because you see them as a glorified frat band or maybe a “silly” band) and pick up a guitar/slide up to a piano and try to learn these songs. It’s then you’ll feel the full weight of what they were doing.
They have that thing that the Beatles had - I know, wait a second before you double eye roll and scroll past this - it was about 1. Key changes 2. And scene changes. SO many of these songs go to crazy weird chords you don’t see coming, and then have DRASTIC vibe changes halfway through a song. This is very very very unconventional.
Not to mention just how amazing and bizarre Dave’s guitar parts were.
He is a 1 of 1. Nobody has or will ever write guitar parts or songs like him. Just look at popular music since them. No one has done it again.
Some might say it’s because nobody wanted to, but I would say it’s because no one could.
If you’ve been following the Dadville email chain for long you know that half the books I read are recommendations from my wife. She’s always reading, in multiple book clubs, and so when she finishes a book that she thinks I’ll like she passes it along.
So I just started reading Virginia Evans’ The Correspondent and I’m flying through it. I’m 100+ pages in after only picking it up twice. That never happens to me as I’m a very slow reader.
The entire book consists of letters. The whole thing. So you have to piece things together. So far it’s pretty great.
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