WOW!!! LOTS of updates – thank you so much for all of the great info. I agree that Buddy and Doug would be the absolute dream team! I love, love, love Buddy, and got to see him perform with Jim Lauderdale at the Americana Conference as well as Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, and his shows were the highlights of both festivals for me. What a great and open spirit he is!
Iβve always kinda thought of Doug as being to Lu what Buddy is to Patti Griffin. At the Royce Hall show, the sound was crazy amazing and the slow songs were stunningly beautiful and heart-breaking. It made me miss having Doug in the band, especially with the way his pedal steel adds that special something. It sounds like Stuart will just be filling in temporarily, and I know Doug is touring with John Mayer this spring, but do you think itβs possible at some point down the road, that Doug might come back?
Thanks again, Tom, for taking the time to fill us in on all of these details. π