3×3: The Blackberry Bushes on Lauryn Hill, Springtime, and Where to Score Jeans

Artist: Jes Raymond (of the Blackberry Bushes)
Hometown: White River Junction, VT
Latest Album: Three Red Feathers
Rejected Band Names: Famous Jake and the Runaway Girl, Star Farm Organic

 

Road to Boulder! We're on our way to The Fox Theatre to play with the Travelin McCoury's tonight! We start the show at 8:30! #mountainmusic #boulder #colorado #bluegrass #travelinmccourys #americana #stringband

A photo posted by The Blackberry Bushes (@theblackberrybushes) on Nov 5, 2015 at 12:23pm PST

What was the first record you ever bought with your own money?
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

If money were no object, where would you live and what would you do?
I’d have a cabin on Mt. Baker and I would snowboard all morning and record all afternoon.

If your life were a movie, which songs would be on the soundtrack?
"Postcards from Hell" by the Wood Brothers, "Nobody’s Fault but Mine" by Nina Simone, "Long Time Gone" (Dixie Chicks version), "The Seeds of the Pine" by Martha Scanlan, "Into the Mystic" by Van Morrison, "Tears Dry on Their Own" by Amy Winehouse, "The Blackest Crow" by Bruce Molsky

 

Had a blast at the show last night in Ames! Tomorrow we're playing The High Noon Saloon in Madison, Wi with Pert' Near Sandstone and The People Brothers Band! Doors at 8, we're on at 9pm! #bluegrass #stringband #americana #pertnearsandstone #peoplebrothers #highnoonsaloon #madison #wisconsin

A photo posted by The Blackberry Bushes (@theblackberrybushes) on Oct 22, 2015 at 1:23pm PDT

What brand of jeans do you wear?
Goodwill score

What's your go-to karaoke tune?
"Zombie" by the Cranberries

What's your favorite season?
Spring

 

In the other studio.

A photo posted by The Blackberry Bushes (@theblackberrybushes) on Nov 15, 2015 at 6:54pm PST

Kimmel or Fallon?
Kimmel

Jason Isbell or Sturgill Simpson?
Isbell

Chocolate or vanilla?
Chocolate