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Root 66: Lucy Dacus’s Roadside Favorites

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Name: Lucy Dacus
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Latest Project: No Burden

Driving Album: Remain in Light by Talking Heads will never get old.

Backstage Hang: The NorVa in Norfolk, Virginia. We played a bunch of pool and pinball before our show with Daughter. I hear that there’s also a basketball court and a sauna, but we couldn’t find them …

Car Game: Jacob, our guitarist, pulls up Wolfram Alpha before we get to whatever city we’re playing and makes us guess the city, urban, and metro population. It’s about as fun as it sounds.

Health Food: There comes a time when everybody just wants some straight-up raw broccoli. We’ll stop at a grocery store and buy a full head of broccoli and maybe some hummus to dip it in. Need them greens!

Book Store: Whenever we have some extra time in New York, we have to make a pilgrimage to the Strand. I’d like to be buried there so my ghost spirit will have plenty of reading material.

Sushi: Now And Zen in Charlottesville, Virginia! HUGE rolls, very good eel roll, top-notch sake, great service.

 

ha hey guess what we did holler at us at DC9 tonight!

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House Concert: Every year on Fourth of July weekend, our manager Brandon Crowe throws a big backyard party that showcases tons of local Richmond bands. You can see the fireworks from the baseball field down the road, there’s Hardywood beer, and people come from all over the country. I’d been attending long before we started working with him and it is always my favorite day of the year.

Tacos: There has been much discussion over the best tacos, but I think two major contenders are Taco Republic in Kansas City, Kansas, and an unnamed taco truck in Austin, Texas.

Highway Stretch: The stretch of I-40 between Knoxville and Asheville is amazing, especially if you catch it when the mountains are smokey and the light is right.

Music Festival: We loved playing Treefort Fest in Boise, Idaho! They were super sweet and accommodating to us, and Boise is an unexpectedly rad town. Plus, we played a showcase with Your Friend, Porches, and Alex G who were all bands we wanted to see anyway.

Truck Stop: On a recent drive, we took some serious solace in the North Carolina Welcome Center. We stretched and laid on their shaded picnic tables for like 20 minutes.

Tour Hobby: Seeking the perfect breakfast sandwich.

Photo credit: D Condren

Root 66: Nick Drummond’s Roadside Favorites

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Touring artists spend so much of their time on the road that they, inevitably, find all the best places to eat, drink, shop, and relax. Want to know where to find the best burger, beer, boots, or bunks? Ask a musician. Better yet, let us ask them for you.

Name: Nick Drummond
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Latest Project: Nick Drummond

Tacos: I’m sure I’m just asking for trouble, but if I see a small taco truck in the middle of nowhere, you can bet your belly I’m gonna stop. So far, it’s worked out okay. I’ve had extra good luck in the Central Valley.
Health food: Skagit Valley Food Co-op. Mt. Vernon, Washington. I’ve done the trip from Seattle to Bellingham more times than I can possibly count, and this co-op sits in the perfect location for a quick adjustment. Bladder relief and quinoa under the same roof? Sign me up.
Sushi: Sushi Hana. Sebastopol, California. I have no idea if this is actually the best I’ve had on the road, but every time I’ve been there, it’s been with good friends who live nearby and it has filled my belly with the type of company one craves while on the road.
Dive Bar: I don’t think it’s fair to call this a dive, but Coop’s Place in New Orleans might be my favorite place on earth for eating and drinking. Just make sure you know how spicy your hot sauce is before you pollinate your po’ boy … I had to order a couple glasses of milk once to quench the burn.


Music Festival: It’s not known as a music festival per se, but Oregon Country Fair is heaven on earth.
Backstage Hang: Again, Oregon Country Fair. Some of the best songwriting I’ve ever heard was played around a campfire here well into the morning.
Listening “Room”: Halibut Cove. Homer, Alaska. We played on a floating stage for an audience on a deck over looking the water in Alaska. It was an incredibly beautiful place. They have to set the showtimes to correspond with high tide, otherwise we’d be something like 20 feet below the crowd.
House Concert: Chicken Barn. Whidbey Island, Washington. They turn a wood shop into a concert venue, and you’d be hard pressed to find a more engaged audience. Really sweet people, too.


Coffee: Haymarket Café. Northampton, Massachusetts. If it wasn’t such a lovely café, I’d want to kick everyone out and make it my home.
Highway Stretch: Highway 20. Washington Pass. I’m a Washington boy, and these views are top notch. I’m usually an advocate of keeping both eyes on the road, but over this pass, all bets are off. They close it in the Winter because it’s just too beautiful.
Driving Album: Paul Simon's Concert in the Park. Masterful, start to finish. That album just gobbles up the miles.
Radio Station: KTRT 97.5 — The Root. Winthrop, Washington. Great community radio is a force for good in the world.