Videos by American Songwriter
ARTIST: Staying For The Weekend
SONG: “Ralph Nader”
HOMETOWN: Nashville, Tennessee (Kurt, Carson, Wade, Mac) Manassas, Virginia (Ryan)
CURRENT LOCATION: Nashville, Tennessee
AMBITIONS: To create music that we are passionate about for a living.
TURN-OFFS: Bad breath, that one guy at parties that can only play “Wonderwall,” people who show up to concerts for one band, phone tag, and group messages.
TURN-ONS: Dogs in costumes, air conditioning, new guitar strings, Will and Grace reruns on Lifetime, normal tag, and ladies.
DREAM GIG: Three-way tie: Being the first band to play a show on the moon, playing the coliseum in Pompeii, playing a private show for Kate Middleton.
FAVORITE LYRIC: “I’m addicted to you. Don’t you know that you’re toxic?”
SONG I WISH I WROTE: “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” by The Rolling Stones
5 PEOPLE I’D MOST LIKE TO HAVE DINNER WITH: The Most Interesting Man In The World, Stephen Colbert, Jeff Goldblum, Nels Cline, and Connan Mockasin.
MY FAVORITE CONCERT EXPERIENCE: Deer Tick at Mercy Lounge (John Mccauley pulled down his pants), fun. at 9:30 club after their first album (Kal Penn from Harold & Kumar was there), Meeting Two Gallants before their set at Bonnaroo 2013, Playing Bonnaroo 2013.
I WROTE THIS SONG BECAUSE… We needed a new song.
