Driving their tour van until it drops, a married musician couple keeps it going, and another musical couple – kindred spirits – met at a bluegrass festival.
This is episode 45 of Caffe Lena: 60 Years of Song. Thank you to Sarah for the list of songs and artists for the feature.
Stacey Earle and Mark Stuartmet in 1992, married a year later and have been touring ever since. For the past 12 years, they have been touring in a 1999 Chevy Suburban that they bought new with 17 miles from a test-drive on it, to 200 to 300 shows per year. They set out on the road last September with just shy of 500,000 miles on the odometer and christened the journey the “Drive ‘er Till She Drops Tour”
Rayna Gellert and Kieran Kanefirst met at San Francisco’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. She is a exceptionally gifted songwriter. He laid the foundation for the contemporary world of Americana music. Fans of either artist will recognize the musical kindred-spiritedness in their approach to songs and arrangements.
Caffe Lena: 60 Years of Song, a production of WEXT Radio.