The Deli’s Dh Wright on tour with Deep Machine
It is hard to not feel sometimes that these guys might be insane and me a part of them, and that the routine world of day jobs is an admirable path. I wonder if this chosen path of independence is an escape from the routine ugliness of life by creating our own brand of ugliness under the demonic democracy of freedom and utopia. Are we vagabonds out to change the world or are we taking the easy way by setting our sites on getting fucked up while the world is so fucked up? Are we creating art and destroying it each night by drinking to help sleep through the hellish night? Or maybe we are just…simply…. bored.
“Why tour without a label backing you?” I asked as I snap out of this weird introspection of a band I am not a part of.
“It is the only way to play a show every night. We can play in front of new people and develop a regional fan base. Some people play in Nashville and expect to be discovered. Thief tried that but we think this will work better.”
“What are you working toward, as money can’t be the answer, I assume?” I ask.
“We want to do this full time,” says Walsh.
Each member is the leader of the band in one way or another, but it is Walsh who seems to be followed. He is a guitar virtuoso like I have never seen before. He is playing the guitar at all times and is comparable to the best in Nashville and around the world. Playing almost his whole life and studying Spanish Classical while listening to Radiohead, My Morning Jacket and John Coltrane, Walsh’s ability and focus to perform hard and fast is one component fellow bands and listeners come out to witness and learn from, but rarely emulate. – Dh Wright