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Article: BLUES TRAVELER USES MUSIC TO BUILD FOLLOWING.(LIFE & LEISURE)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- October 15, 1994
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Byline: RICKEY WRIGHT The Virginian-Pilot
Ladies and gentlemen, when they called themselves Blues Traveler, they meant Blues Traveler.
``In the last three years, we did about 800 dates,'' says drummer Brendan Hill of the act.
``Now it's a little saner. We do, like, six-week tours, eight-week tours. Three nights on, one off; four on, one off; three on, one off. Then we take a week off and start again. We still love touring.''
Blues Traveler is part of a loose affiliation of young bands linked by a common love of open-ended, classic rock-style jamming, including Spin Doctors, Big Head Todd and the Monsters and Widespread Panic. Much ...