I'm playing ALL COVERS Nov 21

Hello love,

Every day I play Spin The Worry-Wheel. What should I worry about? General pandemic health concerns? US politics? Canadian politics? Climate change? How the pandemic is going to affect my/our kids long-term? Career? Careers of friends who rely on touring? Recording another album?

One thing that always helps me is playing shows. Every time I play a show, I feel a bit more human afterward than I did prior. A good show should fill you up with fuel so you can get through the next while. I've been thinking a lot about how most of the music industry has just packaged up "streams" on a pay-per-view basis and assumed that it's fine as a "for now" solution. I don't like that.

I see a lot of artists selling tickets to an event, but then treating the execution of that event like content. The performance should be the nucleus. It should be the initial draw. But somewhere in there, you should get lost in the absurd beauty of being a part of something greater than any of us individually. I don't just want to be impressed with a show, I want to be moved. I want to leave a concert hall feeling like despite any anecdotal evidence suggesting otherwise, the pros of life really do outweigh the cons.

I don't just want a TV show with a chat. I want to see the audience and I want them to see each other. This is what I've focused on and it's why I've chosen to use Zoom. Allowing online "shows" to not really be shows per se, but.. really.. well, like a "hang". Here's me. Here's you. I'll play some songs and we can be together for a bit.

So here we are. I'm ready to (read: in mental-health need of) another show. And this time it's all covers. Every show, I get asked to play a bunch of covers and so be careful what you wish for. It's Dan in the corner of that Irish pub in Sarnia, Ontario again - circa 2006. I will most definitely be playing "Say It Ain't So" by Weezer and I'm sorry that I'll have trouble hitting the high note in the bridge where it goes "Drooowning in the flllooooooooooooooood!!!!"

Dan Mangan ALL COVERS
Nov 21 @ 12pm PT / 3pm ET / 8pm GT
Tickets available via Side Door HERE

As always, thanks for your ears and your eyes.

Much love,

x
Dan