Is it a lyrical thing or a sonic thing?"
“There’s an intangible magic to that location,” he says.
It shows.The Mountainmarks one of the most joyful, brazen, and cohesive collections of his career.
Credit: Jim Wright
I never want to go backwardsthe good ol' days are good because they’re gone, for me.
[Laughs] So they all require a leap of faith, that’s where the magic resides.
That was all we had.
I thought, man, I wish I could capture this feeling and bring it back to Nashville.
When I was telling my wife that, she was like, “Just bring people out there.”
I said we should record the album out here, and we all laughed about it.
Well, three months later, I was recording out there.
[Laughs] I’m already like, “Ah, well, we’ll never do this again.
What a bummer!”
That had a big impact on me.
I’ve actually broken free of the grips of the iPhone, now.
I use my iPad.
That was a big living moment for me.
Another major theme seems to be looking back on a pre-fame Dierks.
Brandi Carlile is featured on that very bluegrass-y “Traveling Light.
“I saw her play at Bluegrass and she was just blowing my mind!
I got her number and texted her up [about collaborating].
It was so easy.
I’m like, “I’m on my iPad!”
I’m like, “ensure you have a bottle of champagne before you go to the hospital!”
and she sends me a picture of her bottle of champagne already next to the go-bag.
I cannot wait to see her, it’s going to be like seeing a long-lost friend.
You’ll staring down months of tour dates.
What are you most excited for?We’ve got a totally new set.
It’s the same thing as when you’re in the studio and you do a great vocal pass.
The producer in your ear always goes, “That was perfect.
Let’s do it again.”
That’s what keeps the excitement there always tearing things down and recreating it.
