| On The Road: Last Train Home
With Eric Brace
Musician
Friday, April 4, 2003; 1 p.m. ET Now that The Washington Post's erstwhile "Nightwatch" columnist Eric Brace has taken a leave of absence to try to make a living playing music with his band Last Train Home, we're curious about his progress in that mean, ugly music biz. How's the neverending tour going?  | | Time and Water | Brace was online Friday, April 4, and talked about it -- the debut at New York's Rodeo Bar; the great write-up in the Philadelphia Inquirer; their growing following in Germany; the van that breaks down, but only when bassman Jim Gray is driving; and how Nashville (a.k.a. Music City) is treating him and the band. The transcript follows. Editor's Note: Washingtonpost.com moderators retain editorial control over Live Online discussions and choose the most relevant questions for guests and hosts; guests and hosts can decline to answer questions.
Baltimore, Md.: Great to see you back! I miss these chats. I heard a rumor that LTH is playing Baltimore tonight. Is that true? I saw you guys bunches of times at Iota when I lived in Northern Virginia and can't wait to see the band again. Eric Brace: Hello there folks! Good to be here chatting with you.. in the fine, plush, opulent offices of washingtonpost.com. Thanks Baltimore for being glad I'm back... I never really went away, really... IOTA is a swell place to see Last Train Home because it's where we got our start, more or less, in April 1997, I believe (we did open for the Wacos at the Black Cat in February that year though too...) But we get really loose and woolly at IOTA so come see us there again. We play there ever other month, a full weekend (Friday and Saturday nights, then a Sunday all-ages and non-smoking matinee (2 to 5).. bring the kids! And yes indeed, this first leg of the neverending tour brings us through Baltimore tonight, Friday April 4, at Cellar Stage at St. John's Church up there (a different church from the one that hosts the Roots Cafe. It's at
St. John's United Methodist Church of Hamilton,
5315 Harford Road
410-922-5210 or 410-521-9099
8 p.m. Opening for us is the Baltimore songwriter John Fahres. It'll be a fun show (it's a non-smoking, non-booze room, FYI)
Alexandria, Va.: The Gourds are one of the best bands in the country. I dig LTH, and have seen you three or four times in the past year, so don't take this the wrong way -- but how'd The Gourds end up opening for you? I hope they play a substantial set, and I hope LTH's local groupies and friends and family give them some respec'. The Gourds haven't been to D.C. in years. Eric Brace: We are indeed playing with the Gourds at the Birchmere. No disrespect taken. I'm not going to try to start a debate over which of us is the best band, because frankly, I love the Gourds. Love them. But when you're an out of town band that doesn't have an enormous following, i makes sense to pair up with a local band that draws. I'm happy to say that we do draw, and that has led to such big name acts as the Be Good Tanyas, the Pernice Brothers and Kathleen Edwards opening for us. It gives them a chance to be seen by a few hundred D.C. fans who might not have come out to see them otherwise. That's the theory anyway. Having said all that, the show at the Birchmere Sat. April 5 with the Gourds is officially a "co-bill"... we're getting equal money and all that. They just go on first. In the parlance of gigs, LTH is "closing the show," not "headlining." I can't imagine that the Gourds won't win over every single LTH fan that's there. and that's why they're doing it. If we're lucky, we'll open for them in Texas sometime. That's part of how all this works.
Beautiful Bucks County, Pa.: What time is the load in? Eric Brace: Ha! This is from Dave Van Allen, our remarkable pedal steel player who drives down to gigs from Doylestown, Pa. Dave, we'll get to Baltimore by 5, so as to avoid traffic, but if you're there by 6/6:30 you'll be cool.
Arlington, Va.: The music biz is tough. There are so many quality bands like LTH that don't get the national attention and $ that they deserve. Going to majors seems to always be the dream, but you hear more horror stories from the experience. Any major label story worth telling? Keep up the good playing. Eric Brace: I figure that given the major labels indifference to a band such as LTH, then there must be dozens -- if not hundreds -- of really good bands out there being summarily ignored by major labels. We're not "shopping for a deal," as they say. We've release our latest, "Time and Water," more or less ourselves (it's on our friend Jeff Nelson's label Adult Swim, but we've paid for most everything), and with solid distribution from Redeye (a company out of North Carolina that specializes in roots rock, country-pop, power-pop and alt-indie stuff), then we get into stares as needed and onto internet sites like Miles of Music, Village Music and Amazon.com. We're the kind of band that will sell more CDs from the stage, so it's not really in our interest to sign with a major, when the prime benefit of being on a major--radio airtime, essentially bought by the label -- is a venue that's not really open to us because radio ain't playing what we're offering. We've had a couple of labels come and see us (Sony Nashville, Mercury, RCA), and their reps all say, "Gee, love your stuff, wish there was something we could do with it, but it's not what the market wants right now." Yeah, whatever.
Location, location, location: Alright, please explain why you would chose Nashville over Austin as your base of operation? Eric Brace: I was just having that conversation on Tuesday night after our show at Nashville's Exit/In with a few people. Raul Malo, the Maverick's lead singer, was at our show and he said he was going to move to Austin because nashville was too conservative and Austin was more fun. No doubt about that. But Raul already has a career, so he can afford to live anywhere. LTH doesn't have a career. We're so in debt it ain't funny. And Nashville is where the machinery of the music biz is, at least for what we're doing. This might sound contradictory to what I wrote in the last answer, but Nashville is much more than major labels putting out country-pop fluff. It's got a dozen very cool small labels (Sugar Hill, Compass, DualTone, Oh Boy, Iridium and many others...), it's got management offices (people who manage folks like Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Buddy and Julie Miller, Trent Summer...of that ilk, song agents who could shop MY songs to people like that for THEM to record, indie publicists and radio promoters who know every media outlet sympathetic to the kind of music we're making and who I'll probably be hiring to "work the record"... So there's this huge infrastructure in Nashville that can help LTH get to that mythic "Tipping Point." Austin has very little of that, despite its huge SXSW conference. About 10 years ago, someone tried to convince me to move to Austin by saying, "Man, Austin's great! I can see Doug Sahm for $2 on a Tuesday night at the Hole in the Wall!" Well, good for you, but bad for Doug, right?
Brooklyn, N.Y.: The Gourds sold out New York's Village Underground. They can't be the obscure. Maybe it's just D.C. Eric Brace: I didn't say they were obscure by any means. New York has three college stations that play the heck out of them, so they do well there. There are several markets where they do very well. But D.C. as a whole doesn't really care about the kind of music they play. At least there's no radio station that plays them. Until that happens, it's just word of mouth and friends talking. The Gourds do well at IOTA, but that place is full with 175 people The Birchmere holds 550. And I'm happy to say that it's very close to selling out, and that will be the largest DC crowd the gourds have played for, I'm reasonable sure. They've got a good label (Sugar Hill is working with them now) and a full time publicist, so their profile is reasonably high around the country (and the world).
Iotaville, by way of Adams Morgan: Hey Eric, Steve K. here. I saw that you and the band will be performing at a benefit show on Sunday for the Sam Johnson Foundation. Why don't you tell the folks out there about the show and the reasons behind it? I'll see you there. Eric Brace: Hi Steve. Yes indeed, on Sunday afternoon, from 2 to 5, April 6 we'll be playing at IOTA in a benefit concert for Samuel Johnson. Sam was the 12-year-old son of Kevin Johnson. Kevin is a good friend of mine, a good friend of the band, the proprietor of SAM Records (named for his son when he was born) and the fellow who administers the online CD sales for the LTH Web site, among many other things. LTH guitarist Bill Williams and I played in Kevin's band The Linemen from 91-94, and made a lot of great music. Kevin's a stellar songwriter who has more or less retired from the music biz to concentrate on his rare book dealership in Baltimore, Royal Books. His son died two months ago in a skiing accident, and several local bands were pals with Sam, through our friendship with Kevin. These bands -- Naughty Pine, the Rhodes Tavern Troubadours, the Karl Straub Combo and LTH -- will perform special sets in Sam's memory. The money raised will go to defray the costs of the funeral and what remains will go to a Samuel Johnson Memorial Fund at the school he attended.
Brooklyn, N.Y.: So glad to hear you're doing a memorial concert for Kevin Johnson's son. So sad. I'm almost tempted to take the ole Amtrak to see it. Great cause. Eric Brace: I wish you could come down. It's the saddest thing. Maybe just drop a line to Kevin if you haven't already. You can reach him through www.royalbooks.com.
Springfield, Va.: Hi Eric, I have never listened to LTH and I went to Tower Records in Alexandria and asked them if they would put your latest CD in one of their listening stations. They politely refused and I left the store without a purchase. Any thoughts on why they would do this? Eric Brace: Well, you've just hit on the hardest part of dealing with so called "brick-and-mortar" retailers (as opposed to the on-line folks). Well, second hardest. The hardest is just finding a distributor to get you into the dang record stores. But once you're there, how do people find you? Listening posts is one answer. This relatively recent addition to U.S. record stores (they've existed in Europe for decades) has proven so successful a marketing tool that major labels BUY the space at the listening posts. It's one way a major label can help you. Indie labels can't afford it. And given how tough it is to be a music retailer, stores can't afford NOT to sell the display space to the company with the deepest pockets. I understand the practice but it doesn't make me happy. I actually know the top three people at Tower records, and have "hung out" and "partied" with them, and they really like LTH. But they can't afford to give me "free" shelf space because that's revenue that's lost for them. Sigh.
Washington, D.C.: What does erstwhile mean? washingtonpost.com: Webster's New World: some time ago; formerly Eric Brace: Dang. Didn't mean to get all booksmart on y'all.
Washington, D.C.: Really it is just a comment. Please come back to The Post. I miss your articles and visions for what's happening around town! It was so great to have you writing for the Weekend section it really felt like someone was getting to all the good stuff in town not the all the commercialized stuff. OK I've said my peace, I hope your band is doing well. Jen Farina Eric Brace: Now THAT'S a nice thing to read. I've been keeping up on the Nightwatch page in the Weekend section and I think that folks like Fritz Hahn and Richard Harrington are going a fine job. I was thinking that after nearly seven years of doing the Nightwatch column it was time for a new voice anyway, no? I'm hoping you'll get used to the new regime, as it were. But thanks so much for the kind words.
Somewhere, USA: The Gourds have played before pretty full houses at Iota in previous years, and there's no reason to think they couldn't again. So I don't think LTH's coattails are really necessary; they could have charged $10 and filled Iota. And their fans could have heard them play for more than an hour. Eric Brace: Agreed. What you say is absolutely right. BUT, this way they're in front of at least 300 more people than they'd be in front of at IOTA and for a touring band that translates into MUCH more money in terms of CDs and T-shirts sold. I can guarantee you that the Gourds are broke. They need money. And if these 500 people all decide they want to see the Gourds again (and I'm not saying they'd never heard them before.. more than half surely are Gourds fans) then perhaps the Gourds can do TWO nights at IOTA next time they come through town.. you see how it works? Promoters do these things to "grow" bands in a particular market. They're not making judgment calls on who's the better band. Sure they could play their own date at IOTA, but why would you want them to NOT have the chance to get in front of more people?
McLean, Va.: Eric -- Since your final on-line chat as Nightwatchman, have you since moved to Nashville? If so, been to any of the good music clubs like the Station Inn, Douglas Corner Cafe, world-famous Bluebird Cafe (and Tootsies Orchid Lounge of course)? Bumped into any famous music people or collaborated with other songwriters? Take time to see some attractions like The Parthenon and The Hermitage. Eric Brace: The sad new is that the Loveless Cafe is for sale down there.. That's the best joint for breakfast in town, other than Monell's. Yes, been to all those places. I'm sure I'll be playing at the Station Inn with my ongoing side-project, the Skylighters (with LTH rhythm section, along with dobro master Mike Auldridge and mando wiz Jimmy Gaudreau, playing bluegrass and old-time stuff), and I'll be doing the Bluebird sometime this summer. Tons of "famous" people, in that circle of good country pop rock stuff: Marty Stuart, Raul Malo, Allison Moorer, Walter Egan, Lonesome Bob, Eric Taylor, Nanci Griffith, Amy Rigy.. the list goes on and on. They're all great people, and with any luck i'll be trying to "co-write" with some of them this summer. The man who carved the huge sculpture of Athena in the Parthenon, Alan LeQuire, has become a pal down there too. his workshop is amazing. That is the largest indoor sculpture in the western hemisphere! All in all, I'm very comfortable in nashville.
Arlington, Va.: So tell us what the Nashville scene is like. I hear that every waiter's got a songwriting contract, like every waiter's got a screenplay in his pocket in L.A. What's the competition like, and how do you grab the attention of agents and publishers, much less record companies? Eric Brace: So having said all that, the truth is that I've still only been sporadically in Nashville. The band has been on the road, and I've been up here getting myself moved out of my house, packed into storage spaces etc. I go down on the 10th for a few weeks, and that's when I'll really kick the songwriting thing into gear. The way we've gotten the attention of the people whose attention we have is by being a good band. The first two LTH records caught the ear of some radio station program directors in Nashville (unbelievably so).. and caught the ear of some music writer for the papers there, both the dailies and the alt-weeklies. then when we started going down there to play live, we got very good notices. After that, folks started to call us... a very nice position to be in! There is competition down there, I suppose, but I'm letting my song agent deal with that. His name is Larry Shell, and he's a partner in Americana Entertainment, Inc. Larry co-wrote the big hit "Music on Murder Row," among dozens of other tunes, and he heard something in my songs that he liked and has been sending them around to "song catchers".. folks that go find tunes for big country stars to record. So far no one's bit, but I'm hoping Willie Nelson will record "Time and Water" someday.
Somewhere, USA: Well, the reason that I would prefer the Gourds at Iota where they could play for two hours than at Birchmere where they will play an hour is that extra hour. And the fact that LTH's groupies are sometimes a little tiresome. There, I said it. Eric Brace: Ahhhh. Okay. you got THAT off your chest. But that is yet another reason, perhaps, to see the Gourds at the Birchmere. It's a "sit down and hush up" kind of place, and they'll probably play for 90 minutes (since they're co-headlining, no opening) so you'd be able to hear them VERY well with no interference from aforementioned "groupies". As for THAT, I'm sure that if you were a fan of, say, the Buffalo band the Steam Donkeys and they came to play in Austin to open for the Gourds, you might wish the Gourds fans were a little less rowdy in their hometown, but that's just the way it is. It's okay if you're not a huge LTH fan, because there's no doubt that the Gourds will be back soon. AND let me again point out that one of the reasons they will be back sooner and not later is because they were part of a sold-out (or nearly so) show at the Birchmere. Promoters notice those things. So you can bet they'll be at IOTA before the end of July. I'll bet on it.
Washington, D.C.: What or who is a Gourd? Eric Brace: The Gourds are one of the best bands in the country. A skewed rock/country band from Austin that tries a little bit of everything.
Washington, D.C.: Last time you talked like a guy remarkably content with life on the road. Has the novelty worn off yet? Eric Brace: Considering we've only done about a dozen shows so far, I can safely say it's a blast. Ask me in a year. But I'll bet I say the same thing. I just hope I can keep from blowing out my vocal chords. That's proving to be the hardest part about playing on consecutive dates...
New York, N.Y. (maybe D.C. soon?): Wasn't there going to be a blog set up? Is that still going to happen? Eric Brace: YES YES YES! Absolutely. And it will, within the next few days. The folks at washingtonpost.com have been swaaaaaaaaaaammmped with war coverage. Getting the page designed and up'n'running became back-burner stuff.
But I've been writing stuff and it'll be up there soon. Keep checking the post.com site.. and there will be alink to it from the Last Train Home site, www.lasttrainhome.com
Bakersfield, Calif.: Music business aside, how was your visit to the Maker's Mark plant on Wednesday, does your status as a "bourbon man" prevail, and by what means did you leave? Eric Brace: Hi there Bakersfield! Say hi to Buck Owens for me. We'll get out there before too long. With any luck we'll play at Buck's Crystal Palace! So here's the thing. On Wednesday morning we woke up and left Nashville a little worse for wear after our show tuesday at the Exit/In... we had to be in Lexington, Ky., for a radio show at 3 p.m., and it's a five-hour drive from Nashville to Lexington AND we cross the time zone from Central back to EST. So we just hauled up I-65, zoomed right PAST the sign to the Maker's Mark distillery in Laredo, Ky., (where you can dip your very own bottle in the red wax!!woowoo!). We waved at the sign and kept going. We promise to make time for it next time we're in the area. The radio station, WRVG, is by the way, the greatest station in the universe. Big big props to WRVG. They went from Randy Newman, to miles Davis to Rickie Lee jones to Emmylou Harris to Kate Campbell to T-Bone Burnette... I didn't check to see if they're online, but if they are, then everyone should tune in!
Arlington, Va.: So how WAS playing at the Rodeo Bar? Eric Brace: We LOVED the Rodeo Bar. Throwing peanut shells on the floor... ordering drinks from a swell bartender standing inside a horse trailer... crazy.. didn't feel like NYC at all....can't wait to go back.
Alexandria, Va.: What's the story with Nashville these days? Used to be big hair, Aquanet, the Grand Ole Opry and spangly costumes (seen too many Robert Altman movies). Now it seems as though there's a lot of focus on "crossover" acts -- Shanaia Twain, Faith Hill, even Tim McGraw, despite the hat. And there are great songwriters there who don't quite fit into the "old school" or "crossover" category. But they're not exactly "alt-country" either, which is what I think of when I think of your band. Where do you all fit in? Is there a niche for you to fill? The guys I think of as "alt-country," like Wilco and Sunvolt and the Jayhawks aren't running around Nashville, are they? Eric Brace: There ARE guys like the ones you're talking about... The Lambchop folks, Will Kimbrough, Scott Miller, Amy Rigby, Saddlesong, Kim Richey, Tommy Womack... and there are lots of cool rock bands where the focus is on songwriting. None of them is really alt-country either, the way, say, Deke Dickerson or hank III are.. and for that matter, neither is LTH really.... but it's OK if people wanna call us that. As for the big hat stuff, it's still there (guys like Joe nichols...) and the pop crossover is there... but if you're just living down there, you don't really see that side of it, because it takes place behind big corporate walls..
Arlington, Va.: I’d say congrats on having a strong German following, but then again, so does David Hasselhoff. In any instance, it is better than having a strong French following. At first I thought you had sold out to our European enemies, but getting their money is the best revenge. However, if you criticize U.S. foreign policy while on your European tour (no Dixie Chicks-like stance), I will be forced to rent a steamroller and crush your CDs on my lunch break. Good luck and bring back some Euros. Eric Brace: as for Germany, there are many cool DJs that have radio shows specializing in more rootsy U.S. stuff, and several have taken a shine to LTH, playing us a lot. And one label, Blue Buffalo (based in a small town near munich), has taken such a shine that they've signed us! "Time and Water" is being released on Blue Buffalo all over Europe later this month! I say go go go Natalie Maines. I'm not particularly proud of our president myself, but that's another can of worms, ain't it?
Bethesda, Md.: Eric! Great to see you! I was at LTH's taping at mhz last month. I didn't know you were French! Or half French! Think you'll be playing the "old country" anytime soon? Eric Brace: Ahh glad you were at the taping. Did you see it on TV? It looked and sounded remarkably good, I thought! Props to MHz and the whole staff of "MHz Presents"... I host that show when I'm not the musical guest, so tune in, Sundays at 8 p.m. on channel 56!! Yep, it looks like we'll hit Europe in October! we should go to France, Germany, holland, Denmark... maybe more..
San Francisco, Calif.: Dear Eric, Should I quit my day job? (Because they really don't like me there.) Much love,
John F. Moremen, lead guitar Eric Brace: Hello John!!! I wish I could put you on salary and fly you out here, but we're just not there yet... soon, my man! (John Moremen is an amazing guitarist who lives in San Francisco and who used to play in the great great D.C. band the Neighbors throughout the '80s...as did our guitarist Scott McKnight.. I've been talking to John about becoming one of our touring guitarists as Bill and Scott can't quit jobs and family...)
Arlington, Va.: So the "growing following in Germany." Is that like that band in the movie "Singles," Citizen Dick -- they're huge in Belgium? Seriously, how do you get things rolling all the way over in Europe too? Eric Brace: Like I said, it was just catching people's ears. There was a mail order company there that doesn't exist anymore called Chill Music a few years back. The owner, Thomas something, heard the record when one of the guys at Miles of Music sent it to him (Miles of Music is one of the best mail order record stores I've ever seen. check it out at www.milesofmusic.com). Thomas sent it to German magazines, and we got good reviews... it all snowballs from one person's actions. Did y'all read Malcolm Gladwell's book "The Tipping Point?" Thomas was a "collector" and a "maven"......
Alexandria, Va.: Are you worried about your growing following in Germany? After all, the Germans love David Hasselhoff's music. Eric Brace: And the French love Jerry Lewis... I'm still managing to sleep...
Bethesda, Md.: Just wondering if you will have any outdoor concerts in the Washington area this summer? The Barnes show was sublime. Will you play Wolf Trap again next season? Eric Brace: We sure hope to play the Barns either fall 2003 or spring 2004 .. and if we're really lucky we'll be opening for someone at Wolf Trap's big amphitheater, the Filene Center this summer. Other outdoor shows:
Carter Barron on July 3... Strathmore Hall August 17...
Old Dominion Beer Festival June 28...there's a bunch more which you'll find on the web site.
Twerp City: E-Dog...waddup yo! Who are you guys playing with on the 25th and 26th? Are you going to be all like, "Hey Iota, you better tighten up and treat me right cuz I'm a touring rock and roll machine and not some chumpy lokel yokel like these fools." And then when somebody gets all uppity and is like "but Eric you're from here," you can get all ill and be like "I broke out yo, now treat me with some respect and get some Kristal up in here before I go off." If you're on that tip can I be part of your posse and break stuff up if they like forget to take the brown M&Ms out? That would be totally cool. Thanks, Scotty Two Cents
(That's my badass posse moniker) Eric Brace: word. Oh, and on the 25th and 26th we'll have the new young bluegrass band Daybreak playing, and Pennsylvania rockin' songwriter James Jewell... I forget which is on which day! Also on the Sunday matinee, the stellar jazz combo of our trumpetmeister Kevin, The Kevin Cordt Quartet, will be opening the show.
Topeka, Kan. Who's the coolest musician you've ever played with/met? Who do you hope to meet/jam with now that you've quit the day job? Eric Brace: LTH opened up for Levon Helm and his band the Barn Burners at Jaxx about four years ago. THAT was incredible. He's so so so so good. We were in awe. after that, playing on stage in the Skylighters band with Mike Auldridge and Jimmy Gaudreau made me giddy. I was also a little blown away when my childhood hero Noel Stookey (the Paul of Peter, Paul & Mary) got up and sang with us at IOTA last August. My list is long. I'd be really really happy if Willie Nelson invited us to his picnic.
USA: Germany's a big country, y'all. In the same way that some folks in the U.S. like Britney, some don't. Not every German likes Hasseldork (God bless him, he did a face plant off his harley, I hear tell)... not every American digs Justin Freakin Timberlake. Gawl, generalizations! Rude! Eric Brace: Ah, the voice of reason.
Rosslyn, Va.: Eric: Are you finding that you are as crazed time-wise as before when you were bustling about town, checkin' out all the nightlife junque? Spent a night in front of the tube in yer PJs yet? Eric Brace: hardly any nights in front of the TV... but I did rent "Jean de Florette" and "Manon des Sources" and veg out to those. Great. They've been on my list since 1986, so you see, I've got a lot of catching up to do.. but when will i write songs!?!?
Alexandria, Va.: Have you been able to mine your neverending tour/Nashville exile for good song material? Eric Brace: ... Songwriting... indeed. someday, I'll find the time to sit down and do that. In fact, that's what I'll be doing when I go to Nashville for a few weeks, starting next week. Sitting in a room with my guitar and very little else and just seeing what falls out of my brain and through my fingers..
Richmond, Va.: How's the van holding up? Eric Brace: So far so good.. except the wiper motor gave out when Jimmy was driving through a rainstorm last week. And there's a slight transmission rumble when it goes over 65, but on the whole, very very nice. Not bad for an e-Bay purchase!
Rockville, Md.: Hey man, Good to see you online. Was looking at your schedule, and I see a lot of East Coast gigs. Will you be expanding nationwide soon? Eric Brace: Yes indeed... our booking agent, the amazing Brad Madison at Mongrel Music outta San Francisco is only having us do what makes sense. He wants to make sure it makes sense to drive 500 - 1000 - 2000 miles before he actually books it. But it looks like we're playing a wedding in Montana in August, so he's gonna route us across the country and back for that one.. I can't wait!!!
Eric Brace: OK gang..
Time's more than up.
Thanks for letting me go wayyyy over my hour.
I'll be back, perhaps, in a couple of weeks! Maybe from Nashville when I can tell you all about co-writing songs with George Jones and Johnny Cash and Emmylou Harris. Or not. Dear "don't post"... please drop me a line at bracee@washpost.com, we can talk more. Thanks for caring about Last Train Home, and if you can, come see us sometime. Check the schedule on the website.. the NEWLY DESIGNED website I might add. Thanks, evermore, to our genius webmaster Eric Christensen. Check it out!
See you soon..
eric
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