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UNCUT: Were you still teaching when you wrote and recorded Alien Lanes ?

I may have still been teaching, but if we were getting ready to sign with Matador I’m sure I had plans to quit. It was a weird time with a few mixed emotions. Pride and excitement. A little nervousness. Also anger because some – actually a lot – of the people I associated with at the time thought I had lost my mind or at the very least was being irresponsible to be leaving a good job with benefits. It’s understandable how they didn’t think it was possible at that

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