Episode #157 "On The Road Again"

<p></p><p>Howdy folks:</p><p>Welcome to Michael Perry’s Voice Mail, episode 157. This one’s available to subscribers and non-subscribers alike. Click the player above to listen.</p><p><strong>Included in today’s installment:</strong> Soon to speak at a <a target="_blank" href="https://lakeflywriters.org/2023-conference-schedule/">writer’s conference</a> and then do <a target="_blank" href="https://thegrandoshkosh.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=426">a show with his band</a>, Mike talks about how he came to have a band in the first place, how his first-ever show went, and how things have gone since. Also included: The best musical advice he ever received (from a two-time Grammy winner). Then he closes with the essay, “Roadworthy,” about being on the road in a band in a van in a traffic jam.</p><p>Below is a brief clip from a recent show (watch Mike very professionally smack his mouth on the microphone but just keep rollin’) (link <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/redirect/6be492c9-b528-452d-aaf9-55673afdad91?j=eyJ1IjoiZjd0byJ9.GrlsIVyMi8ciE0oWIGAqZQ3NWPT1t6ynGW7dsChL-PQ">also here</a>):</p><p>Music video of <a target="_blank" href="https://youtu.be/FUkpRxli4FU">a song Mike wrote for his daughters</a>.</p><p>Music video for the song “<a target="_blank" href="https://youtu.be/-pCiNaQC8ok">Forty Acres Deep</a>.” (A title Mike used again <a target="_blank" href="https://sneezingcow.com/product/forty-acres-deep-paperback/">for this book</a>). </p><p>Here’s video from <a target="_blank" href="https://www.pbs.org/video/michael-perry-and-the-long-beds-vqn0gv/">an in-studio Long Beds set recorded for PBS</a> five years ago.</p><p>Today’s essay is from the book <em>Peaceful Persistence</em><em>.</em> (Also still selling well, these <em>Peaceful Persistence </em><a target="_blank" href="https://sneezingcow.com/store/">shirts</a>...including this <a target="_blank" href="https://sneezingcow.com/product/peaceful-persistence-combo-book-and-t-shirt-dnu/">book/shirt combo deal</a>.)</p><p>And thanks again for th