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Right now, I'm on the road with my longtime friend, Liz Durrett.  Touring has always been rough stuff.  It's dirty, it's exhausting, it's demoralizing, even.  But these days, it's expensive.  More people lose money on tours than make money.  Even old tried and true venues around the country are dropping the cover charge in favor of just getting folks in to see the band.  (It seems that we, driven by our anxiety over the "economy" are more prone to spontaneous spending than planned purchasing - so ticket sales have gone the way of cassette tapes.)
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