Blind Luck
Bicycle enthusiasts Blind Pilot step out of fellow Portlanders the Decemberists' shadow.
HP: Did the locals take to that? They're probably not used to having roving minstrels come down on their bikes and ask to set up a show.
IN: It was a really vulnerable feeling — in a lot of ways, the whole bike tour was. We were putting ourselves out in the elements for a while. One of the ways it felt vulnerable was to play for people in some pretty seedy bars, where we didn't know if they would like us at all.
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In those moments, you're really just playing for yourselves and each other, and it was a good experience to solidify that idea. But also, almost every show where we felt out of our element, people would start listening and be into it.
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