Jonathan Byrd has been on the road playing music full-time for twenty years, touring all over the U.S., Canada, and Northern Europe in that time. 

He's also a fine art photographer (a light-writer, etymologically), a Gulf War veteran, a preacher's kid like me, and a brilliant dude, in general. I love every conversation I have with Jonathan, but I'm particularly looking forward to talking with him about songwriting, art, and resilience in hard times.

I learn something from Jonathan every time I see him, whether he's on stage or walking around my back yard with his bandmate Johnny Waken, teaching me which plants are native, and which are edible. 

Today, I learned from his blog that the word quarantine "comes to us from 14th century Venice, when ships from plague-infected ports were required to sit at anchor for 40 days before landing. “Quaranta giorni” means “forty days.”

Hope you can join us for this daily conversation.  #3, on Wednesday, will be with Beth Wood, all the way from the West Coast. 

Let's support each other in these strange days, and wash our hands.  

See you soon, 

David

Sustaining Our Spirits #2 — Jonathan Byrd, songwriter