St. Vincent (Annie Clark)

New York is in New York without you, love So far and a few blocks to be so low

And if I call you from First Avenue You're the only other sucker in the city who can handle me New love wasn't true love, back to you love

I've been doing the only other sucker in the city who can stand me I have lost a hero, I have lost a friend But for you, darling, I'd do it all again

That's New York by St.

My uncle, Tuck, plays a 1947 and 1948 Gibson L5, which is an electric guitar, but it's a kind of a hollow body jazz guitar.

Oh, I would say yes.

Touring with Tuck and Patty, and I don't mean this in any sort of slight to them, but just the amount of work.

that it takes to travel, put on a show, tech all the gear, make sure that you've eaten.

I had stuff like a little head counter.

So I would walk around and count heads in the room so that when the promoter would come back and say, oh, we sold this many tickets, I had a count.

To compare it to.

So I could find out if the promoter was trying to stiff them on any tickets because I said, because I had, well, no, actually, my count says we had, you know, 350 and you're only trying to pay us for, you know.

297, that's not... You know, so all this stuff, like really learning the ropes of the road.

And really, really caring about sonics, too.

They really...

care about sonics and taught me to care about sonics and they really impressed upon me not everybody has to like it that doesn't matter but you have to be excellent you have to be excellent you have to be as good at your craft as possible

No, no.

I was hooked.

I was hooked.

The first tour I ever did with them was...