Mile of Music
Writer's Round: High Tea, Jamie Kent and South for Winter
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Folk rock and Americana songwriters perform in-the-round live at Mile of Music 2024.
Three folk rock and Americana artists perform in a writer's round at Mile of Music festival 2024 in Appleton, Wisconsin. Recorded live, songwriters showcase nine originals, including; "Whole Lotta Lovin'" by High Tea, "All My Favorite Restaurants are Gone" by Jamie Kent and "How the Mountain" by South for Winter.
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Mile of Music
Writer's Round: High Tea, Jamie Kent and South for Winter
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Three folk rock and Americana artists perform in a writer's round at Mile of Music festival 2024 in Appleton, Wisconsin. Recorded live, songwriters showcase nine originals, including; "Whole Lotta Lovin'" by High Tea, "All My Favorite Restaurants are Gone" by Jamie Kent and "How the Mountain" by South for Winter.
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- Isabella DeHerdt: Hey, guys, how you doing?
[audience applauding and cheering] You having a good Mile so far?
- Audience: Yeah!
It's our first time.
I'm Isabella.
This is Isaac.
- Hi.
- And we are High Tea.
[audience applauding] And we're gonna kick it off tonight with a song called "Get in Trouble," which is about a woman who finds herself living a life that she may have not exactly wanted.
["Get in Trouble" by High Tea] [gentle acoustic guitar music] ♪ A little sweet house on a cobbled drive ♪ ♪ Got a snow-blowin', lawn-mowin' man by her side ♪ ♪ A picket fence was never quite her vibe ♪ ♪ She sees it every mornin' ♪ ♪ A PTA mom with the best damn bakes ♪ ♪ Never late to a meeting, never late to a game ♪ ♪ Her dad-in-law says she's got the prettiest face ♪ ♪ She sees it every morning ♪ ♪ She buys all the groceries, she makes all the food ♪ ♪ And her friends say she's always in a real good mood ♪ ♪ But she never says words she's been told are too rude ♪ ♪ Every single morning ♪ ♪ She fights the want to put a drop of poison ♪ ♪ In her husband's drink, yeesh ♪ ♪ Declare herself hysterical ♪ ♪ Just to see a shrink ♪ ♪ To change her name, her hair, her clothes ♪ ♪ Throw her I.D.
down the sink ♪ ♪ And those were just normal morning thoughts ♪ ♪ She thinks ♪ ♪ Get in trouble ♪ ♪ Drag race your soul down the street ♪ ♪ Going feral ♪ ♪ Let that fire burn free ♪ ♪ Yeah-ah ♪ ♪ And don't you let them run you out, no ♪ ♪ Don't you let them pull you down, no ♪ ♪ Steal away ♪ ♪ And blow this town ♪ ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ ♪ Ohh ♪ ♪ She goes to book club on Friday ♪ ♪ She drinks a lot of wine ♪ ♪ And she tries not to think about ♪ ♪ The life she said was fine ♪ ♪ See it is, it is, she swears to God ♪ ♪ It is hard to get up in the morning ♪ ♪ So she pushes it down and she powers through ♪ ♪ She tries not to think about the girl she once knew ♪ ♪ She can still sometimes see her in the mirror ♪ ♪ Looking through ♪ ♪ Getting dimmer every morning ♪ ♪ So she fights that want to drive her SUV into the lake ♪ ♪ Or to get into an argument ♪ ♪ Just so she can punch somebody's face ♪ ♪ Lose a few teeth and bleed ♪ ♪ Just so she can taste ♪ ♪ Get in trouble ♪ ♪ Drag race your soul down the street ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Going feral ♪ ♪ Let that fire burn free ♪ ♪ Mm-hmm ♪ ♪ And don't you let them ♪ ♪ Run you down, no, no, no ♪ ♪ Don't you, don't you let them, let them ♪ ♪ Pull you down, no ♪ ♪ Steal away ♪ ♪ And blow this town ♪ ♪ Ohh, yeah ♪ ♪ Ohh ohh, oh oh ♪ ♪ And some nights she says she's gonna take a long walk ♪ ♪ And she goes sees the cashier at the store down the block ♪ ♪ See, her name is Rita, she thinks she's hot ♪ ♪ She wants to see her in the morning ♪ ♪ And Rita says, "Girl, you gotta get out of your head ♪ ♪ "No one's gonna show you how to break your own bread ♪ ♪ "And if Jesus were here, he'd say we end up dead ♪ ♪ Don't give them all your mornings" ♪ ♪ Oh, get in trouble ♪ ♪ Get in trouble ♪ ♪ Get in trouble ♪ ♪ Get in, get in ♪ ♪ Get in trouble ♪ ♪ Get in trouble ♪ ♪ Get in trouble ♪ ♪ Get in, get in ♪ ♪ Get in trouble ♪ ♪ Get in trouble ♪ ♪ Get in trouble ♪ ♪ Get in, get in ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah, get in trouble ♪ ♪ Get in trouble ♪ ♪ Get in trouble ♪ ♪ Get in, get in ♪ [audience applauding and cheering] Thank you!
- Jamie Kent: High Tea, y'all, come on!
[audience applauding and cheering] Appleton, how we doing tonight?
[audience applauding and cheering] That sounds like a Tuesday.
[audience laughing] It is not Tuesday, it is Friday.
Day two of the Mile.
Appleton, how are we feeling?
[audience cheering and applauding loudly] I like it!
I used to write songs about, like, being on the road and, you know, and love and the things directly around me, and now I-- The pandemic set me on an amazing, different journey as a person in the creative community, and I still obviously play music a lot, but I also am now a lobbyist for the music industry in Nashville, which is a crazy thing, right?
[audience applauding and cheering] So this is a song that's inspired by my being in the inner workings of what it's like being in Nashville, which is the greatest music place, Music City, in the world where so much is happening.
And, yet, it is a lot of people complaining a lot because it's growing fast and it's more expensive and traffic sucks and it's all the things all at once.
And that's what this is about.
["All My Favorite Restaurants Are Gone" by Jamie Kent] ♪ Well, I live in the It City ♪ ♪ Which means it's the place to be ♪ ♪ Yeah, it makes all the lists ♪ ♪ It's the American dream ♪ ♪ Got Michelin and movie stars ♪ ♪ Neon names on top of bars ♪ ♪ Nothing gonna slow us down ♪ ♪ Except a highway full of cars ♪ [audience laughing] ♪ Yeah, it's the place that I love ♪ ♪ It's the place I call home ♪ ♪ But all of my favorite restaurants are gone ♪ [upbeat acoustic guitar music] ♪ Well, one became a parking lot, the other a hotel ♪ ♪ The rest became condos, the luxurious jail ♪ ♪ My friends want to come visit what they saw on the TV ♪ ♪ So the hotels keep on filling up ♪ ♪ May the circle stay complete ♪ ♪ It's the place that I love ♪ ♪ It's the place I call home ♪ ♪ But all of my favorite restaurants are gone ♪ ♪ It's the place that I love ♪ ♪ Everything keeps on growin' ♪ ♪ But all of my favorite restaurants are gone, yeah ♪ ♪ All of my favorite restaurants are gone ♪ ♪ Well, I got in early on my house ♪ ♪ Now it's worth twice as much ♪ ♪ Hell, I'd love to go celebrate ♪ ♪ But parking costs too much ♪ ♪ The economy is boomin', man ♪ ♪ The condos grow like weeds ♪ ♪ But there ain't no houses left to buy ♪ ♪ They're all Airbnbs ♪ [audience laughing] ♪ It's the place that I love ♪ ♪ It's the place I call home ♪ ♪ But all of my favorite restaurants are gone ♪ ♪ It's the place that I love ♪ ♪ And them seeds keep on sowin' ♪ ♪ But all of my favorite restaurants are gone, yeah ♪ ♪ All of my favorite restaurants are gone ♪ ♪ Well, and every couple years ♪ ♪ We look like a brand-new town ♪ ♪ But if you want to chase a dream ♪ ♪ No better place I've found ♪ ♪ Yes, growing up's got growing pains ♪ ♪ No matter where you run ♪ ♪ But mama said to make your bed ♪ ♪ Before you go have fun ♪ ♪ It's the place that I love ♪ ♪ It's the place I call home ♪ ♪ But all of my favorite restaurants are gone ♪ ♪ It's the place that I love ♪ ♪ And I love to bitch and moan ♪ ♪ But all of my favorite restaurants are gone, yeah ♪ ♪ All of my favorite restaurants are gone, yeah ♪ ♪ All of my favorite restaurants ♪ ♪ Are gone ♪ All right!
[audience applauding and cheering] Thank you!
Whew!
- Nick Stone: Now, that's a Friday night, Jamie, right there.
- That's right.
That is a PBS crowd ending right there, if I've ever heard one.
- Dani Stone: Well, we are really lucky that we get to share the stage with these artists and even luckier that we get to call each of these bands and artists friends.
So thank you, guys, so much for sharing the stage with us today.
It's so lovely to do this at Mile.
Mile of Music is truly summer camp for musicians.
We get to see so many of our friends, not only from around the world, but also the ones that we might live next door to and be gone too much to see.
[laughing] So, this is a song off of our new album.
We actually played it here at Mile for the very first time four years ago.
- On this stage.
- On this stage.
And this is about the people that change you, where you meet them and you know that something in your life has changed.
Something in the stars has shifted.
So it's called "Something in the Stars."
["Something in the Stars" by South for Winter] [gentle guitar music] ♪ I went down where ♪ ♪ The mountains spoke to the skies ♪ ♪ You sang melodies ♪ ♪ I learned to harmonize ♪ ♪ And when it came time ♪ ♪ To leave your arms far behind ♪ ♪ When it came time ♪ ♪ I placed my love on the line ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh ooh ♪ ♪ Something in the stars ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh ooh ♪ ♪ Shifted in the dark ♪ ♪ And time was all ours ♪ ♪ We crossed oceans like birds ♪ ♪ That search for a home ♪ ♪ Couldn't find it ♪ ♪ In all the faces I know ♪ ♪ So when it came time ♪ ♪ To leave your arms far behind ♪ ♪ When it came time ♪ ♪ I placed my love on the line ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh ooh ♪ ♪ Something in the stars ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh ooh ♪ ♪ Shifted in the dark ♪ ♪ And time was all ours ♪ ♪ And then I knew ♪ ♪ All the Earth had felt it, too ♪ ♪ And then I knew ♪ ♪ That my love belonged to you ♪ ♪ And then I knew ♪ ♪ All the Earth had felt it, too ♪ ♪ And then I knew ♪ ♪ That my eyes saw only you ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh ooh ♪ ♪ Something in the stars ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh ooh ♪ ♪ Shifted in the dark ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh ooh ♪ ♪ When it came time ♪ ♪ To leave your arms far behind ♪ ♪ Something in the stars ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh ooh ♪ ♪ When it came time ♪ ♪ I placed my love on the line ♪ ♪ Shifted in the dark ♪ ♪ And time was all ours ♪ [audience applauding and cheering] - We're gonna hit you with a song we normally leave 'til the end of a set.
So we're throwing you in the deep end.
This song is called "Scuba Diving," and it's about-- May I share what it's about?
- Yeah.
[all laughing] Yes.
- Yes?
- Yes.
- Guys, consent is important.
- Consent is enthusiastic and consistent and continual.
Just 'cause someone says "yes" once does not mean that they are bound to it.
- Can you tell who is training to be a therapist right now?
I feel like... [all laughing] But, so, Isaac, who takes such good care of everyone's mental health and knows how important it is, at one point went into an inpatient program.
And in that inpatient program, a doctor was talking to you, giving you words, affirmations, just kind of, you know, things to think about.
- He was the intake guy.
He was supposed to decide whether or not I needed to be there.
And he was like, "Yeah, you do."
And, also, there was no real-- - Do-- Who was this man?
Was he a stranger?
Did he work there, are we sure?
- I think he was a doctor.
- And he said to you, as you were going into this program, "I want you to think about one word, or two words, technically, during your stay."
And they were the words "scuba diving."
To which you were like, "Thank you, that's no help.
What does this mean?"
- There was just a long pause before it, where he was like, "Like, I really want you to think about this one thing.
I think it's gonna be very valuable along your journey."
And I was like, "Thank you.
I would really like some help right now, please."
So it was a little disappointing at first.
And it came to mean a lot, both metaphorically and just as a thing to hold onto and dream about and look forward to.
But, yeah.
- And sometimes, life, mental health can feel like scuba diving.
You're in dark waters, and you're trusting equipment that you don't know if it will fail, and you're just having to kind of dive in and see what happens.
We always say, if you come to a High Tea show, we want you to leave knowing that it is the most important thing to take care of yourself, get help when you need, and talk to your people.
[audience applauding and cheering] ♪♪ - It is super important to say this song is from Isabella's perspective about that whole thing.
So I'm gonna sing it, but to be clear, the line "I wish I hadn't been so selfish that day" is not coming from the person seeking help.
You're not being selfish.
Get help.
Do whatever you need to do to get help.
Do your thing, you deserve it.
I don't care who you are, get help.
Yeah, that's... [audience applauding and cheering] ["Scuba Diving" by High Tea] [gentle acoustic guitar music] ♪ You're in ♪ ♪ The hospital again ♪ ♪ No call ♪ ♪ No text ♪ ♪ No end ♪ ♪ And I'm feeling useless ♪ ♪ While I'm brushing my teeth ♪ ♪ Caught up feeling helpless ♪ ♪ You can't even breathe ♪ ♪ Fighting your own ###damn brain ♪ ♪ I guess God never was that sane ♪ ♪ But I won't show ♪ ♪ When the doctors say ♪ ♪ It's visiting hours today ♪ ♪ I'm on ♪ ♪ The bus ♪ ♪ To your town ♪ ♪ They said ♪ ♪ This time's different ♪ ♪ You won't make a sound ♪ ♪ I called your mother ♪ ♪ Asked if you'd be okay ♪ ♪ I even asked her ♪ ♪ If she thought that I should stay ♪ ♪ Going 70 miles on a Peter Pan bus ♪ ♪ What the hell was she supposed to say?
♪ ♪ I wish I hadn't been ♪ ♪ So selfish that day ♪ ♪ Fighting your own ###damn brain ♪ ♪ I guess God never was that sane ♪ ♪ People die ♪ ♪ And people still pray ♪ ♪ But I won't show ♪ ♪ When the doctors say ♪ ♪ It's visiting hours today ♪ ♪ Scuba diving ♪ ♪ In the dark ♪ ♪ Hold on ♪ ♪ To something ♪ ♪ Coral reef ♪ ♪ Breaking apart ♪ ♪ Hold on ♪ ♪ To something ♪ ♪ Scuba diving ♪ ♪ In the dark ♪ ♪ Hold on ♪ ♪ To something ♪ ♪ Coral reef ♪ ♪ Breaking apart ♪ ♪ Hold on ♪ ♪ To something ♪ ♪ Scuba diving ♪ ♪ In the dark ♪ ♪ Hold on ♪ ♪ To something ♪ ♪ Coral reef ♪ ♪ Breaking apart ♪ ♪ Hold on ♪ ♪ Scuba diving ♪ ♪ In the dark ♪ ♪ Hold on ♪ ♪ To something ♪ ♪ Coral reef ♪ ♪ Breaking apart ♪ ♪ Hold on ♪ [audience applauding and cheering] - Thanks, y'all.
[audience applauding and cheering] - That was an amazing, vulnerable moment that it takes to get up there and write that song and sing that song and pour your heart into this room for everyone to feel and experience.
And that's, that's amazing, so I'm feeling that.
[audience applauding and cheering] [all laughing] [bright acoustic guitar music] This song is a little bit about my family and a little bit about our country here.
It's called "All American Mutt."
["All American Mutt" by Jamie Kent] ♪ We got blue eyes and brunettes ♪ ♪ Rainbows and rednecks ♪ ♪ Good thing we're in the land of the free ♪ ♪ We got Scottish, Jewish ♪ ♪ Well, Christian and Buddhist ♪ ♪ And that's just the branches of my family tree ♪ ♪ Here I stand in these genes ♪ ♪ All kinds of blood ♪ ♪ Running through this stream ♪ ♪ The many dreams that have been chased ♪ ♪ Well, I wear 'em on my face ♪ ♪ There's so many cloths from which I'm cut ♪ ♪ So just call me all-American mutt ♪ ♪ We got Republicans and Democrats ♪ ♪ And they get along like dogs and cats ♪ ♪ There's all kinds of crazy in my crowd ♪ ♪ We got athletes and hippies ♪ ♪ And they're all somewhere within me ♪ ♪ I may not be perfect, but I'm proud ♪ ♪ And here I stand in these genes ♪ ♪ All kinds of blood ♪ ♪ Runnin' through this stream ♪ ♪ The many dreams that have been chased ♪ ♪ Well, I wear 'em on my face ♪ ♪ There's so many cloths from which I'm cut ♪ ♪ Well, just call me an all-American mutt ♪ ♪ We're all dreamers, outsiders ♪ ♪ Lovers and fighters ♪ ♪ Footprints made by every kind of shoe ♪ ♪ We may not all agree on ♪ ♪ The colors that we see ♪ ♪ But they all make up that red, white, and blue ♪ ♪ Here I stand in these genes ♪ ♪ All kinds of blood ♪ ♪ Runnin' through this stream ♪ ♪ The many dreams that have been chased ♪ ♪ We wear 'em on our face ♪ ♪ There's so many cloths from which we're cut ♪ ♪ Well, just call us all-American mutts ♪ ♪ We're all-American mutts ♪ ♪ Oh, I'm an all-American mutt ♪ ♪ Yeah, baby, I'm an All-American mutt ♪ [audience applauding and cheering] Thank you!
All right!
- We're having a debate with our set list.
Because that song about mental health was just so stunning.
It actually had me, got me quite emotional.
That was beautiful.
And makes me tempted to do a murder ballad about the use of psychiatry in the 1800s.
- Or... - Or a love song.
- Yeah, so a murder ballad or a love song?
What are you guys feeling?
- Audience: Murder!
- All right, one more time, murder ballad?
[audience applauding and cheering] All right, let's not celebrate murder.
But that was excellent.
Or love song.
[audience jeering] - All right, murder ballad it is!
[all laughing] - What's the going rate on choices of murder ballad versus love song in general?
- You know, it has a pretty strong hit rate on the murder ballads, but we know they want a love song when everyone looks at us scared when we say the phrase "murder ballad."
So we're like, "Okay, never mind, wait.
"Yeah, terrible, terrible idea.
We would never do that."
[laughing] So, this song is also off of our new album.
And just like High Tea was saying, mental health has come a long way, but it still has a long way to go.
But I didn't know until just a couple years ago just how far we've come since the 1800s.
So, shocking.
Who knew that they treated women terribly when it came to psychiatry in the 1800s?
Isn't that crazy?
Wow.
Wrong use of the word.
[laughing] But in the 1800s, often they used psychiatry to silence women who were considered troublesome, whether they were reading too many books or were asking their husband for a divorce or even turning someone in for assaulting them.
There are all these stories of women throughout the United States and the UK and Europe that were put in insane asylums, and a lot of testimonies say that these women were actually completely sane, and there were all these barbaric treatments used against them.
So this is a song that we wrote about that and wrote it in a fit of rage, honestly.
And it's because when you treat people like they're crazy for long enough, you can actually make someone go clinically insane.
So this is for the women of the past, and it's called "Underneath the Blood Moon."
["Underneath the Blood Moon" by South for Winter] [twangy guitar music] ♪ Barefoot in the garden ♪ ♪ Do you hear me calling?
♪ ♪ You've sown seeds for the harvest ♪ ♪ Well, I think that's tonight ♪ ♪ I was barely 15 ♪ ♪ When you laid hands upon me ♪ ♪ Silenced by a jury ♪ ♪ You locked your secret safe inside ♪ ♪ Madness ♪ ♪ Isn't that what you said?
♪ ♪ Darling ♪ ♪ They tied me to the bed in a white dress ♪ ♪ Took all that I had to lose ♪ ♪ Underneath the blood moon ♪ ♪ There they kept us quiet ♪ ♪ Stifled into silence ♪ ♪ Locked in the asylum ♪ ♪ I bought my freedom with a knife ♪ ♪ Madness ♪ ♪ Isn't that what you said?
♪ ♪ Darling ♪ ♪ They tied me to the bed in a white dress ♪ ♪ Took all that I had to lose ♪ ♪ Underneath the blood moon ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh ♪ ♪ Insanity ♪ ♪ What a way to control ♪ ♪ With opium in my bloodstream ♪ ♪ Ohh ohh ♪ ♪ Locked me up so no one would find ♪ ♪ All the seeds you sowed ♪ ♪ But you'll reap them this time ♪ ♪ So run, run ♪ ♪ As the madness takes me ♪ ♪ Run, run ♪ ♪ See what you've made me ♪ ♪ Run, run ♪ ♪ You got what you wanted ♪ ♪ Run, run ♪ ♪ Run ♪ ♪ Run, run ♪ ♪ I'll show you madness ♪ ♪ Run, run ♪ ♪ I'm seeing red in the darkness ♪ ♪ Run, run ♪ ♪ You've got nowhere to hide ♪ ♪ Madness ♪ ♪ That's what you said, darling ♪ ♪ Red stains on my white dress ♪ ♪ Nothing left to lose ♪ ♪ Madness ♪ ♪ And so you'll have it, darling ♪ ♪ You've sown the seeds for harvest ♪ ♪ Time to pay your dues ♪ ♪ Underneath the blood moon ♪ [bluesy guitar music] [audience applauding and cheering] - I love going from a song about neighborhood gentrification to murder!
And now we're gonna sing about the devil!
[all laughing] We're a fun crowd up here.
Are we okay?
Let's check in.
Are we good, everybody?
We're good, okay.
This is a song about the devil.
But it's like if the devil was a little, had a little bit of a crush on you.
And maybe he's gonna be a little flirty when he steals your soul.
But you cannot change him.
You cannot fix him.
You can...tune.
[guitar tuning] ["Whole Lotta Lovin'" by High Tea] [upbeat acoustic guitar music] ♪ I got a black cat hidden in my blackjack hand ♪ ♪ And I've been waiting for you at the crossroads, dear ♪ ♪ I got a slice of heaven and a little piece of hell ♪ ♪ And I've been waiting for you at the wishing well ♪ ♪ I'll trade you money and fame ♪ ♪ Or just a leg up in the game ♪ ♪ Maybe something pretty to put to waste ♪ ♪ Maybe something more kind, maybe some of my time ♪ ♪ Maybe something that both of us like ♪ ♪ There's something in the way you look at me and say ♪ ♪ I seem just like the devil falling from grace ♪ ♪ I got a whole lotta lovin' ♪ ♪ I could use it on you ♪ ♪ Got a whole lotta loving and some heartbreaking, too ♪ ♪ Whole lotta loving, I could use it on you ♪ ♪ Got a whole lotta loving, if you want me ♪ ♪ Want me, want me want me, want me to ♪ ♪ Ooh ohh, ooh ooh ♪ ♪ I got a black spot painted on my greased palm ♪ ♪ Sign it on the dotted line ♪ ♪ If you trust me, dear ♪ ♪ You smell different than those other kinds of fools ♪ ♪ That make their way down this dark road ♪ ♪ To face their fear ♪ ♪ You got a glint in your eye ♪ ♪ The kind that I've always liked ♪ ♪ And something 'bout that smile just ain't sane ♪ ♪ Well, it's a lonely trade, tying eight strings in a braid ♪ ♪ But maybe there's something here to gain ♪ ♪ There's magic in the way you look at me and say ♪ ♪ I seem just like an angel if I had taste ♪ ♪ I got a whole lotta lovin' ♪ ♪ I could use it on you ♪ ♪ Got a whole lotta lovin' ♪ ♪ And there's heartbreaking, too ♪ ♪ Whole lotta lovin' ♪ ♪ I could use it on you ♪ ♪ Got a whole lotta lovin' if you want me ♪ ♪ Want me, want me, want me, want me to ♪ ♪ Hey, oh ♪ ♪ Hey, hey ♪ ♪ Hey, hey ♪ ♪ Won't you hold me tight?
♪ ♪ Sell your soul tonight ♪ ♪ I promise just to take a small bite ♪ ♪ I got a whole lotta lovin' ♪ ♪ Whole lotta lovin' ♪ ♪ Got a whole lotta lovin', whoo ♪ ♪ Got a whole lotta lovin' ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ A whole lotta lovin' ♪ ♪ I could use it on you ♪ ♪ Got a whole lotta lovin' ♪ ♪ And some heartbreaking, too ♪ ♪ Whole lotta lovin' ♪ ♪ I could use it on you ♪ ♪ Got a whole lotta lovin' ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ If you want me, want me, want me, want me ♪ ♪ Want me to ♪ Thank you so much, we're High Tea.
- Jamie: High Tea, y'all!
[audience applauding and cheering] - Isaac: Thank you.
- All right, Appleton, this one's my last one for the evening.
And, gosh, it's been so great to be back at Mile.
This town is like a home away from home.
You guys are like family.
I've been, this is my ninth Mile, which is crazy.
[audience applauding and cheering] It's just been an amazing journey.
And I think, you know, a couple-- Last year, I wrote a song about it, and so now they're stuck.
You gotta, I gotta keep coming back now.
Sorry.
[all laughing] Well, I'm gonna play that song here to close it out.
["Famous (in Appleton)" by Jamie Kent] [upbeat acoustic guitar music] ♪ Well, some days it feels like I'm swimming upstream ♪ ♪ But I keep on truckin', chasin' the dream ♪ ♪ With too little money and too little sleep ♪ ♪ Some days still feel like the beginning ♪ ♪ But some days, though, it feels like I'm winning ♪ ♪ 'Cause my mom says I'm special ♪ ♪ My wife plays along ♪ ♪ Friends come for the beer and put up with the songs ♪ ♪ But there's still a few cities where the crowd sings along ♪ ♪ I'm no Bruce, but I'm still having fun ♪ ♪ And I'm famous in Appleton ♪ [audience applauding and cheering] ♪ Where the people, they listen, then sing the refrain ♪ ♪ Where they buy all the merch ♪ ♪ Chants your bass player's name ♪ ♪ Where the cheese curds, Lord almighty, they reign ♪ ♪ Is this heaven I've stumbled upon?
♪ ♪ Nah, you guessed it, it's Appleton ♪ Come on, y'all, let's go!
♪ 'Cause my mom says I'm special ♪ ♪ My wife plays along ♪ ♪ Friends come for the beer and put up with the songs ♪ ♪ But there's still a few cities where the crowd sings along ♪ ♪ I'm no Willie, but I'm really having fun ♪ ♪ And I'm famous in Appleton ♪ Come on!
All right, y'all, this is, I know this is a dry establishment with no beverages in it currently, but hold up your imaginary beer and sing with us here!
Here we go!
You know what to do!
♪ All the Miles and Miles and Miles of Music ♪ ♪ The Miles and Miles and Miles of Music ♪ ♪ The Miles and Miles and Miles of Music ♪ ♪ The Miles and Miles and Miles of Music ♪ Come on!
♪ The Miles and Miles and Miles of Music ♪ ♪ The Miles and Miles and Miles of Music ♪ ♪ My mom says I'm special, my wife plays along ♪ ♪ Friends come for the beer and put up with the songs ♪ ♪ There's still a few cities where the crowd sings along ♪ ♪ I'm no Whitney, but I'm really having fun ♪ ♪ And I'm famous in Appleton ♪ ♪ One more time for the people of Kenosha!
♪ My mother says I'm special, my wife plays along ♪ ♪ Friends come for the beer and put up with the songs ♪ ♪ But there's still a few cities where the crowd sings along ♪ ♪ I'm no Dan Rodriguez, but I'm having fun ♪ ♪ And I'm famous in Appleton ♪ [audience applauding and cheering] I love you, Appleton.
[audience applauding and cheering] - Nick: That is such an epic song.
[all laughing] - Dani: Well, heck, that should've been the closer.
[all laughing] - Yeah, what do you follow after that?
Thanks, Jamie.
- We'll have a clapping section in this song.
- Jamie: You guys got another murder ballad up your sleeve?
- Oh, we got many, but we're gonna save those for the rest of the band.
So we'll go maybe, like, love.
- Jamie: Love?
- You want that pick?
- Yes.
- Sure.
- Thank you.
- All right, so... - We've done a couple dark songs.
I think it's time to end on a happy note.
What do you think?
- Nick: Hell yeah.
[audience applauding and cheering] - If you recognize Nick's accent, it's not Australian.
- Thank you.
- It's New Zealander, it's Kiwi.
It's not actually an insult to call them a Kiwi.
That's what they call themselves, don't worry.
- We call kiwi fruit kiwi fruit.
That's just to distinguish the difference there.
- So this is a song off our first EP.
It's a love song to New Zealand, where Nick is from, and Colorado, where I'm from.
- More importantly, it was actually our wedding song.
So if you're here with a loved one, you know, hold them close and, uh... - So gross.
- Aw, you wrote it.
[all laughing] ["How the Mountain" by South for Winter] [gentle mandolin and acoustic guitar music] - ♪ Lost my way in the blue of the skies ♪ ♪ Married the road, and she was kind ♪ ♪ Had no roots, no ties to bind ♪ ♪ Until you slowed these feet of mine ♪ - ♪ I saw you there on a path less walked ♪ ♪ But you seemed quite far from lost ♪ ♪ You danced me around to the riversong ♪ ♪ And I was yours from that time on ♪ ♪ And how the mountain ♪ ♪ Loves the moon ♪ ♪ How the asters ♪ ♪ Love to bloom ♪ ♪ How the bellbird ♪ ♪ Loves to sing ♪ ♪ I love you more than all those things ♪ [audience laughing] ♪ No more the skies tempt and persuade ♪ ♪ They leave rain for these roots I lay ♪ ♪ Wild rose, grow where you may ♪ ♪ You'll find me there each dawn you wake ♪ ♪ For how the mountain ♪ ♪ Loves the moon ♪ ♪ How the asters ♪ ♪ Love to bloom ♪ ♪ How the bellbird ♪ ♪ Loves to sing ♪ ♪ I love you more than all those things ♪ ♪ I love you more than all those ♪ - You guys feel like doing a little clapping?
What do you reckon?
We can get that going.
Appleton, you can get louder than that.
One, two, three, four!
[lively mandolin and acoustic guitar music] Whoo!
♪ Ahh, ahh ahh ♪ ♪ Ahh, ahh ahh ♪ ♪ Ohh, ohh ohh ♪ ♪ I love you more, oh ♪ ♪ Than all those things ♪ ♪ I love you more than all those ♪ - Give yourselves a round of applause!
- Thank you, Appleton!
- We love you, Appleton!
- Thank you, Jamie Kent and High Tea!
Thank you for having us.
- Thank you, Appleton, we love you!
[audience applauding and cheering] [audience applauding and cheering]
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Clip: Special | 12m 55s | Folk singer-songwriter Christopher Gold shares two songs at Mile of Music 2024. (12m 55s)
Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons
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Clip: Special | 3m 38s | Grammy-nominated Cory Chisel brings Americana roots to Mile of Music 2024. (3m 38s)
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Clip: Special | 28m 11s | Minneapolis-based Dan Rodriguez plays live Americana music at the Mile of Music festival. (28m 11s)
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Clip: Special | 3m 51s | David Robert King plays "Cold-Hearted Woman" during a live acoustic set at Mile of Music. (3m 51s)
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Clip: Special | 6m 32s | Garage-style rock band Diet Lite from Milwaukee performs at the Mile of Music festival. (6m 32s)
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Clip: Special | 26m 35s | NYC supergroup Fantastic Cat performs live pop/rock at Appleton's Mile of Music festival. (26m 35s)
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Clip: Special | 20m 31s | Grammy-nominated Appleton native Hillary Reynolds performs live at Mile of Music 2024. (20m 31s)
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Clip: Special | 11m 1s | Illiterate Light, an indie rock duo, performs live at Appleton's Mile of Music festival. (11m 1s)
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Clip: Special | 14m 29s | Jeremie Albino and The Rosehall Band blend Americana and blues at Mile of Music 2024. (14m 29s)
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Clip: Special | 21m 56s | Americana singer-songwriter Joy Clark performs live at Appleton's Mile of Music festival. (21m 56s)
Leon Timbo and The Family Band
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Clip: Special | 9m 4s | Atlanta's Leon Timbo and The Family Band perform live country-soul at Mile of Music 2024. (9m 4s)
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Clip: Special | 28m 14s | Chicago's indie rock band Marina City performs at the 2024 Mile of Music festival. (28m 14s)
Mile of Music performers share 'A Song Before We Go'
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Clip: Special | 21m 37s | Mile of Music artists perform closing songs at the 2024 festival finale. (21m 37s)
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Clip: Special | 12m 55s | Australian folk duo Minor Gold performs live at Mile of Music 2024. (12m 55s)
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Clip: Special | 27m 44s | Chicago's Nathan Graham blends blues and Americana at the 2024 Mile of Music festival. (27m 44s)
Preview: Special | 1m | This concert documentary offers a front row seat to Appleton's community music festival. (1m)
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Clip: Special | 21m 59s | California’s Rainbow Girls blend folk and rock at the 2024 Mile of Music festival. (21m 59s)
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Clip: Special | 25m 45s | Blues artist Sarah Potenza brings bold vocals to the 2024 Mile of Music festival. (25m 45s)
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Clip: Special | 7m 57s | Scott H. Biram merges blues, country and punk at the 2024 Mile of Music festival. (7m 57s)
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Clip: Special | 11m 22s | Banjo innovator Tall Tall Trees plays psychedelic rock at the 2024 Mile of Music festival. (11m 22s)
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Clip: Special | 26m 59s | Singer-songwriter Tommy Prine performs live to a packed house during Mile of Music 2024. (26m 59s)
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Clip: Special | 9m 48s | The Oshkosh band rocks Houdini Plaza at the 2024 Mile of Music festival. (9m 48s)
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Clip: Special | 3m 18s | Milwaukee hip-hop artist Twan Mack performs one of his final sets at Mile of Music 2024. (3m 18s)
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Clip: Special | 15m 49s | Folk trio Valley Fox plays live at Mile of Music 2024 with mandolin, bass and guitar. (15m 49s)
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Clip: Special | 15m 47s | Folk singer Willi Carlisle plays banjo, fiddle and guitar at the Mile of Music festival. (15m 47s)
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