Warming Up
Keyboardist Logan Metz, Nelson and McCormick (from left) stretch their faces before the show — “Something we picked up from Neil,” says McCormick
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Meeting Pete Townshend
Image Credit: David McClister for Rolling Stone Nelson meeting Pete Townshend at the Bridgestone. “We all got to speak with Pete,” says Nelson. “He was so cool. We all connected musically.”
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Smoke Break
Image Credit: David McClister for Rolling Stone The band hitting a joint backstage before the Bridgestone show. “We definitely snuck in there,” laughs Nelson. “Hopefully the arena doesn’t come back and say, ‘Oh, you’re not allowed anymore. You smoked in the boys’ room!'”
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Air Time
Image Credit: David McClister for Rolling Stone Nelson and McCormick catching major air onstage. “It just makes a rock show even that more rock,” says McCormick. “If I’m not completely sweaty and gross after, I don’t feel like I put on a proper show.”
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Strawberry Fields Forever
Image Credit: David McClister for Rolling Stone Nelson at a farmers market in Nashville. “We do anything we can to be apart of a community,” he says. Adds McCormick: “I feel like we have a responsibility as people that are in the view of the public to lead by example on how we live our lives. The farmer’s market is part of that.”
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Breathe Deep
Image Credit: David McClister for Rolling Stone Nelson and drummer Anthony LoGerfo practicing yoga at the Ryman, an act they do daily. “We’re out here 250 days a year,” LoGerfo says. “We’re together on a bus. We love each other, but at the same time, you can get into your head about things. Meditating for me is getting out of my head and staying true to the source: love and happiness. This is a dream to be out here playing music with my friends and these legends that our teachers. So just being present and respecting that, that’s why I do it.”
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Mad Hatter
Image Credit: David McClister for Rolling Stone Nelson rocking a top hat that was gifted to him by a friend. “It was made for me after Tom Petty died,” Nelson says. “It’s a tribute to Tom, but also to Leon Russell and to dad. Dad had a top hat like that. I love that hat. It’s a reminder of my heroes who came beforehand.”
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The Price is Right
Image Credit: David McClister for Rolling Stone Nelson with Margo Price at the Ryman. “We did not expect her to show up,” Nelson says of Price, who was pregnant at the time. “She told us she probably couldn’t make it and then she surprised us. There are types of friends that you really know you’re going to have for the rest of your life. She’s definitely a spirit, a soul sister. We love her a lot.”
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Lean on Me
Image Credit: David McClister for Rolling Stone Lukas Nelson and Corey McCormick