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Last week, Tea Leaf Green toured across colorful Colorado. From Breckenridge to Denver, the band rocked audiences with their mix of classic folk sounds. I spoke with Trevor about Tea Leaf Green's live performance and their upcoming plans.
This week you’ve been appearing in show all across Colorado, do you have a favorite location in the state yet?
Trevor: You know I’m kind of partial to the big city. I like to get down to Denver. It’s all kind of a good vacation here. We never get to go skiing or anything. But, you know, we were just up in Breckenridge last night.
Do you ever feel the altitude change when you come to town?
Trevor: No. Sometimes when you try to get up a staircase or something, then you get to. Hopefully I don’t have to load my gear on to the stage anymore. That’s always the worst part with super high altitude places.
Are you mostly playing your recent release and catalog or do you often mix it up with some new music too?
Trevor: We pretty much try to make it up as much as possible. We got a big list of all the songs that we can play. And I usually just kind of write a set list depending on what I want played. We’ll try it up to keep things different. I guess we don’t want to do the same thing over and over. We’ll play the new releases just to sell the record but we pretty much play whatever we want.
If you could only play one song to convince someone to be a fan, which song would it be?
Trevor: My favorite song off our latest album is called, “I’ve Got a Truck.” It’s my favorite.
Jam band is kind of an overused broad term to describe a band. So, in your own words – describe Tea Leaf Green.
Trevor: I gave up –for me – I think we’re folk rock. We’re folk singers. We do jam so we can’t say that we aren’t a jam band. I’d say folk music. Folk music does have improv in it.
What’s the strangest genre that your band has been labeled with?
Trevor: I’d say as a funk band. (laughs) I guess we can get funky sometimes. It kind of makes my skin crawl when someone in the audience yells, “Play something funky!” And I’m all…”No, I won’t!” (laughs)
How does your performance change when you switch from the smaller venue to a huge festival?
Trevor: You get more people watching you. There is a more immensity in spirit. It definitely feels bigger. It’s still the same. It’s more about how close we are really (laughs). I could play for a 1,000 people but if there were a huge space, it’d still seem weird to me. If I were playing in front of 50 people and we were close, it’d be better. To feel clustered in with everybody together. That’s what I’m more interested in.
In 2002 TLG did an interview with Dewey Hammond where you mention that insecurity and an uncomfortable feeling pushed you to create new boundaries, how do you feel your band has evolved since that quote and do you still believe that the insecurity continues to motivate the band to succeed?
Trevor: A lot about it is being – it’s like a conquering your insecurity to go up there. Not to care. To be confident in what you have to say as being important. When you start to get insecure, you start to pretend like – you try to be people that aren’t your true spirit. Obviously, we deal with awkwardness and insecurity by going on stage. You know, like why should I be on stage? – those kind of questions.
What’s next for the band?
Trevor: Well, you know, we’re just gearing up for summer. We have some festivals to go to like 10,000 lakes, All Good, and some others. We’re working on some new recordings – which is kind trying a new strategy to make recordings instead of going into a studio for a few weeks. We can just go into the studio for a couple of days. Hopefully we get some of the new music out there.
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