Turnpike Troubadours bass participant RC Edwards was excited to play Below The Huge Sky Rodeo, Spherical-up and Music Pageant at Huge Mountain Ranch in Whitefish, Montana, this weekend – and even happier that his band is again collectively.
Turnpike Troubadours went on indefinite hiatus Could 31, 2019, and began teasing followers on social media with their return in November of 2021. The band is on a summer time tour that stopped in Whitefish, Montana, Friday, July 15 and can swing by way of Nashville to play two nights at Ryman Auditorium July 29-30.
Standing backstage minutes earlier than the band headlined the pageant’s largest stage, Edwards stated: “Nice occasion, nice lineup, nice backdrop, nice climate, however then this complete 12 months has type of been necessary to us.”
“It’s simply nice to get the band again collectively doing what we love once more and making music,” stated Edwards, who launched his debut solo mission “Huge Nation” in the course of the hiatus. “Our break was good. All of us did some little facet to maintain us busy, nevertheless it wasn’t Turnpike. It’s bizarre to think about a reunion, however I suppose that’s what it’s. It’s been a blast to date. You don’t even know the way a lot you missed it till you’re lastly all (collectively) once more.”
Edwards stated it’s simple that followers missed the band as a lot because the band missed enjoying collectively.
“It’s nearly like making them cry, how excited persons are about us,” he stated. “You would possibly take it as a right from time to time or neglect one thing, however then if you see it once more, you understand how fortunate you might be to get to do that and what you imply to folks.”
About 20,000 followers cheered enthusiastically when Turnpike Troubadours took the stage because the solar went down. Nonetheless, Edwards stated Ryman Auditorium’s extra intimate viewers can be simply as significant to the group. The 2 nights the band will play the venue later this month mark the primary time Turnpike Troubadours will probably be on the stage.
“That’s at all times type of bucket checklist,” he stated of enjoying Ryman Auditorium. “We’re tremendous stoked for that. We’ll simply be doing extra of the identical. It’s simply type of us. We’ve by no means actually match too clear right into a class. We at all times say we’re a rustic band. We play nation music, honkytonk music, and we like all types of music, so a number of that filters into what we do.”
And he promised the band has just a few surprises in retailer for followers prior to later.
“We wish folks to know that there’s issues cooking that they don’t even learn about it,” he stated. “They’re not even prepared for it.”
