(bright music) (energetic music) - [MC] Check, check, check.

♪ Ooh, ah ♪ ♪ Ooh, ah ♪ ♪ Ooh, ah ♪ ♪ Ooh, ah, ah, ah ♪ ♪ Ah, ah ♪ ♪ Ah, ah ♪ ♪ Ah, ah ♪ -[Nick] We just started playing music as kids.

I think we just stumbled upon dad's vinyl collection.

He had this old acoustic guitar we found in the basement.

We grew up in Nebraska, spent, oh man, we were there for what, 20 years or so?

And ventured out to Portland, Oregon.

(audience cheers) -[Ty] I'm in Imperial, Nebraska, our hometown.

Just moved there really recently.

It's been nice.

It's quiet.

It's kind of different than what we're used to on tour.

When we moved out to the northwest, I think we were kind of a new sound out there.

(rock music) So everyone was super excited, and we were like, well we've been doing this the whole time.

You know, mandolins, suspenders, whatever was happening during that time.

- Yeah, you did have a suspender phase.

- I don't know why, but um.

- Easier than a belt sometimes.

-It just all, the timing of that was perfect.

(piano music) ♪ I've always been the way I am ♪ ♪ So hard to hold ♪ ♪ A one-track mind ♪ ♪ Running all the time ♪ ♪ Shut off and cold ♪ ♪ I don't know why I make this so hard ♪ ♪ When all you wanna do ♪ ♪ Is give me that easy kind of love ♪ ♪ Yeah, all you wanna do ♪ ♪ Is give me that easy kind of love ♪ ♪ You're a wildflower ♪ ♪ You hold the power ♪ ♪ In all your little ways ♪ ♪ Like a steady stream ♪ ♪ Like a Sunday morning ♪ ♪ Honey, my soul's been saved ♪ ♪ And I don't know why I make this so hard ♪ ♪ When all you wanna do ♪ ♪ Is give me that easy kind of love ♪ ♪ Yeah, all you wanna do ♪ ♪ Is give me that easy kind of love ♪ ♪ Tell me that you want me, yeah ♪ ♪ Honey, I need to know ♪ ♪ When the storm comes ♪ ♪ I can't hang on, yeah ♪ ♪ You hold me down ♪ ♪ And I don't know why I make this so hard ♪ ♪ When all you wanna do ♪ ♪ Is give me that easy ♪ ♪ Kind of love ♪ ♪ Like only you, like only you ♪ ♪ Like only you can give me ♪ ♪ That easy ♪ ♪ Kind of love ♪ (gentle music) -[Nick]The part where we have the most fun is the live show.

It's the experience that you have with everybody.

-[Ty] I'm gonna have you clap in a little bit.

I don't want to start it too early 'cause it becomes this commitment, you know, and now your hands hurt, and you're like, when do we stop?

At the verse?

I don't know.

We're gonna get you.

-[Nick] We try to make it as intimate as possible, no matter how many people are there.

And we're all just hanging out, you know, singing songs together, and it's kind of an escape for a little bit.

♪ I never thought I would be the one ♪ The really cool part is we can play the same song over and over, but every time we play it, it's a different experience, and it's never the same.

♪ Oh, this will be long ♪ We love to create that atmosphere and just kind of be, just kind of be a part of it.

(guitar music) -[Ty] One thing we always say at the shows is as a joke, is we want to run people through all of their emotions.

So what we want to do now for the rest of the night, we have this, this formula, but we get sad a little bit, for just a little bit and then we send you home very happy.

Okay, that's the plan.

I just always want people to get home after a show like I do with some of my favorite artists, and I'm just like, whew.

Like I've felt everything, and now I can just sleep.

Like I thought about all these memories or that past relationship or anything like that and you kind of.

-[Nick] Changes you in a way.

It gives you something.

-Yeah.

- Gives you hope, inspires you in a way.

It just reaches you to a place, you know, that you don't get just in your ordinary day.

And to be able to be a part of that is, it's an amazing thing.

♪ It doesn't get easier the further I run ♪ ♪ It gets harder to carry the weight of what I've done ♪ ♪ I am speaking from experience ♪ ♪ I don't wanna run, run, run no more ♪ ♪ I don't wanna run, run, run no more ♪ ♪ Seems to me a man can do a lot of thinking ♪ ♪ When he's staring down the barrel of a gun ♪ ♪ And the devil's had his sights set on me ♪ ♪ Since the day that I took sides with the Son ♪ ♪ Now every morning I go to war ♪ ♪ With the ghosts I met the night before ♪ ♪ Trying to find the grace in my mistakes ♪ ♪ There's monsters beating down my door ♪ ♪ They're hungry for a soul that's worn ♪ ♪ From all of the running that I've done ♪ ♪ I don't wanna run, run, run no more ♪ ♪ I don't wanna run, run, run no more ♪ ♪ I don't wanna run, run, run no more ♪ ♪ I don't wanna run, run, run no more ♪ (guitar music) ♪ I don't wanna run, run, run no more ♪ ♪ I don't wanna run, run, run no more ♪ ♪ I don't wanna run, run, run no more ♪ ♪ I don't wanna run, run, run no more ♪ (ethereal music) -[Chloe] Our music has changed and just our blend and the way that we understand each other's voices naturally has changed over the years too.

(violin music) ♪ Jump in your car ♪ - [Noah] Maybe there a little bit too.

♪ Jump ♪ - [Noah] I Feel like you're yelling at me a little bit.

-[Chloe] I gotta do it loud though.

There's been many evolutions I would say, kind of 'cause we all grew up together.

♪ Jump ♪ ♪ Jump in your car ♪ -[Noah] Yeah, that sounds.

- Okay, I feel like that should be loud and then we go.

- [Noah] Yeah.

I guess might sound a little strange, but it felt like we were three individuals kind of when we first started working as a trio, but now I feel like it's more, more one entity?

- Yeah.

- Kind of like marriage or something, you know?

I don't know.

♪ The colors were bright and vibrant ♪ ♪ Being yourself was such a breeze ♪ -[Noah] There is no interchangeable member of the Wildwoods.

♪ You're covering your ears ♪ ♪ Still it's too loud ♪ The Wildwoods have become 100% the three of us.

♪ You burnt out ex-poster child ♪ -[Chloe] Nice.

-[Noah] Yeah.

-[Chloe] Each of us wouldn't consider ourselves vocalists first, but we sing harmonies together, and that's like a big part of our music.

♪ Covering your ears, still it's too loud ♪ Well I feel like it's kind of always been, at least for Noah and I, I mean, I don't know, maybe you too, Andy.

Always liked the dream to be a full-time musician.

-[Andy] Yeah.

-[Chloe] Yeah?

Like that's just always been on our minds.

Like we're going to make this work somehow.

(bright music) ♪ With my honey out picking cherries ♪ ♪ Feeling happy as I might ever be ♪ ♪ Her hands are red, like roses blooming in February ♪ ♪ Carrying a pail filled with cherry wine ♪ ♪ The ones we picked ourselves will do fine ♪ ♪ I'll fill your glass if and only if you will fill mine ♪ ♪ Oh darling, take me by the hand ♪ ♪ You might be my sweet salvation ♪ ♪ Hold my trembling soul inside of yours ♪ ♪ As we crawl through open doors ♪ ♪ Darling, tell me to go ♪ ♪ Say the words, and I will follow you ♪ ♪ Through darkness each and every day ♪ ♪ Hey, hey ♪ ♪ Put it in a locket ♪ ♪ That you wear there in front of your heart ♪ ♪ Ohh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, ohh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ With my honey out picking cherries ♪ ♪ Laughing about all the dirt on our knees ♪ ♪ Climbing trees so quietly ♪ ♪ So we won't wake the bees ♪ ♪ Driving home at a quarter past 10 ♪ ♪ Wake up in the morning just to do it again ♪ ♪ She turns to me and she says ♪ ♪ I'm lucky just to be your friend ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Darling, take me by the hand ♪ ♪ You might be my sweet salvation ♪ ♪ Hold my trembling soul inside of yours ♪ ♪ As we crawl through open doors ♪ ♪ Darling, tell me to go ♪ ♪ Say the words, and I will follow you ♪ ♪ Through darkness each and every day, hey, hey ♪ ♪ Keep it in a locket that you wear ♪ ♪ There in front of your heart ♪ ♪ Or your wrist or your arm ♪ ♪ I'll be your unlucky charm ♪ ♪ And are my lips too red from the wine ♪ ♪ Cherries are berries ♪ ♪ And I'll bury another bottle with you ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ Darling, take me by the hand ♪ ♪ You might be my sweet salvation ♪ ♪ Hold my trembling soul inside of yours ♪ ♪ Darling, tell me to go ♪ ♪ Say the words, and I will follow you ♪ ♪ Through darkness each and every day ♪ ♪ Through darkness each and every day ♪ ♪ Through darkness each and every day, hey, hey ♪ ♪ Put it in a locket ♪ ♪ That you wear there in front of your heart ♪ -[Noah] There we go, okay.

We're in business now.

-[Chloe] Noah, he's the main songwriter for The Wildwoods.

-[Noah] When I'm writing the music first, I'm kind of just fishing for lyrics a little bit, versus if I kind of have the lyrics laid out like it's a poem, it feels more, more meaningful.

And for some weird reason, that makes it a bit easier to put music to it.

(guitar music) -[Chloe] I get to add my own little things to his creation, which is really cool.

(guitar music) And after Andy's added a baseline to it, I'm like, whoa, that like completely transformed what I thought the song was gonna sound like.

(guitar music) -[Andy] Kind of like what Chloe was saying with Noah's aptitude for writing and arranging.

And I feel like it's something that I'll start to take for granted.

He will, you know, show us a song that he's working on and it's like, you know, just like this demo that sounds good enough to just like release on its own right now.

(guitar music) (gentle music) ♪ West Virginia rain ♪ ♪ Misty mountains calling out my name ♪ ♪ West Virginia rain ♪ ♪ Falling down to take away my pain ♪ ♪ I see it in your eyes ♪ ♪ You're all alone and terrified ♪ ♪ Thought that leaving home ♪ ♪ Would guide a little more into your life ♪ ♪ Brother in distress ♪ ♪ I think it's time you take a rest ♪ ♪ Oh, the bitterness has settled in your mind ♪ ♪ Mm, oh ♪ ♪ How the hell did you let yourself become so blind ♪ ♪ West Virginia rain ♪ ♪ Misty mountains calling out my name ♪ ♪ West Virginia rain ♪ ♪ Falling down to take away my pain ♪ ♪ Seeping into your hair ♪ ♪ Drying your somber eyes ♪ ♪ Does the rainfall take you back to simpler times ♪ ♪ Calling your name ♪ ♪ But it's not the same, oh, oh ♪ (bright music) ♪ West Virginia rain ♪ ♪ Misty mountains calling out my name ♪ ♪ West Virginia rain ♪ ♪ Falling down to take away my pain ♪ ♪ Falling down to take away my pain ♪ ♪ Falling down to take away my pain ♪ (gentle music) (electronic music) - [Rascal] I didn't have that thought in my head.

It was like I'm gonna be a musician and you know, make this as a career.

I wasn't really thinking like that.

And all the way from Denver, Colorado, get it up for my brother Marcello Sanchez on the drum.

(audience applauding) Well, my brother was playing the drums a long time, my older brother, so growing up, we kind of would play music together.

He showed me how to play some chords on the guitar and then I, it convinced my dad to buy me a guitar.

And I was learning some songs, like you know, trying to like learn Johnny Cash.

Started writing my own songs, like two, three chord songs and started just writing.

That's how I still today write music is I can't really sit down with a paper and write a song.

I have to come up with a melody and then just start singing.

♪ It don't matter now ♪ ♪ Waking all around the world ♪ ♪ It don't matter now ♪ ♪ Everybody's waking around catching the leaves ♪ ♪ Oh, You oughta see ♪ ♪ It don't matter now ♪ ♪ You're burning all the things I love ♪ ♪ It don't matter now ♪ ♪ You're holding onto the kids too long, settle down ♪ ♪ Oh, just settle down ♪ ♪ I've been dreaming of you ♪ ♪ All the times we had, me and you ♪ ♪ I told you to tell me real soon ♪ ♪ I was feeling lonely like you ♪ ♪ You just remember my heart ♪ ♪ When you break it in two ♪ (guitar music) ♪ It don't matter now ♪ ♪ You're burning all the things I love ♪ ♪ It don't matter now ♪ ♪ Somebody's singing that song all alone ♪ ♪ Oh, just all alone ♪ ♪ It don't matter now ♪ ♪ You're running from the ones you love ♪ ♪ It don't matter now ♪ ♪ You're telling everyone you know ♪ ♪ Runaround ♪ ♪ Oh, just runaround ♪ ♪ I've been dreaming of you ♪ ♪ All the times we had, me and you ♪ ♪ I told you to tell me real soon ♪ ♪ I was feeling lonely like you ♪ ♪ You just remember my heart ♪ ♪ When you break it in two ♪ (guitar music) ♪ You just remember my heart ♪ ♪ When you break it in two ♪ -[Rascal] And there's sometimes where there's stuff that's super hard and that's the easiest stuff to write about.

I mean that's like therapy to anybody.

You just write a song and get it all out.

I try to write as honestly as I can.

I don't really write about just, you know, anything.

I like a lot of life stories and real stories that people can relate to.

The best feeling is when people can come up to me at a show and say that their one particular song like had a big impact on them.

And some of these songs are big impacts to people in completely different ways, which is amazing.

That's how just powerful music is.

All right, well this is one of our originals called "San Quentin."

And yeah, we hope you enjoy.

Here it is.

(rock music) ♪ My woman she told me ♪ ♪ Go out and find somebody new ♪ (rock music) ♪ My baby, she left me ♪ ♪ But I found her being untrue, yeah, all right ♪ (rock music) ♪ I cannot tell you a lie ♪ ♪ We had to say our goodbyes ♪ ♪ I haven't seen her in awhile, no, no ♪ ♪ I cannot tell you a lie ♪ (rock music) ♪ Now the 5-0, they're knocking ♪ ♪ They're knocking on my door ♪ (rock music) ♪ And they're asking me questions ♪ ♪ Now it's time to hit the road ♪ (rock music) ♪ I cannot tell you a lie ♪ ♪ We had to say our goodbyes ♪ ♪ I haven't seen her in awhile, no, no ♪ ♪ I cannot tell you a lie ♪ (rock music) Whoo!

All right, everybody, feelin' all right?

-(crowd cheers) -All right.

(rock music) Whoo!

(rock music) ♪ Now I'm sitting in San Quentin ♪ ♪ And my bones are rotting away ♪ (rock music) ♪ And they're asking me questions ♪ ♪ Now it's time to hit the road ♪ All right, here we go ♪ I cannot tell you a lie ♪ ♪ We had to say our goodbyes ♪ ♪ I haven't seen her in awhile, no, no ♪ ♪ I cannot tell you a lie ♪ ♪ I cannot tell you a lie ♪ ♪ We had to say our goodbyes ♪ ♪ I haven't seen her in awhile ♪ ♪ I cannot tell you a lie ♪ (rock music) (audience applauding) Whoo, thank you.

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