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[Announcer] Bands of Enchantment Albuquerque Sessions.

Filmed live at the KiMo theater In Albuquerque, New Mexico Tonights band, from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Kevin Herig - [Ken] Let's get it going, Albuquerque, for your own (audience cheering) (audience applauding) Kevin Herig!

(soft rhythmic music) ♪ Has it really been two years ♪ ♪ Since I've set my anchors down ♪ ♪ Has it taken all of those two years ♪ ♪ To set my feet on solid ground ♪ ♪ The star that was guiding ♪ ♪ Burned and died ♪ ♪ Happenstance, this coast I'd find ♪ ♪ The waves that wrap around the bow ♪ ♪ Are your hands over my ears ♪ ♪ The water peeling back the bow ♪ ♪ Are your hands over my ears ♪ ♪ Drowning that ticking talk ♪ ♪ That flooding noise wedged ♪ ♪ Between my gears ♪ ♪ And I've heard stories of your power ♪ ♪ And I've seen the aftermath ♪ ♪ Oh, I've retold ♪ ♪ All those stories of your power ♪ ♪ Sailed the exhale of your wrath ♪ ♪ You made grown trees your debris ♪ ♪ And you made rivers out of rocky paths ♪ ♪ It's a blink between the tears ♪ ♪ How those treasured moments pass ♪ ♪ It's those tears between the laughs ♪ ♪ Good God, pain never lasts ♪ ♪ 'Cause it takes a wave ♪ ♪ That breaks your heart ♪ ♪ To feel a true love rushing back ♪ ♪ Has it really been two years ♪ ♪ Ah ♪ ♪ Has it really been two years ♪ ♪ Ooh, since I set my anchors down ♪ ♪ Set my feet on solid ground ♪ ♪ Captain prayed for me drought ♪ ♪ Just seconds ♪ ♪ Before this sailor drowned ♪ ♪ Let me tell you something, dear ♪ ♪ Here on the eve of 28 ♪ ♪ Oh, I'm gonna tell you something ♪ ♪ My dear ♪ ♪ If a stubborn heart could have its way ♪ ♪ I'd lasso down that guiding star ♪ ♪ Let it burn and take us far away ♪ (audience cheers) (audience applauds) (casual upbeat music) ♪ I couldn't hear you ♪ ♪ A loose truth in the wind ♪ ♪ I'd never catch you ♪ ♪ Floating by on a whim ♪ ♪ And I couldn't see you ♪ ♪ Through all the smoke ♪ ♪ I've been at the bitter end ♪ ♪ Of a heart that you broke ♪ ♪ And your love is a thunderstorm ♪ ♪ And you are the calm ♪ ♪ Holding tight ♪ ♪ The wick to keep you warm ♪ ♪ It's bound to burst in your palm ♪ ♪ I've never once won ♪ ♪ At your double-dealing games ♪ ♪ I've never doubted what you thought ♪ ♪ And what you said were the same ♪ ♪ I never caught on ♪ ♪ I never caught on ♪ ♪ To your underhanded jokes ♪ ♪ I saw them look the other way ♪ ♪ A crab clenched to their coats ♪ ♪ Your love's a delicate coup ♪ ♪ A castle of cards ♪ ♪ When you've got a joker ♪ ♪ And a short fuse ♪ ♪ It'll fall flat to the start ♪ ♪ And I've been watching you ♪ ♪ How you savor something good ♪ ♪ But it grows stale over years ♪ ♪ Of always waiting longer ♪ ♪ Than you should ♪ (audience cheers) (audience applauds) ♪ I tried to find you ♪ ♪ You'd been gone for so long ♪ ♪ Yeah, I found something I never knew ♪ ♪ It was me you were hiding from ♪ ♪ And your love is a mountain top ♪ ♪ And your crown is the sun ♪ ♪ Reaching higher atop a matchbox ♪ ♪ It'll burn your soul if you run ♪ ♪ You were hoping an angel's haunt ♪ ♪ But you got the ghost's ♪ ♪ Set a fire to what your heart wants ♪ ♪ Dust off what you need most ♪ ♪ Hoo, hoo ♪ ♪ Hoo, hoo ♪ ♪ Hoo, hoo ♪ ♪ Hoo, hoo ♪ ♪ Ooh, hoo ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ (audience cheers) (audience applauds) (people chattering) - Feel good?

- The elephants are digging the tune.

Ladies and gentlemen, Kevin Herig.

(audience applauds) (gentle acoustic music) ♪ I'm taking my time ♪ ♪ This feeling's new ♪ ♪ I just don't know ♪ ♪ I might not tell my friends ♪ ♪ Or my crazy aunt ♪ ♪ She wouldn't understand, oh ♪ - [Zach] Hello.

- Hey Zach, I'm Kevin.

- Zach, nice to meet you.

- Thank you so much for having us.

- Yeah, of course.

- So who is this beautiful elephant here?

- We have Alice right here.

- Alice, salute.

- [Zach] She is a very happy and excited elephant to be around people.

She enjoys doing all the training that she gets to do.

So yeah, she's one of our taller and larger elephants.

♪ And all ♪ - [Ken] We were playing up there earlier, Kevin was, and they're kind of coming around and listening to the tune.

Really, really cool to see them.

- [Zach] They were having fun with each other, talking to each other, flapping their ears.

All really, really good signs that we were happy to see from them.

- [Ken] They liked the new song, Kev.

- Great.

- Sounded like it.

- Good, they're my first audience.

- Yeah, very good, yeah.

♪ And then I hear you say ♪ ♪ My little brother's name ♪ - [Ken] Aside from being an incredibly gifted musician and songwriter, he's built a giant community here in Albuquerque with young kids and music called Rock 101.

And I thought how appropriate, 'cause elephants are based on community and communicate through vibration.

So just like what Kevin does.

- [Kevin] I started playing music with friends in high school, and that's really where I found the magic was in music was collaboration and the conversation of music.

And it's such an amazing community builder.

It's this medium that we use to connect with people.

We tried to capture that and create this environment where people can come as they were, be accepted and communicate with others.

And yeah, now it's this vibrant community of young and old, and a central part of it is music and the love of connection.

I think working with the young ones, it continues to inspire me.

I mean, honestly it's a part of my own songwriting journeys to be a part of these kids' lives and see them turn into young songwriters themselves.

It's amazing to me too, and it's encouraging.

♪ Like no one's onto us ♪ ♪ And all of my life ♪ ♪ I've missed your soul ♪ ♪ Just didn't know ♪ ♪ Let's hold onto this ♪ ♪ Like no one's onto us ♪ ♪ And all of my life ♪ ♪ I've missed you so ♪ (audience cheers) (audience applauds) - [Kevin] Hey, Rock 101ers, how we doing?

Good to see you guys.

Give it up for the Rock 101 kiddos playing upstairs, huh?

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) (mellow bluesy music) ♪ I wake up under water again ♪ ♪ Hands above my head ♪ ♪ I'm reaching, but I keep descending ♪ ♪ It's floating through my fingertips ♪ ♪ Your name ♪ ♪ Ascending with the pressure ♪ ♪ From my final breath ♪ ♪ And there's not a word ♪ ♪ You haven't heard before ♪ ♪ And there's not a truth ♪ ♪ You haven't said ♪ ♪ And these lines we hook and throw ♪ ♪ I follow through the air ♪ ♪ Into the water ♪ ♪ But from there ♪ ♪ I do not see where they will go ♪ ♪ We're running with the hive ♪ ♪ One lagging foot behind ♪ ♪ And too late ♪ ♪ What's left to take ♪ ♪ We conquer and divide ♪ ♪ And when the honey jar is dry ♪ ♪ What's left to taste ♪ ♪ And there's not a word ♪ ♪ You haven't heard before ♪ ♪ And there's not a truth ♪ ♪ You haven't said ♪ ♪ On the ocean bed I lie ♪ ♪ And I can breathe and look around ♪ ♪ These lines were tangled ♪ ♪ But down here they're all spread out ♪ ♪ Well, I'll let you sleep ♪ ♪ And I won't wake you ♪ ♪ Don't have a thing planned ♪ ♪ For tomorrow ♪ ♪ There's nothing we have to do ♪ ♪ Oh, let's not speak ♪ ♪ We never have to ♪ ♪ Well focus, but not with your eyes ♪ ♪ Or all you'll see is lines ♪ ♪ You need some distance for ♪ ♪ The light to illuminate ♪ ♪ Collect them all until you win ♪ ♪ Build it up around and in ♪ ♪ Soon you'll find yourself ♪ ♪ At the bottom of the well ♪ ♪ And there's not a word ♪ ♪ You haven't heard before ♪ ♪ And there's not a truth ♪ ♪ You haven't said ♪ ♪ That dot trace with your hand ♪ ♪ But in time that star will grow ♪ ♪ I swear to God ♪ ♪ I have not seen that mark before ♪ ♪ Let's not speak ♪ ♪ We never have to ♪ ♪ There's so many ways to say it ♪ ♪ Does it matter how you choose ♪ ♪ I'll let you sleep ♪ ♪ And I won't wake you ♪ (audience cheers) (audience cheers) (audience cheers) (audience applauds) - [Kevin] Keep it going for Jameson X Ray.

(audience cheering) There's Beia Smith-Shaw.

There's Marshall Broyles.

Kendall Jones.

Maybe give “Bands of Enchanment” a huge round of applause.

They're amazing.

I think it was freshman year of high school.

I was on this trip.

Someone had ran into Barnes & Noble and grabbed this little demo CD, and it was Jack Johnson's CD.

It was in that moment, songwriting kind of clicked for me.

It needs to just be simple and vulnerable and truthful.

And that's how Jack writes and continues to write, and he inspired me.

♪ Ooh, in another life ♪ ♪ Would she still be mine ♪ - [Kevin] And I wrote my first song freshman year of high school.

Every since that understanding of what songwriting is... - She's cool, she's just gonna get a little closer.

- [Kevin] I always took songwriting as this way of just, just writing something that means something to me and understanding that's the only way to really connect with people is to be truthful, to not try to write for anyone else but myself.

♪ One's onto us ♪ ♪ And all of my life ♪ ♪ I've missed your soul ♪ ♪ I just didn't know ♪ - [Kevin] The collaboration piece is huge, you know?

So getting to play with a lot of musicians along the way has been awesome.

Tonight we'll be playing with a five-piece band, but often we play with a duo or a trio, or I'll play solo gigs.

So it's a lot of fun seeing what these songs, the shape they take with different groups and different personalities and different conversations.

♪ I'm my own best friend ♪ ♪ I think that's true ♪ ♪ 'Cause there's a little bird inside ♪ ♪ That feels so much like you ♪ (audience cheers) (audience applauds) (soft edgy music) ♪ Spending time ♪ ♪ Like cold hard cash ♪ ♪ This world will nickel and dime you ♪ ♪ For all that you have ♪ ♪ Two steps behind ♪ ♪ Picking up all your tabs ♪ ♪ Will get you so desperate for time ♪ ♪ We'll trade everything we have ♪ ♪ Just spending time ♪ ♪ But with you ♪ ♪ I'm happy spending mine ♪ ♪ Stars in her eyes ♪ ♪ Clay from the heart of the earth ♪ ♪ She puts out the good fruit ♪ ♪ Never weighs your worth ♪ ♪ Yellow Spanish frames ♪ ♪ 14th century pews ♪ ♪ Breaking the silence ♪ ♪ Laughing in the church with you ♪ ♪ Just losing our minds ♪ ♪ But with you ♪ ♪ I'm happy losing mine ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Barcelona mid-breath ♪ ♪ Empty allies and stoops ♪ ♪ Every soul in its own bed ♪ ♪ No heavy hearts on the loose ♪ ♪ Every echo has faded ♪ ♪ Every candle burned down ♪ ♪ You're breathing in while the city ♪ ♪ Is slowly breathing out ♪ ♪ Like it had taken its last breath ♪ ♪ But with you ♪ ♪ I'm happy taking mine ♪ - [Kevin] Here we go.

♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ (audience cheers) (audience applauds) - And then there's that.

Thank you.

- Okay, Alice, you're beautiful.

- She knows it.

(laughs) - Alice, you are amazing.

And look at those eyelashes.

Look at those eyelashes.

- Bye Alice.

- [Ken] We'll see you again.

♪ Red ♪ ♪ So when the sun burns black ♪ ♪ And the hammer cocks back ♪ ♪ Only then will you know my name ♪ ♪ I carry true redemption ♪ ♪ In the trigger's tension ♪ ♪ The promise of eternal flame ♪ ♪ Brother Brigham's bringin' 'bout ♪ ♪ Revelations ♪ ♪ With a Bible and a gun ♪ ♪ I will call down fire ♪ ♪ I will rain damnation ♪ ♪ The devil better run ♪ ♪ Thy will be done ♪ (audience cheers) (audience laughs) ♪ I'm tired of playing the same ways ♪ ♪ Over and over ♪ ♪ Over and over ♪ - Y'all are just so cool.

(laugh ♪ Isn't like you won't love me the same ♪ ♪ When you're sober ♪ ♪ When you're sober ♪ ♪ Can't help myself ♪ ♪ I scream like I am a child ♪ ♪ Like I am a child inside ♪