St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Half The City Live [RSDJULY21]

I remember the heat that day burning through my JCPenneys suit that I bought just the day before for our show at Avondale Brewing Company in Birmingham. 100 degree temperature outside in the dead of summer in Alabama is not uncommon. I was pouring sweat alongside people who had just met that day for the first time to play a show under the name St. Paul & The Broken Bones. I hated my name being in the bands name but who cared at that point, it was just a fling. Now, over 8 years later, we built a career out of it.

During this pandemic, I have gotten awfully nostalgic. For a time, we would travel constantly and shows started blending together. The bar for the best show/best audience was just so high. That endorphin rush was taken for granted. The first moment we had to play a socially distanced show, I knew exactly what we should do. Play a show at Avondale Brewery and do our debut album in full. Something I would never had done if the pandemic had not happened. Mainly because I am a perpetual motion kind of person and dont like looking back. The beauty though of looking back at the beginning was realizing all the great people that helped us turn a summer fling into an actual career. From TT Management to Single Lock Records to High Road Touring. It was such a beautiful time. Here is the live recording from that show that night. I hope yall enjoy.

– Paul

1 I’m Torn Up 2 Don’t Mean A Thing 3 Call Me 4 Like A Mighty River 5 That Glow 6 Broken Bones & Pocket Change 7 Sugar Dyed 8 Half The City 9 Grass Is Greener 10 Let It Be So 11 Dixie Rothko 12 It’s Midnight