{"id":7403,"date":"2015-11-19T13:04:06","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T20:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=7403"},"modified":"2015-11-19T13:04:24","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T20:04:24","slug":"john-does-keeper-album-non-louie-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=7403","title":{"rendered":"John Doe’s Keeper album – NON-LOUIE of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week, my focus is elsewhere\u2026. not necessarily spending a lot time in the LOUIE universe.. as there’s too much on the plate\u2026 too busy working on other projects\u2026 and otherwise trying to take care of things in my life. The life of a media freelancer is one that requires very different focus than a regular 9-5er, and my world is no exception.<\/p>\n

With this soapbox of mine, I thought I’d share some thoughts on one of my favorite album purchases in the past five years. “Keeper,” the 2011 release by John Doe<\/strong> of the band X<\/strong>, is a collection of songs that I felt really lived up to it’s title.<\/p>\n

\"john-doe-keeper\"<\/p>\n

When the album\/CD was released, John Doe embarked a promotional tour, performing at various record stores. I’m not sure how many record stores he visited, but when he performed on August 25, 2011 at Streetlight Records in San Jose, CA, it was a striped-down affair, driving himself to this event to play a solo performance with just him and his guitar.<\/p>\n

I brought a camera and shot a little bit of video of this show, but never got around to sharing any of this footage until recently\u2026<\/p>\n