{"id":483635,"date":"2019-03-20T07:14:06","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T13:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=808369"},"modified":"2019-03-20T07:14:06","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T13:14:06","slug":"lucy-dacus-on-woodstock-50-bruce-springsteen-and-next-solo-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/lucy-dacus-on-woodstock-50-bruce-springsteen-and-next-solo-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucy Dacus on Woodstock 50, Bruce Springsteen and Next Solo Album"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Not long ago, the group text thread shared by Lucy Dacus<\/a>, Phoebe Bridgers<\/a> and Julien Baker<\/a> lit up with exciting news: They\u2019d been offered a slot at Woodstock 50, the three-day festival taking place this August<\/a> at a racetrack in Watkins Glen, New York. \u201cOnce we realized it could happen, the whole text chain became all-caps: \u2018WE GET TO SEE EACH OTHER AND PLAY A SHOW!’\u201d Dacus recalls.<\/p>\n

The three talented singer-songwriters teamed up last year as Boygenius<\/a>, releasing a great EP and touring together in the fall, but their schedules since then have been too packed to do much more: Bridgers is currently on tour with Conor Oberst as Better Oblivion Community Center<\/a>, Dacus is on the road with her band, and all three of the indie-rock super-friends are working on new solo projects. That leaves Woodstock 50 as Boygenius\u2019 only scheduled performance as a trio in 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the one where the stars aligned,\u201d Dacus tells Rolling Stone<\/em>. \u201cI\u2019m honestly just really excited to do another show with Phoebe and Julien. It\u2019s the only show that we have on the books, so it\u2019s the only assurance that Boygenius really exists.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thinking out loud, she adds: \u201cI\u2019m hoping there\u2019s not a curse. Everyone talks about Woodstock \u201999<\/a>. Maybe we\u2019re going to encounter some dark energy at this fest. But I\u2019m up for some weirdness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Playing Woodstock 50 makes sense for a trio that is, in part, a playful reaction to supergroups of the past \u2014 as seen on the cover of the Boygenius<\/em> EP<\/a>, a visual reference to 1969 Woodstock alums Crosby, Stills and Nash<\/a>. \u201cThat idea for the photo was Phoebe\u2019s,\u201d Dacus says. \u201cI think the symbolism of the image, taking the form of some classic-rock dudes, comes through. It\u2019s important to show up as ladies, to fill in the place that men have had for so long.\u201d<\/p>\n

She hopes that Woodstock 50\u2019s organizers are able to do something similar with this year\u2019s festival, whose lineup includes a few returning acts from the original 1969 weekend (Santana, Dead & Company, John Fogerty), along with newer acts ranging from Brandi Carlile and Janelle Monae to Soccer Mommy, Courtney Barnett and Margo Price. \u201cThey have a chance to use the form of the old Woodstock and show that there\u2019s been change in what music looks like \u2014 not only what music sounds like, but who\u2019s making it,\u201d Dacus says.<\/p>\n

Otherwise, Dacus has plenty to keep her busy both before and after she heads to upstate New York this summer. She recently released a romantic cover of Edith Piaf\u2019s \u201cLa Vie en Rose\u201d<\/a> for Valentine\u2019s Day, the first in a series of one-off originals and covers she\u2019ll be rolling out throughout 2019. Each of the singles is thematically tied to a holiday, with songs planned for Mother\u2019s Day, Independence Day, Halloween and Bruce Springsteen\u2019s 70th birthday, among others.<\/p>\n

\u201cBruce\u2019s birthday should be a national holiday,\u201d she says. \u201cIt definitely is in the Dacus household.\u201d While her father is a self-proclaimed Number One Springsteen fan, she herself discovered the New Jersey icon\u2019s music relatively late. \u201cI hated him in middle school because my dad loved him so much, but then if you listen, it\u2019s undeniable that he is a poet and a keen observer of the world,\u201d Dacus continues. \u201cAnd the songs are bops. He has the gift of making songs that feel good but contain depth, and ask something from his listeners.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dacus has also written most of a new solo album, entirely separate from the singles series, with plans to record the follow-up to her 2018 LP Historian<\/em> later this year. \u201cThe material really freaks me out,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s largely about early childhood and early friendships and family, and weird stuff that you\u2019re taught when you\u2019re a kid, and things you have to unlearn \u2014 gender, sexuality, what loyalty looks like, what trust is. It makes my throat close up a little bit to think about sharing these songs.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the meantime, she can\u2019t wait to catch up with Bridgers and Baker when their schedules allow it next month. \u201cWe\u2019re probably going to get matching tattoos, which will be sweet,\u201d Dacus says. She\u2019s planning to ink a single tooth on her right ring finger \u2014 \u201clike \u2018Bite the Hand,\u2019<\/a>\u201d she explains, referring to the stunning ballad that opens the Boygenius<\/em> EP.<\/p>\n

Unlike her bandmates, Dacus has never been tattooed before. \u201cI\u2019ve been afraid, because it seems like you can never be naked again after you get a tattoo,\u201d she says. \u201cBut now seems like the right time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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