What is a ? Itap a point in time when an artist — big, small, local, national — swings through the Reverb studios in Colorado to hang out for an afternoon and record a few exclusive songs for you, our loyal readers.
We guarantee that these tracks are specifically chosen by the artist and put to tape in a live session. A Mile Marker, in short, is a moment, however beautiful or flawed that moment might be. And hey, we’re one mile above sea level, so anything can happen.
was in town last fall opening for Brandon Flowers of the Killers. Healy, who is best known as the lead singer of Travis, was on Flowers’ large-scale tour and had just pulled in from Salt Lake City. These four songs, like everything else about Healy that day, are simple and poetic. Healy’s publicist had called earlier that morning and asked if we could provide transport for “Fran” from the venue to . That afternoon, when Healy jay-walked across Colfax to the 7-Eleven parking lot, tossed his guitar and duffel bag in the back of my Jeep and climbed in the passenger seat, he seemed less the internationally-known singer than one would envision. I heard similar tales from a friend who claims to have shared pints with Healy later that night at the Irish Snug — where nobody recognized him.
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John Hendrickson is the Managing Editor of Reverb and a multimedia journalist for The Denver Post.
Ryan Johnson is a freelance videographer, lousy guitar player, and a social media strategist at .
