Grace Potter

Behind the Setlist

Grace Potter's '70s influences come through on her new album, Mother Road (out August 18 through Fantasy Records). The Vermont native built her name as the leader of Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, sang on a hit song ("You and Tequilla" in 2010) with country star Kenny Chesney and had a song ("Something That I Want") on the 2010 Disney movie Tangled. Now with countless tour dates and five solo albums under her belt, Grace joins Behind the Setlist to talk about the meaning behind Mother Road, the new material, how she chooses songs to play in her sets, her '70s and '90s musical influences, her music festival and advice a record executive gave to a young Grace Potter.

In this episode:

4:50 The meaning behind Mother Road

5:30 What Grace did during the lockdown

9:00 Playing Red Rocks Amphitheatre

10:30 How the setlist changes night to night

13:00 Considering photographers when choosing the first three songs

15:00 Her parents record collection and making mix tapes

19:00 Covering Lee Hazlewood’s “Some Velvet Morning” with Lukas Nelson

22:50 Playing “Something That I Want” at Red Rocks

25:30 Playing the (at the time) unreleased “Rose Colored Rearview”

29:40 Singing “You and Tequilla” with Kenny Chesney

31:00 The status of the Grand Point North Festival?

34:00 A young Grace Potter getting advice from a record executive

40:00 Picking the songs to close a set

Links:

Grace Potter home page

Grace Potter tour dates

Jay Gilbert @ Label Logic

Glenn Peoples @ Billboard

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