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Bands of Enchantment Albuquerque Sessions.

Filmed live at the KiMo Theatre in Albuquerque, New Mexico Tonights bands, from across New Mexico, JD Nash and the Rash of Cash and Los 33.

- Please get it going (audience applauding) for JD Nash and the Rash of Cash (audience cheering) (upbeat country music) ♪ One, two, three ♪ ♪ I was born with a noose wrapped around my neck ♪ ♪ Death was staring me down when I took my first breath ♪ ♪ I was close to the light ♪ ♪ But far from seeing the end ♪ ♪ I was just a black sheep ♪ ♪ That's when my daddy said ♪ ♪ Don't step on toes and don't give me no lip ♪ ♪ Some lines can't be crossed ♪ ♪ That's how you might end up dead ♪ ♪ Just sing those small town blues ♪ ♪ Though it ain't that pretty ♪ ♪ I'm just a country boy ♪ ♪ Who made his way to the city ♪ ♪ Might be a shock to you ♪ ♪ Hair was to my waist ♪ ♪ Swedish metal in my truck ♪ ♪ Trying to make my case ♪ ♪ Just sing those small town blues ♪ ♪ Just sing those small town blues ♪ ♪ Just sing those small town blues ♪ ♪ Just sing those small town blues ♪ ♪ I was born with these bullets ♪ ♪ They were chasing me down ♪ ♪ I lost my mind in that one-horse town ♪ ♪ Cut my teeth on misery ♪ ♪ Was never welcome around ♪ ♪ Was just a skinny long-haired country boy ♪ ♪ With small town blues ♪ ♪ Determined to live like I had nothing to lose ♪ ♪ Broken bones and broken hearts ♪ ♪ The only two things to choose ♪ ♪ Just sing those small town blues ♪ ♪ Though it ain't that pretty ♪ ♪ I'm just a country boy ♪ ♪ Who made his way to the city ♪ ♪ Might be a shock to you ♪ ♪ Hair was to my waist ♪ ♪ Swedish metal in my truck ♪ ♪ Trying to make my case ♪ ♪ Just sing those small town blues ♪ ♪ Just sing those small town blues ♪ ♪ Just sing those small town blues ♪ ♪ Just sing those small town blues ♪ (guitar solo plays) ♪ Just sing those small town blues ♪ ♪ Though it ain't that pretty ♪ ♪ I'm just a country boy ♪ ♪ That made his way to the city ♪ ♪ Might be a shock to you ♪ ♪ Hair was to my waist ♪ ♪ Swedish metal in my truck ♪ ♪ Trying to make my case ♪ ♪ Just sing those small town blues ♪ ♪ Though it ain't that pretty ♪ ♪ I'm just a country boy ♪ ♪ Who made his way to the city ♪ ♪ Might be a shock to you ♪ ♪ Hair was to my waist ♪ ♪ Swedish metal in my truck ♪ ♪ Trying to make my case ♪ ♪ Just sing those small town blues ♪ ♪ Just sing those small town blues ♪ ♪ Just sing those small town blues ♪ ♪ Just sing those small town blues ♪ (guitar solo plays) (audience cheering) (audience applauding) - Bands of Enchantment, whoo!

(audience cheering) - JD Nash and the Rash of Cash, take one.

- Hey, guys.

- Hey.

- Hey.

- Thanks for being here.

- Absolutely.

- Yeah.

- Our pleasure.

(soft guitar music) - The song "Like Water," the river went dry.

It was like 2022.

First time I had seen the Rio Grande go dry.

My mother-in-law started telling this story.

She would throw a stick in the river, and blah-blah-blah.

She said, "That was when we had water in the river."

Songwriting comes first sometimes.

I had to go grab my guitar.

The song "Like Water" just kind of came out.

It was a cool moment.

I mean, I still feel it.

- Yeah.

- I still feel that song.

♪ And now I'm drinking all this poison ♪ ♪ I hope that it's consuming me ♪ I wanna write songs that tell stories and compel people to do things that are good for the world.

I think I've always kind of been a sensitive person.

I've felt like that since I can remember.

It comes in handy with songwriting, 'cause you can feel some things and translate that.

♪ And the world could just end tonight ♪ Me and Derek started the band.

I think I got you into playing bass.

(Derek laughs) I was like, you need to join a band.

- Quickly became friends with JD and was always impressed with his musicianship.

- JD messaged me out of the blue and I was like, "Oh, wow.

I've heard his name before, I've seen him around."

I said yes immediately and the rest is history.

- I had just dropped out of college to pursue playing full-time.

We did a rehearsal and JD said, "You're gonna be on the record.

You've got three weeks to learn it, but I want you on the record."

♪ While I'm breathing all this smoke ♪ ♪ The whole damn world's on fire ♪ ♪ Evil makes profits ♪ ♪ But every ship can sink ♪ ♪ And once the icebergs are melting ♪ ♪ They're gonna try to sell you a drink ♪ - I got diagnosed with myxoid liposarcoma.

Soft tissue sarcomas are less than 1% of cancer cases.

♪ Hoping that I'm not right ♪ Had to have surgery, had two cycles of chemo, had radiation.

I'm one year post-surgery and disease-free.

So, but these guys kept me rocking through all of it, kept rehearsing through it all.

I remember my wife carrying all my guitars (JD laughs) to the room and I had my acoustic guitar and I remember trying to play quiet.

I'm like, "Oh, I don't want to disturb anybody.

You know, we're all healing."

And then the nurse coming from the next room and saying, "Can I open the door?

The patient thought they were listening to an angel or something."

And I'm like, "Wow, I don't..." - [Ken] Your healing was healing others.

Yeah, Guitar in the hospital room, man.

Like, everyone should have one.

What blows my mind is how songs I wrote right before that take on new meaning.

If you listen to the album now, the songs were written well before that, but there's so much of that meaning that could be attached to it.

Also, I think it just makes me excited for what we're about to do next.

- Yeah.

♪ Quench my thirst ♪ ♪ I think we're headed for the worst ♪ ♪ I'm hoping that I'm not right ♪ ♪ Turning water into wine ♪ ♪ Living life on the line ♪ ♪ And the world could just end tonight ♪ ♪ Can you quench my thirst ♪ ♪ I think we're headed for the worst ♪ ♪ And the world could just end tonight ♪ (audience cheering) - I appreciate you giving us a voice.

Albuquerque's got so many amazing musicians.

I've never wanted to create anywhere else except for here, so.

(upbeat guitar music) ♪ I was hoping ♪ ♪ To see this all through ♪ ♪ And I was hoping to do all the things we wanted to do ♪ ♪ Know what drives me crazy ♪ ♪ No matter how wrong it sounds ♪ ♪ I've been searching for the answers ♪ ♪ This is the lesson I found ♪ ♪ It ain't even bad as I thought it would be ♪ ♪ Breaking even ♪ ♪ Oh, it took the life out of me ♪ ♪ But in time, things change ♪ ♪ - I could not see - Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ It ain't even bad as I thought it would be ♪ ♪ You've been sleeping with the lights on ♪ ♪ Almost every night ♪ ♪ Try to keep the demons away ♪ ♪ But they're not out of sight ♪ ♪ I've standing in the deep end ♪ ♪ Just looking for light ♪ ♪ No matter what we do, baby ♪ ♪ We become monsters at night ♪ ♪ It ain't even bad as I thought it would be ♪ ♪ Breaking even ♪ ♪ Oh, it took the life out of me ♪ But in time, things change ♪ ♪ - I could not see - Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ It ain't even bad as I thought it would be ♪ ♪ Bad as I thought it would be ♪ (guitar solo plays) ♪ Know what drives me crazy ♪ ♪ No matter how wrong it sounds ♪ ♪ I've been searching for the answers ♪ ♪ This is the lesson I found ♪ ♪ It ain't even bad as I thought it would be ♪ ♪ Breaking even ♪ ♪ Oh, it took the life out of me ♪ ♪ But in time, things change ♪ ♪ - I could not see - Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ It ain't even bad as I thought it would be ♪ ♪ As bad as I thought it would be ♪ ♪ Bad as I thought it would be ♪ ♪ Bad as I thought it would be ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Ah-Ah ♪ (guitar music playing) (audience cheering) I had always told myself I would play in a country band when I got older.

- [Ken] What would that kid say today?

- He's stoked.

(all laughing) (audience cheering) - [Ken] Got Los 33 in the house, come on, give it up for Albuquerque's own.

Give it up, give it up, give it up, give it up.

(audience applauding) (guitar strums) You guys ready?

2-3-4!

(Drumming and guitaring to beat) (upbeat latino-guitar playing) (Singing, in Spanish) ♪ What time is it, my love?

♪ ♪ That full moon in your bedroom ♪ ♪ Finally came out and shone on everything ♪ ♪ In the abyss hidden in your favorite jeans ♪ ♪ The life that turns out the suns light ♪ ♪ Your mouth, your kiss poisoned me ♪ ♪ The moon that's shines all around you ♪ ♪ Makes me a crazy man Makes me a crazy man ♪ (upbeat latino-guitar playing) ♪ In the shadows she dances there as you see her ♪ ♪ All night in the streets on her own she wants to move ♪ ♪ In the shadows she dances there as you see her ♪ ♪ All night in the streets on her own she wants to move ♪ ♪ Once again as you see her ♪ ♪ The mirror doesn't hide what is lost ♪ ♪ The life that turns out the suns light ♪ ♪ Your mouth, your kiss poisoned me ♪ ♪ The moon that's shines all around you ♪ ♪ Makes me a crazy man You make me crazy ♪ (upbeat latino-guitar music playing) (electric rock style music) (audience cheers and applauses) (electric latino-rock style music) (Spoken, in English) Hey!

Let's give it up for Tyler Williams on the drums!

(audience cheers) Jim on the timbale!

(audience cheers) (upbeat latino-guitar music playing) (audience cheers) - [Ken] Los 33.

Edgar, it's amazing to have you.

Do you tell everybody that?

(chuckles) I mean I don't tell ‘em “It's crappy to have you here”, but (Edgar laughs) Let's hit it, boys.

(audience cheers) We write a lot of songs together I love bouncing ideas off of Edwin Spanish is our first language bu growing up bilingual I don't know if I could do that with anyone other than someone who's fully bilingual and I grew up with.

You know there's like, no sense of ego between us, you know?

Yeah, we're not like “Oh if you don't think my ideas are cool “You're not my brother anymore” (Edwin laughs) Edwin and I will get together for like, four hours, finish the lyrics, tweak the lyrics and then Jim will come in I play drums, and I'm also a percussionist.

It's cool to come in and fill in all the little spots and we put the tracks down.

Angel is a one-take-Jake kind of guy.

but you know, maybe I'll still make him do two or three Everyone that we have here feels like family Feels like when we play there's no like, Trying to fit in a different musical space We all just come together and play It feels like us.

(Singing, in Spanish) ♪ Poetry ♪ ♪ Tales where there is still love ♪ (pensive guitar music) (Spoken, in English) Jim is one of my dear friends who took his own life a couple years ago's dad.

That was Jim's son.

He was my drummer.

Whenever I would say he was my drummer, he'd say “Well he's my guitar player” kind of thing, like, I was left kind of with no musical outlet for a while (pensive guitar music) I said “You know what, I'm going to reach out to “The people that feel like family” You know, my brother, all these guys that were at my wedding, so that's where it all came about- Wanting to make music with people who are family.

(audience applauses and cheers) This next song is “Life comes and goes” (Spoken, in Spanish) but in Spanish!

(Spoken, in English) I would've never been this close to Jim if it hadn't been for Michael you know?

And now Jim is like another father.

It's really special.

I really love this dude, he's just a good friend who really came through when I needed him For you to take it and make something beautiful out of it is really inspiring.

Maybe tonight we can do some sort of celebration of it all Yeah!

(Singing, in Spanish) ♪ Let the situation be what it is ♪ ♪ Life comes and goes ♪ (audience applause and cheers) (Spoken, in English) Last night I was rehearsing and I was like “Yo, if this doesn't make” Ken cry-” (Group laughs) I'm already crying bro.

I'm already crying!

Thanks for being here man.

What a pleasure to have you here man.

Thanks for being here.

(Spoken, in English) This last song that we've got for y'all, I say, if you hate me, “Lo Lamento” You know what I mean?

Sometimes you've got people who, no matter what you do, They're gonna hate you, so, I'm sorry!

(audience member) -Oh, we don't hate you!

- We love you!

- [Edgar] Oh, I love you!

(audience cheers) And we're gonna make you dance!

(plucky guitar music) (plucky guitar music continues) (Singing, in Spanish) ♪ They say that I ♪ ♪ Have already forgotten ♪ ♪ Everything those losers are saying ♪ ♪ They think they're the moon They think they're the sun ♪ ♪ They don't know that this life was granted to me by my God ♪ (Singing, in English) ♪ You've been working hard ♪ ♪ why you still better than me ♪ ♪ Well what can I say?

I'm doing my thang ♪ ♪ We all get same amount of hours in a day ♪ (Singing, in Spanish) ♪ Because this life gives nothing ♪ (Singing, in English) ♪ Wish I could change ♪ ♪ Pero No, no, no, no ♪ (Singing in English and Spanish) ♪ Cause if you hate me ♪ ♪ I'm sorry ♪ ♪ Wah-wah-wah-wah-wah ♪ (Singing in English and Spanish) ♪ If you hate me I'm sorry ♪ ♪ Wah-wah-wah-wah-wah ♪ (Singing in English) ♪ And if you're gonna cry, I'm sorry ♪ ♪ Wah-wah-wah-wah-wah ♪ (Singing in English and Spanish) ♪ If you hate me I'm sorry ♪ (Singing in Spanish) ♪ I'm sorry ♪ (Singing in English) ♪ You can hate all you want ♪ ♪ I'm never gonna change, no ♪ (plucky guitar music) (Singing in English and Spanish) ♪ Again?

Wow!

♪ (Singing in Spanish) ♪ From the other side ♪ (Singing in English) ♪ Heard you talking sh*t and you've been ♪ ♪ talking for a while ♪ (Singing, in Spanish) ♪ Oh well ♪ ♪ I find out ♪ ♪ It's better alone than in bad company ♪ ♪ I'm on two ♪ (Singing, in English) ♪ No time to stop ♪ ♪ I'm gonna keep doin' what I'm doin' til I drop ♪ (Singing, in Spanish) ♪ There's no break here ♪ (Singing, in English) ♪ I have to work ♪ ♪ Nobody's gonna stop me Not even Donald Trump ♪ (Singing, in Spanish) ♪ Because in my life you are nothing ♪ (Singing, in English) ♪ Wish you could change but ♪ ♪ No, no, no, no ♪ (Singing in English and Spanish) ♪ And if you hate me ♪ ♪ I'm sorry ♪ ♪ Wah-wah-wah-wah-wah ♪ (Singing in English and Spanish) ♪ If you hate me I'm sorry ♪ ♪ Wah-wah-wah-wah-wah ♪ (Singing in English) ♪ And if you're gonna cry, I'm sorry ♪ ♪ Wah-wah-wah-wah-wah ♪ (Singing in English and Spanish) ♪ If you hate me I'm sorry ♪ (Singing in Spanish) ♪ I'm sorry ♪ (Singing in English) ♪ You can hate all you want ♪ ♪ I'm never gonna change, no ♪ (plucky guitar music) (Singing, in Spanish) ♪ Because this life gives nothing ♪ (Singing, in English) ♪ You wish I would change ♪ ♪ Pero No, no, no, no ♪ (Singing in English and Spanish) ♪ If you hate me, I'm sorry ♪ ♪ Wah-wah-wah-wah-wah ♪ (Singing in English and Spanish) ♪ If you hate me I'm sorry ♪ ♪ Wah-wah-wah-wah-wah ♪ (Singing in English) ♪ And if you're jelly, I'm sorry ♪ ♪ Wah-wah-wah-wah-wah ♪ (Singing in English and Spanish) ♪ If you hate me I'm sorry ♪ (Singing in Spanish) ♪ I'm sorry ♪ (Singing in English) ♪ You can hate all you want ♪ ♪ I'm always gonna win, oh ♪ (plucky guitar music) ♪ You just a hater ♪ (plucky guitar music) ♪ You just a hater ♪ (plucky guitar music) (rocking guitar music) (Audience applauses and cheers) (Spoken, in English) Thank you guys so much!

(Audience applauses and cheers) Woo!

You guys are beautiful!

(Audience applauses and cheers) (Audience applauses and cheers) ♪ Do you remember feeling young?

♪ ♪ When the world was yours for the taking ♪ ♪ Well, it's hard to fill the pantry with a heart of gold ♪ ♪ When the money's spent and the house has sold ♪ ♪ Yeah, the devil gonna come to get his due ♪ ♪ Because that life on the TV, it ain't for you ♪ ♪ Cause some say ♪