🔥 Water Tower 💦 finally made it into the dungeon and this one is equal parts bluegrass, punk rock, busking, internet chaos, and good old fashioned DIY hustle.
These guys call themselves punk rock bluegrass, which sounds confusing until you hear the story.
They started with traditional string music, punk rock roots, DIY flyers, busking on freeway off ramps, and a whole lot of figuring it out as they went. Then the pandemic hit, touring disappeared, and somehow that pushed them even harder into building a community online.
🎶 We get into:
🪕 How Water Tower went from square dances to punk rock bluegrass 🚦 Busking on LA freeway off ramps at 6 in the morning
🎻 How the current lineup found each other through busking and random musical collisions
🎸 Why Bela Fleck, Punch Brothers, punk rock, jazz, and old time music all somehow fit in the same universe
📱 How they built an online following without losing the human connection
❤️ Kenny’s approach to dealing with internet hate by giving people more kindness instead of more bullshit
📸 How Jessica became the secret weapon behind their content and helped turn the band into a digital machine
🤝 Collaborations with artists like Sierra Ferrell, Nick Hexum, John C. Reilly, and more
🎟️ The very real challenge of turning views into actual people buying tickets
The funniest part might be that half this band basically met because somebody was busking in somebody else’s spot. 😂
But underneath all the chaos, this episode is really about community, persistence, and refusing to wait for permission.
Water Tower built this thing from freeway ramps, sidewalks, livestreams, liquor stores, social media, and a lot of weird little moments that somehow kept stacking into something bigger. And through all of it, their whole philosophy is pretty simple:
Love the music. Love the people. Keep showing up. ❤️🎶
🎧 New episode with Water Tower is live now
Go watch it. Go listen to it. Buy the ticket before the day of the show.
And if you see somebody busking on an LA off ramp at 6 a.m. maybe don’t ignore them. They might end up at Telluride. 😂🔥
