In this life of ours, sometimes you plan and move along accordingly, sometimes chance just grabs the wheel and steers you toward your next chapter. On a break from touring with Cracker [in 2006], my good friend Lynn called me up and told me 'Johnny, there's a band from Denver you gotta see. They're right up your alley.' Not long after that, my father-in-law and drinkin' buddy Ted and I were grinning ear to ear, cold beers in hand as we watched a tall...