PRICE IS RIGHT Left: With Margo Price at the Ryman.
“There are friends you know you’re going to have for
the rest of your life,” says Nelson. Below: Keyboardist
Logan Metz, Nelson and McCormick stretch their
faces before the show — “Something we picked up
from Neil,” says McCormick.WHO ARE YOU
Opposite: Nelson
and bassist Corey
McCormick at the
Ryman in Nashville.
Below: Nelson with
Pete Townshend.
SMOKE BREAK Left: The
band backstage before the
Bridgestone show. “We
definitely snuck in there,”
says Nelson. “Hopefully
the arena doesn’t come
back and say, ‘Oh, you’re
not allowed anymore. You
smoked in the boys’ room.’ ”STRETCHING OUT Below:
Nelson and drummer Anthony
LoGerfo, at the Ryman,
practice yoga daily. “We’re
out here 250 days a year,”
LoGerfo says. “Meditating
for me is getting out of my
head and staying true to the
source: love and happiness.”STRAWBERRY FIELDS Above: Nelson at
a farmers market in Nashville.
JUMPIN’ JACK
Right: “If I’m not
completely sweaty, I
don’t feel I put on a
proper show,” says
McCormick, pictured
at Bridgestone.Promise of the Real will be on tour
through October, making stops at
Boston’s Fenway Park, Coors Field
in Denver and the Newport Folk
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