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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 Festival.