Tour Talk #18 - Per Wiberg

Here we go again but not on our own this time, this week we’re joined by Per Wiberg. Current keyboard extraordinaire for Spiritual Beggars, rocking bass player for Kamchtka as well as being one of the Opeth alumni. 

I have to open this week with quite an embarrassing admission to Per and that leads us to discuss how the landscape of the music industry has changed since illegal downloading reared it’s head in the late 90’s

We discuss Per’s last touring experience before the pandemic hit, which just happened to be driving around Sweden in the snow with Nate, this takes us on to how friendships you make from short intense bursts  of time with people on tour can lead to life long, enduring friendships. 

We learn how European summer festival is essentially a adult day care centre for rock bands and what it’s like spending the summer bouncing around festivals, that includes seeing famous people all queuing up for lunch together, the etiquette around approaching artists your a fan of backstage and how its sometimes necessary to charter a plane to get from show to show.

We bust out my cup of random questions towards the end and all in all have an extremely insightful and very fun chat with an awesome guy who’s spent his life on the road!

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