DMB violin player Boyd Tinsley and sort-of-DMB guitarist Tim Reynolds, both of whom made guest appearances just as they had started to qualify as friends-in-high-places. That’s also when he started collecting recordings for his forthcoming live album Roadkill; if it’s lacking the star power of his old friends, it’s probably only because he’s since learned to make it happen with his songwriting alone. (But he’s also releasing his first novel concurrently, just in case).

Ben Arthur - Keep Me Around

Bobby St. Ours opens.