I wanted to make an album that takes a journey through all my favorite periods in music and then culminates in something that will most likely end my career.

I worked for Union Pacific. I started out as a conductor at an intermodal switching facility outside of Salt Lake City. We'd pull in trains from all over the country, break them apart, consolidate the freight, and build other trains. It was great until I screwed up and took a management position. Then it became no fun very quickly.

I could go back to the railroad. I liked that job.

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