Daily Discovery: Nick Gallant, “Wanderlust”

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June 12, 2014 3:48 pm

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ARTIST: Nick Gallant

SONG: Wanderlust

BIRTHDATE: July 22, 1978

HOMETOWN: Takoma Park, MD

CURRENT LOCATION: Santa Cruz, CA

AMBITIONS: To be present. To be happy.

TURN-OFFS: Breakfast for dinner, poor listening skills, hatred, sloth.

TURN-ONS: My wife in boots, 6 foot glassy surf with nobody out yet.

DREAM GIG: Playing at a campfire.

FAVORITE LYRIC: Mason Jennings – “Life has no limit, if you’re not afraid to get in it”

CRAZIEST PERSON I KNOW: We’re all a little loco.

SONG I WISH I WROTE: “Waiting for my real life to begin”, by Colin Hay

5 PEOPLE I’D MOST LIKE TO HAVE DINNER WITH: Gandhi, Bob Dylan, Thich Nhat Hanh, My
Wife, My Son.

MY FAVORITE CONCERT EXPERIENCE: I just saw the Wood Brothers, and loved them, and Sean
Hayes always gives me goosebumps. But I think Rage Against the Machine in 1992 blew my mind more than
any concert I remember.

I WROTE THIS SONG: I wrote this song while in Trocones, Mexico. Every time I travel, I’m reminded just how strong my wanderlust is. The world is big, and I want to see as much of it