Daily Discovery: The Kid Carsons, “Chicago”

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The Kid Carsons are an outfit from the Big Easy made up of the brother-sister pair Chad and Morgan D. Carson, David Hart on drums, guitarist Josh Joseph plus Derek Duplessie on pedal steel. “Chicago” is an Americana gem of a song that sticks like a ride on a coal train. The Kids’ reply to the question: “Favorite Form of Exercise? is one of the top 5 answers we’ve had in the Daily Discovery series.

ARTIST: The Kid Carsons

SONG: “Chicago”

BIRTHDATE: January 2012

BIRTHPLACE: New Orleans, LA

AMBITIONS: Left foot. Right foot.

TURN-OFFS: Give us back our bear head.

TURN-ONS: A properly outfitted hotdog.

DREAM GIG: Bruce Springsteen’s  July 8, 1978 performance of Rosalita.

TV ADDICTIONS: Twin Peaks (Chad), X-Files (Morgan), Roseanne (Derek), King of the Hill (David), Seinfeld (Josh).

CELEBRITY CRUSH: Carl Sagan.

MY FAVORITE FORM OF EXERCISE: The walk of shame.

THE BOOK THAT CHANGED MY LIFE:
Letters to a Young Poet.

I NEVER LEAVE HOME WITHOUT: A mild case of social anxiety.

WE WROTE THIS SONG:  Chad Carson wrote this song in Chicago. On a plane and on a banjo.