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In September 2017, Josh Tillman stopped by the Third Man Nashville headquarters on an otherwise ordinary Tuesday afternoon and surprised everyone with a lunchtime solo acoustic set, just before his sold-out Ryman Auditorium performance.

As is typical for direct-to-acetate recordings in the Blue Room, Josh warmed up the room with two songs before Third Man started cutting the LP. He began with the debut performance of his then-newly penned “Mr. Tillman” (foreshadowing its release as the first single on God’s Favorite Customer, nine months later). The label then used the second song as an opportunity to carve a 12” on-the-spot single of “Now I'm Learning to Love the War,” which was promptly handed to a lucky attendee for safe keeping. If you want to know more about that, you’ll have to scour the depths of FJM’s fan net.

Tracklist

1. I Love You, Honeybear
2. I’m Writing a Novel
3. Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings
4. Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins)
5. So I’m Growing Old on Magic Mountain
6. Holy Shit
7. Everyman Needs a Companion