2023 USA Tour Impressions

10 live shows in 30 days including a 3’800 miles roadtrip through nine south eastern states. A few highlights of my 2023 USA Solo Tour are listed below:

Music for Airport, released on Bandcamp, december 24th, was recorded live at San Antonio International Airport on october 12th:

Music for Airport – Philipp Zuercher: Electric Guitar, Live Loops

Music for Solar Eclipse, a live performance taking place during the annular solar eclipse on october 14th in King William Park, San Antonio, TX:

Getting Ready for the Eclipse

Music for Grass Harp, celebrating some honors bestowed on my composition China Tree with a live performance on its home turf, so to speak: playing a concert on october 19th in the historical courtroom of Monroeville AL, home of «To Kill a Mockingbird» by Harper Lee, and «The Grass Harp» by Truman Capote:

My Solo Guitar Setup in the Witness Stand, from Scout’s Perspective perhaps

On the Road, in a maelstrom of fall colors on the Blue Ridge Parkway, in between four shows in North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee:

Blue Ridge Parkway, just after Asheville NC…
…and before Roanoke, VA

Halloween in Tennessee, playing a show at the Pilot Light in Knoxville on october 30th:

Philipp Zuercher Live at The Pilot Light, Knoxville TN

An last but not least, on my return journey to a last show in Texas, I was onto The Trail of Tears and The Secret City of Oak Ridge, keeping track of some of the most emotionally charged aspects of an intriguing country’s history:

Hit the Bell! – Headphones Recommended to Hear that long Drone