Thomas Talks Matchbox Twenty Tour
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Friday October 13 06:45 PM EDT
By Mark Brown
Yeah, it all had a happy ending — Matchbox Twenty guitarist Adam Gaynor
got his beloved Taylor acoustic guitar back. But singer Rob Thomas still
has a few words for the kid who swiped the guitar from a Gainesville,
Fla., concert hall last month, then anonymously returned it.
"We finally convinced him we weren't going to bust him, so he dropped it
back off," Thomas says. "We finally got it back and you know what? It
sounds like a piece of s--t. Now we're thinking, 'Man, if we can get
hold of him, we'll give it back to him.'"
The incident has made Gaynor the butt of merciless jokes from his
bandmates while touring the country in support of Mad Season by Matchbox
Twenty. Still, there are distractions that help along the way. Old
friend and former Dog's Eye View frontman Peter Stuart has been tapped
to open a few shows along the tour (as well as singing backing vocals on
Mad Season). Stuart is between record companies and shopping around his
album, which features other friends, such as Counting Crows' Adam Duritz.
"Peter's one of my dearest friends. His new album is great; it's f--king
amazing. I can't believe no one has picked it up yet," Thomas says.
In fact, according to Thomas, one of the best perks of success isn't just
being able to help your friends, but to amuse yourself on the road as
well. The band specifically picked opening acts that they'd want to see,
rather than a commercial pairing of who the record company thinks would
bring in the most bucks.
"This is totally the 'Make Ourselves Happy Tour' — three weeks of the
Jayhawks [opening], three weeks of Shelby Lynne, just so we can have
something to do before the show," Thomas says. "When we took out the
Jayhawks, it was funny. They were thanking us, and we did it for us. We
can't really take any credit for it. Our favorite band is the Jayhawks.
Same with Shelby Lynne; I've never seen her live, but I love the record."
The tour continues through Oct. 22, when it wraps up in San Diego. An
appearance on the Tonight Show With Jay Leno will be mixed in, and an
Australian tour follows, but Thomas is still aiming for his two greatest
goals.
"I'm dying to fit Saturday Night Live into our schedule. To me, that's
an institution," he reveals. "Twice we were supposed to do it, but our
schedule never caught up. And I'd love to do a VH1 Storytellers. There
are all these things you can do, but you look at them and you realize
the only purpose they have is to be an advertisement for you. Then
something like Storytellers comes along, which is such a good, honest
way to show your music."
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