Built to Spill Plays Skullys on Sept. 27th

In Cincinnati earlier this year, hundreds of fans chatter and stir before Built to Spill takes the stage. Onstage an unassuming balding man with grey in his beard methodically unravels cords and tunes guitars, whistling and swaying while he works.

The man is Doug Martsch—BTS’s lead singer and songwriter—doing his own dirty work.

This moment exemplifies Martsch’s humble workmanship as a career musician—a man who has stayed true to his genuine brand of melodic lo-fi fuzz even after all these years despite being signed to Warner Brothers in the late ‘90s—the kind of guy who you would expect to tune his own damn guitar.

“I never thought I’d have any career in music,” Martsch said.  “Even 15 years ago I thought people would be done with it.”

Not even close…

Originally in (614), by Danny Hamen
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