Dawes’ Taylor Goldsmith On The “St. Augustine At Night” Single, Writing, Influences & More

Comprised of frontman Taylor Goldsmith, drummer Griffin Goldsmith, bassist Wylie Gelber and keyboardist Lee Pardini, Dawes first made people take notice with the 2009 full-length album North Hills. Each subsequent Dawes release, including 2016’s We’re All Gonna Die and 2018’s Passwords, has reached the top 10 spot (or better) of Billboard’s Top Rock Albums and Americana/Folk Albums charts.

October 2, 2020 is scheduled to bring the 7th studio album from Dawes — the first of which for new record label Rounder Records — Good Luck With Whatever. Produced by GRAMMY Award-winner Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit) at Nashville’s famed RCA Studio A, several singles from the album have already hit digital outlets, including “Who Do You Think You’re Talking To?” and “St. Augustine At Night.” Meanwhile, July 2020 brought an Emmy Award nomination for “Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics” for a song Taylor Goldsmith penned for This Is Us.

I had the absolute pleasure — and I do mean “absolute pleasure” — of speaking with Dawes’ Taylor Goldsmith via Zoom on August 25, 2020, as embedded below. More on Dawes and Good Luck With Whatever can be found online by visiting www.dawestheband.com, www.instagram.com/dawestheband and www.twitter.com/dawestheband.

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Tags: Dave Cobb, Dawes, Los Angeles, Mandy Moore, Mike Viola, Rounder Records, Taylor Goldsmith, This Is Us

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Darren Paltrowitz Darren Paltrowitz is a New York resident with over 20 years of entertainment industry experience. He began working around the music business as a teenager, interning for the manager of his then-favorite band Superdrag. Since then, he has worked with a wide array of artists including OK Go, They Might Be Giants, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham, Loudness, Rachael Yamagata, and Amanda Palmer. Darren's writing has appeared in dozens of outlets including the New York Daily News, Inquisitr, The Daily Meal, The Hype Magazine, All Music Guide, Guitar World, TheStreet.com, Businessweek, Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, and the Jewish Journal. Beyond being "Editor At Large" for The Hype Magazine, Darren is also the host of weekly "Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz" series, which airs on dozens on television and digital networks. He has also co-authored 2 published books, 2018's "Pocket Change: Your Happy Money" (Book Web Publishing) and 2019's "Good Advice From Professional Wrestling" (6623 Press), and co-hosts the world's only known podcast about David Lee Roth, "The DLR Cast."