Jay Carlis talks with Grateful Web
As a long-time Deadhead, it was lots of fun to talk with Grateful Web about the Robert Hunter influence on my music, growing up in the Dead scene, and releasing a new record in these changing times.
Just this fall, the singer, songwriter and guitarist Jay Carlis released his Robert Hunter and Jason Isbell inspired solo, Americana and folk debut, Here We Are. The songs on the record touch on themes of change, technology and coming into middle age as both a father and a husband. Much of his early musical experience was playing guitar with a roving band of like-minded kids outside of Grateful Dead and Phish shows. He sat down with Grateful Web to discuss the new record, his influences and how his record, recorded prior to the pandemic, speaks to the world we are living in as 2020 winds down. In addition to his solo project, Jay is a member of the popular, Philadelphia based outfit, The Barrel Fires.