In the typical fashion of touring rock stars, Sarah Shook & the Disarmers’ lead vocalist River Shook prefers an assortment of fruits and vegetables: hummus, baby carrots, baby peppers, and salsa. “It’s nice to have some snacks that are a step up from gas station snacks,” Shook says in this episode of Herbal Tea & White Sofas.
However, the most difficult healthy food to find is bananas, as Shook reveals: “In my experience, the bananas are half raw, green and half way too ripe. I don’t know how gas stations do that because I haven’t encountered that anywhere else.”
Sarah Shook & the Disarmers aren’t just on their best behavior with clean eating habits — they also make sure to treat every green room with the utmost respect.
“We just played someplace with a special note in the tour doc that was like, ‘No inappropriate behavior backstage,'” Shook recounts. “And we were like, ‘What? What are people doing back here? I don’t want to know. I’m good.'”
Through everything, the most important aspect of touring for Shook is being able to show their authentic self. “Even the oldest of the songs that we’re still performing are so personal to me because they come from my life experience […] The closeness of the band shines through our music and through our live performances.”
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