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What is it about the end of the year,

the holidays?

You start thinking about all these plans

that you had and these hopes and dreams

and then you get to the end of the year and it's like,

alright this will be the year.

♪Silent night, holy night ♪

♪ All is calm, and all is bright ♪

♪Round yon virgin, mother and child♪

♪ Holy infant so tender and mild ♪

♪Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace♪

♪Silent night,holy night Son of God,♪

♪ love's pure light ♪

♪Radiant beams from thy holy face,♪

♪With the dawn of redeeming grace,♪

♪ Jesus, Lord at thy birth, ♪

♪ oh oh oh, ah, ah, oh, oh ♪

♪ Jesus, Lord at thy birth ♪

It's not even Thanksgiving yet.

Maybe tone it down a little.

I stopped playing originals.

I know, but this is not a gig.

You know?

It's background music, right?

Right.

Maybe some more variety.

Jingle Bells.

Got it.

Hey, can you work Black Friday?

Should be fine.

Good, have a good Thanksgiving.

You too Stewart.

I think it's normal, common, human to...

to have a dream, work for it, hustle for it, bleed for it,

suffer for it even.

Hey Dennis.

Oh, hey Gabe. Oh yeah, hey Gabe,

can you spare a dollar?

Sure.

Here you go buddy.

Stay safe.

Thanks man, bless you, Gabriel.

But I also think it's human to...

wonder...

is it time to let the dream go?

So, he's going to New York without you?

That extra class this semester kicked my ass

so I'm gonna have to stick around,

pick up some shifts.

You sure it ain't got nothing to do with that

mother of his you love so much?

Hey you said it, not me.

Mr H.

Hey, hey Johnny on the rocks?

Yes, sir and a Guinness.

Let me know when you want to try that Balvenie Double Wood.

You buying?

Not tonight.

I didn't think so.

I'll buy you one Horace,

since Gabe's such a tight ass.

Says the man who hasn't paid for a double in five years.

You can come to our place for Thanksgiving, Livy.

Try you some of that deep fried turkey.

I'll be at my sister's, but rain check on that turkey.

Man, Jackknife's running late again.

Dude, you gotta stop booking them.

Gabriel the microphone's waiting.

Not tonight man.

Gabriel, play us a song.

Come on man, let's do it Do it, come on!

Half off pints while Gabe's on the mic!

All right, all right.

Hey, the P.A. ain't gonna quit on me this time is it?

♪Oh my angel mother help me up the hill,♪

♪ I'm gonna meet the good Lord, ♪

♪but I didn't write no will 'Cause all I got,♪

♪ is a poor boy's legacy ♪

♪ I'm gonna leave to my son ♪

♪Everything my daddy left to me♪

♪Twilight I woke Head filled with a dream♪

♪Somebody spoke and said the past ain't what it seems♪

♪Oh my angel mother please Tell me what to do♪

♪ Well a dream fades on waking ♪

♪And my life is soon forgotten too.♪

♪If there's only one thing that I could sure confess♪

♪It's blaming my condition on some other poor boy's mess♪

♪Cause all I've got is a poor boy's legacy♪

♪I'm gonna leave to my son, everything my daddy♪

♪left for me, left for me, left for me, left for me♪

Hey.

Hey, he's in our room.

Oh, okay good.

Whoa, is this all one order?

No, I posted that "Order Before Black Friday"

deal and it worked, I mean it really worked.

Yeah, holy shit, that's awesome babe.

I know, right?

Yeah, hey so sorry I had to work.

It's fine.

He nursed at seven and he went down fine.

Okay, good.

How was work?

It was whatever, played a song for the same 10 people.

What's wrong with that?

Pub ain't the dream, babe.

And how was the mall?

Oh, what do you think?

Where you wanna go?

Let's go to Phoenix.

Seattle?

You sure you and Beau don't want to come with?

We can walk through the park after the post office.

We're good, thank you though.

All right I'm gonna go by the thrift store for the shop after.

Okay see ya.

Bye Beau.

♪Just me and you ♪

What do you think of this song?

♪A holy grail, a fairy tale, ♪

♪A white whale on the end of the line♪

Pretty good?

Yeah?

Best thing you've ever written dad. It's the best.

♪When do you gotta let the dream♪

When do you gotta let the dream go?

When do you gotta let the dream go?

♪If I'm crazy, ♪

would you even let me know? I don't think you would.

♪How much longer ♪

♪cause I'm not getting any stronger♪

Is that cheesy?

You like that?

♪Maybe I'm just getting old ♪

Is it... that?

♪Hope is just too heavy to hold ♪

Mr. D.K. himself.

Gabe, what are you up to?

Oh man, you know, just working on some music here.

All right. Anything good?

Anything I need to hear?

It's feeling pretty good.

We'll see.

Y'all about to wrap up the tour, right?

Yeah, man.

Taking off for Thanksgiving and then close it out

here at home on Saturday.

Nice.

Yeah, well, we got tickets for Saturday night.

But are y'all, are y'all coming to Grandma's Thursday?

Get to meet Beau.

Yeah man.

Finally, I can't wait.

Hey, listen, I wanted to ask you,

Danny's going home for the holidays,

and it really doesn't make sense for me to fly him back.

I figured since we're closing things down right

here on Saturday, maybe you can come out

and back me up on keys and vocals.

Hell yeah!

Like old times.

Yeah, man that's what I'm saying.

Hell yeah, that'd be great.

All right, all right.

Well, I'll send you the new stuff and we'll do

a practice on Friday, if that works for you.

Yeah, no, that sounds awesome.

Um, do y'all have an opener for this tour?

Like if y'all need it I could,

I would be happy to do just a small acoustic set.

Keep it really chill.

Oh, man, the bill's pretty stacked.

But you know what?

Maybe I can do you one better.

Maybe you can do one of your songs during

my set with the full band.

The house will be full.

Dude!

Yes, absolutely.

That'd be awesome.

All right, well, my manager Alan's gonna be there

and it might be good for him to hear you.

Yes.

Thank you.

Thank you, man.

That'd be great.

Well, pick something and we'll rehearse it

Friday with the guys.

Yes.

Okay.

Yeah.

I'll send something over as soon as I can.

All right, we'll see you at grandma's.

All right see you on Thursday.

Bye.

What?

Yes!

Yeah, his manager is going to be there, Alan Thomas,

the guy I told you about.

Oh, that's awesome babe.

Yeah, he reps Fortune Teller,

Thousand Dollar Movie, a bunch of legit guys.

Okay, so what song are you gonna play?

Probably an older one.

It's just the one rehearsal and it's on Friday

and I'll need to cancel at the mall anyway.

I'm sure you're bummed about that.

Yeah.

Darren will pay you right?

Yeah, yeah, he'll pay me but like the exposure is

going to be killer, I'll be able to sell some merch,

kind of something I would do for free.

And you're killing it on Etsy anyway.

I mean, listen, I'm excited,

a crowd like that, it seems awesome.

I mean money or no,

but I'm not exactly killing anything yet.

Hey everybody, it's Darren Knight here.

So excited to close out the tour here at home on

Saturday at the Sparklight.

We got a few tickets left and you're gonna want to

grab those real quick because our very own Gabe

Lovell is going to be a special guest.

I know you guys have missed him,

we've definitely missed him.

Come on out to Saturday.

Link is in the bio.

We'll see you there, peace.

♪My cocoon is getting tight White moon calling me out♪

♪Trees bow towards my shadow ♪

♪Souls colliding like mistaken hands gracing the other♪

♪Souls colliding like mistaken hands gracing the other♪

Everybody give it up for Gabe Lovell.

Tell him how much you love him.

Tonight's his final show with us.

I know he's got an incredible journey ahead.

Give it up ladies and gentlemen.

♪Souls colliding like mistaken hands gracing the other♪

Hey Gabe, man,

I'm so proud of you for stepping out and pursuing the dream.

You're gonna be bigger than me someday.

I love you man.

Dream big

Hey, great to see you How are you doing?

Hey buddy...

Oh, there they are!

♪Angels we have heard on high Sweetly singing o'er the plains♪

♪And the mountains in reply Echoing their joyous strains♪

♪ Gloria in excelsis Deo ♪

♪ Angels we have heard on high ♪

♪Sweetly, sweetly through the night♪

♪And the mountains in reply Echoing their brief delight♪

♪ Gloria in excelsis Deo ♪

♪ Shepherds, why this jubilee? ♪

♪Why your joyous strains prolong?♪

♪ What the gladsome tidings be ♪

♪Which inspire your heav'nly song?♪

♪Gloria in excelsis Deo Gloria in excelsis Deo♪

They gotta change it up.

They're just running the same place over and over again.

Thought about my offer?

I could use the help starting January,

put you on salary as soon as you want.

I appreciate it man.

It's just, it's so nice at the pub you know...

just take off for gigs and recording.

That's not a problem,

I mean we can work something out.

We're not trying to kill your dreams.

♪In excelsis Deo ♪

Mike asked me again about working for him...

laying tile...

start after the new year...

full time.

It'd be pretty steady.

Might be a blessing, not a compromise.

♪I pray you wake up in the morning with a smile♪

♪May your dreams be what the angels see♪

♪Dream my baby, dream my baby, dream♪

♪ I'll leave the candle burning ♪

♪Till there's nothing more, Never walk away,♪

♪Never close the door Dream my baby,♪

♪ Dream my baby, dream ♪

♪I pray you wake up ♪

♪in the morning with a smile ♪

♪May your dreams be all that you can see♪

♪Dream my baby, dream my baby, dream♪

♪oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo♪

Night Beau.

Goodnight Beau.

Hey, hey, hey, look who I found

How's it going?

Great, how's the baby?

Terrible No, it's great.

Dude, how's your kid?

Growing

Boy, are you behaving?

I'm trying.

You know we're closing the tour down

here at home and I thought it'd be kind of sweet

if Gabe filled in on keys for old times' sake.

You know, I think we're gonna let him do

one of his own songs too.

Think it'd be real special for the hometown crowd and

yeah, yeah special for us.

So, I'll connect back with you guys in like 20 minutes?

Yeah, okay cool.

I was thinking we could,

because on the record there's not any base until

the very end, so for the live thing,

I think it'd be cool...

before I...

and then you go like

Like high like that and then...

yes, yeah...

You'll come in with the groove right away...

Just start building back in ...

and then you're off to the races.

For the intro since we don't have the strings and stuff...

Right.

...what if I just did like a kind of open drone thing.

That's awesome.

Yeah just start off with that with me...

Yeah

Yeah, vibe for days

Yeah...

Y'all up for trying it real fast?

♪ Living in the borderland ♪

♪You gotta fight like a boy Gotta run like a man♪

♪Living in the borderland Gotta take what you get♪

♪ just to get what you can ♪

♪ Are we all dangerous ♪

♪Are we all dangerous Lost boys shoring up pockets♪

♪full of fairy dust Suffering the wanderlust♪

♪They all get crushed without love♪

By the law, the law of the jungle♪

♪ Help me Holy Jesus ♪

♪Won't you show me how to live I've got monsters♪

♪at my table I've got Bibles bent like shivs♪

♪Help me Holy Lord I see the light of heaven's porch♪

♪But so many of us are born here outside♪

No, I know you don't know who he is right now but in

six months you are going to know who he is,

that's why we have to book it now.

What's up Alan?

That's okay.

But I'm going in now.

I have to go.

Ladies and gentlemen have I got a treat for you.

Would you give it up for my good friend

and cousin Gabe Lovell!

Give it up!

It's all you baby.

Thanks Darren for having me close out the tour with y'all

and thanks everybody for coming.

♪Wild horse running north Seeing faces of the old♪

♪Waterside, moon light Broken hands and heart of gold♪

♪oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh♪

♪ Miles to go, miles to go ♪

♪Before I sleep Before I lay my head,♪

♪before I lay my head And fall in the deep,♪

♪Color now, wonder how Dusk and dawn,♪

♪could be so far Naked trees,♪

♪winter freeze Truth is here to light up the dark♪

♪oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh♪

♪Raise your head and I'll look to the west♪

♪I will carry on, I will carry on♪

♪Raise your head and I'll look to the west♪

♪I will carry on, I will carry on♪

♪oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh♪

♪ My love ♪

♪ Miles to go, miles to go, ♪

♪before I sleep Before I lay my head,♪

♪before I lay my head And fall in the deep♪

♪Raise your head and I'll look to the west♪

♪I will carry on, I will carry on ♪ ♪ Raise your head ♪

♪and I'll look to the west I will carry on,♪

♪we will carry on ♪

♪Oh mine, you're mine. ♪

♪you're mine, oh mine You're mine, you're mine♪

Thank you, thanks Darren for having me.

Happy holidays everybody.

Look, I love Alan, but he's all business.

At the end of the day, he's just taking advantage of

my 20-year grind anyway.

Right.

And I'm just being honest.

I'm just being upfront with you.

And these days, you gotta get the algorithm

working for you or you're invisible.

Yeah, I hate the algorithm.

And two decades in and I'm still,

I'm just now able to start saving for my kids' college,

and you know what?

I gotta stay on the road to do that.

I don't have the option to get off the road.

But like, think about what you did in there,

like you walked out on that stage,

and you made a real connection with real human beings.

It doesn't get better than that.

Seriously, that's what it's all about.

There he is.

Hey buddy, how are you?

Good to see you.

Dude, fantastic.

Thank you.

That was so great.

Thank you, thank you so much for coming.

Of course, I'm not going to miss this,

the last day of the tour.

Absolutely.

One of the best ones for sure.

Thank you so much It's an awesome way to end it.

Wow.

Yeah.

Thank you so much.

Of course.

Hey, this is my cousin Gabe.

Yes, Alan Thomas Nice to meet you brother

Nice to meet you.

You were awesome.

Wow.

Thank you Really, really good.

I appreciate it brother.

Yeah, I loved it.

I'm a little drunk.

But that's...

But it was good.... Yeah,

it was great.

Alan owns a piece of a couple of the best studios

in Nashville and I bet he'd hook you up.

Yeah, sure.

Of course.

You sure?

Yes, you're excellent.

If you're in Nashville and need space or time

or anything like that, I'll hook you up.

Thanks, man.

I have to head before you give any more of my things away,

but I love you.

Yep.

Great job.

Great job.

Get some rest for the holidays.

And the Hulu thing for Bright Abyss,

they want to do that for the TV Intro.

All right.

So we'll figure that out.

And really nice to meet you dude.

Thank you brother.

Yeah.

And yeah, for real, just give me a shout.

I'll help you out if you're ever in town.

I will.

Later fellas.

You need to do that.

You think he might sign me?

Man, he probably won't even be there.

But what you did out there tonight,

on that stage, that's the dream man.

♪ We wish you a merry Christmas ♪

♪We wish you a merry Christmas We wish you a merry Christmas♪

♪ And a happy new year ♪

♪Good tidings we bring to you and your kin♪

♪ Good tidings at Christmas... ♪

♪Should auld acquaintance be forgot,♪

♪ And never brought to mind? ♪

♪Should auld acquaintance be forgot,♪

♪ And auld lang syne? ♪

♪For auld lang syne, my jo, For auld lang syne;♪

My Angel Gabriel

Hey Dennis, sorry I don't have any cash today.

Well no fame, no fortune, no future, no freedom...

Dennis, you all right?

You want a burger from the kitchen?

No future, no freedom...

Bless you Gabriel, you angel.

♪We twa hae run about the braes,♪

♪ And pou'd the gowans fine; ♪

♪But we've wander'd mony a weary fit,♪

♪ Sin' auld lang syne. ♪

♪For auld lang syne, my jo, For auld lang syne;♪

♪We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet ♪ ♪ For auld lang syne. ♪

What'll you have sir?

All right what is a, what's like a good Scotch?

Like a top shelf?

Ooh we have a lot of the Speyside single malts,

MacAllan 15 year, the Glenlivet 12 year,

the Tacallister 10 year.... good stuff

Let's do the first one.

Perfect, good choice.

Add a little splash of Coke in there if you don't mind.

Coke?

Yeah, just like

... take the edge off.

You don't want Coke in that.

What if we did like a well Scotch instead?

Let's just get you something cheap

You serious?

You don't want to put Coke in this.

Don't be that bartender.

I know what I'm talking about.

Hey, the best Scotch makes the best mixed drinks.

Right Gabe?

Just give him what he wants

Hey I don't appreciate that.

Hey guys this is Gabe,

Um, hoping you're having a great Christmas...

Hey guys this is Gabe. Hope you're having a great holiday...

Hey everyone, this is Gabe,

just working on this new song,

Thought I would play it for you...

♪ A holy grail, a fairy tale ♪

♪ White whale on the end of the... ♪

Hey guys this Gabe, gonna play this song,

everyone

♪ Holy grail, fairy tale ♪

♪ White whale on the end of the line ♪

This is stupid...

I got off the phone with Alan's guy, studio dude.

Said everything is booked up unfortunately

except for a few days before Christmas.

But everything will be at cost,

it'll be a killer deal.

Would you take anyone with you or...?

No, I wouldn't need to.

He's got a bunch of Nashville dudes there,

killer guys, played on a bunch of records.

That's cool.

That's what I'm saying.

Still a lot of money...

Yeah...

Love you...

Go home buddy.

Yeah?

Okay.

I gotta, I gotta try, you know,

cause if I'm playing at the mall

this time next year?

I don't know.

But I got to try.

I have to...

...or just shut up and lay tile I guess.

I mean, I don't, just because you lay

tile doesn't mean you have to shut up.

What...

...who... I mean...

What is it with men?

It's like all or nothing.

It's so...

I don't know, "gotta leave my mark on

this world or I'm worthless."

That's you by the way.

Yeah, I got that.

We don't really get that option.

You know, it's called multitasking.

What do you think Beau Bear?

Should daddy go to Nashville

and sing some awesome songs?

I think you should do it, I want you to go.

I am your first fan here, we started the fan club

you should know.

And I plan to be your last fan and I do want

the world to love what you do the way that I do.

But you have to know that it's worth something...

even if you don't get rich and famous doing it.

Also, do you think your piece of shit Jeep is

gonna make it to Nashville?

I was gonna borrow the Prius.

Yeah, yeah, I knew it...

I think the last time I was in Nashville,

I forgot what tour it was but we were having

a killer show, did the whole set,

everybody did great, and then during

the encore Darren slipped and fell into the drum kit.

It was like watching your grandma fall.

He's so tall and he hit every drum on the way down.

Especially because I was behind the keyboard

and I was trapped.

I just watched him go, like a tree.

He played it off super well

and just laughed about it.

That was a real human moment

Let's try this time, instead of the four on

the floor we do that more of a groove at the end of

that last solo section, whatever,

and then play it out after that...

That good for y'all?

Yes.

Let's try it...

One, two, three four five.

♪ A holy grail, a fairy tale, ♪

♪ A white whale on the end of the line ♪

♪ Days are spent, making rent ♪

♪ Trading blows against the grind ♪

♪ When do you gotta let the dream go? ♪

♪ If I'm crazy would you even let me know? ♪

♪ Would you tell me how much longer ♪

♪ I'm not getting any stronger ♪

♪ Maybe I'm just getting old, ♪

♪ This hope is just too heavy to hold ♪

♪ A second glance, a new romance, ♪

♪ Same old song and dance ♪

♪ The days are done, for the setting sun, ♪

♪ Just give me one fighting chance ♪

♪ When do you gotta let the dream go? ♪

What's up dude?

What's going on?

♪ If I'm crazy, ♪

♪ would you even let me know

♪Would you tell me how much longer ♪

♪ I'm not getting any stronger? ♪

Who's that?

That's Gabe Lovell.

Oh right, right, right...

♪ Hope is just too heavy ♪

♪ How did I let so much time go past ♪

♪ I had a vision and I held fast ♪

♪ Tell me the story how the stars were made ♪

♪ When the dreamer's song was played ♪

♪ When do you gotta let the dream go? ♪

♪ If I'm crazy would you even let me know, ♪

♪ Would you tell me how much longer? ♪

♪ I'm not getting stronger ♪ ♪ Maybe I'm just getting old ♪

♪ Hope is just heavy to hold ♪

Hey did you write that?

Uh, yeah I did.

Ain't you a little young to write

something like that?

I've been around.

Is there food here?

Yeah.

Let's take a break, grab something to eat.

Okay.

So, what's the dream Gabe?

Oh, you know, write some music,

record, play a little bit.

Cover of Rolling Stone?

Yeah, if I'm lucky.

Yeah, that is the word for it.

Talent and hustle, I mean they get you started

but luck really takes you there and that's

if you're lucky.

You know, most people don't have the heart

to know it or handle it when they're not.

Yeah, I just want to play music.

Then just play it...

for people who want to listen to it.

You know, take these songs,

get them out there.

Don't take out a loan to make a record

that's going to take 10 years to pay off....

Because this isn't the story

where the manager discovers you

and you make it big.

I rep over 20 artists, five of them you've

heard of, three of them make a living,

one of them makes a good living...

and then the rest are gifted, talented,

sometimes more talented.

Some of them are still trying to make it,

others have already quit, some people write and

record and play in between their day jobs.

So, if you just want to play then just play.

Ain't you ever had a dream?

Yeah, I did, and it wasn't managing

rock stars.

But not everybody can be lucky.

Come on, I want to, I want to take

you somewhere.

Yeah?

Okay.

I can already hear him in there!

Hey, buddy, what's going on?

Been a minute, man.

Good to see you.

You look good.

This is my buddy Gabe from out of town.

Hey bud.

There he is.

Oh hey.

Hey...

Alan!

How are you?

Good to see you.

Good to see you.

This is my buddy Gabe. He's coming in from

out of town.

Gabe?

Gabe.

Gabe, nice to meet you. What are you drinking?

I'll do a Bulleit on the rocks.

Me too, same.

That's Brody Duveau.

A buddy of mine manages him.

He's been doing this forever,

but he's only got like 50,000

Spotify listens a month or something.

Bulleit on the rocks...

♪ Saturday in the rain ♪

♪ Sipping on lemonade ♪

♪ Speeding down the country lane ♪

Every Saturday morning,

Brody wakes up to a drunk voicemail from

his dad just ripping into him.

"You're never gonna make it,

join corporate America", all that stuff.

But every Saturday night he shows up, ya know?

Brings the house down, doesn't matter

if it's a packed club or an empty bar

or whatever.

It doesn't matter.

He's here doing that.

♪ Cause it don't mean nothing ♪

♪ Without you around, without you around ♪

♪ So I gotta do something ♪

♪ To keep you around, to keep you around ♪

♪ Cigarettes, coffee beans ♪

♪ Reading your magazines ♪

He hasn't made it yet?

He's trying.

He's got a couple of good opening slots.

He's licensed some TV music for some tween crap

or something.

But you know, you walk down

Broadway, there's a million of them

and they're all just as talented.

It's an embarrassment of riches

without the riches part.

It doesn't matter because Brody's not doing it

for the money.

He's doing it for his dad,

prove that asshole wrong.

♪ 'Cause it don't mean nothing ♪

♪ Without you around, without you around ♪

♪ So I gotta do something ♪

♪ To keep you around, to keep you around ♪

♪ It's the American Dream ♪ ♪ The American Dream ♪

Can I put a little Coke in this?

Thank you.

Just takes the edge off.

Yeah, I hear the best whiskey

makes the best cocktail.

Hey, Warren, Warren...

Alan, how ya doing?

Good to see you.

Come to check out Brody?

Yeah, totally.

I wanted to show my buddy Gabe

some of Nashville's finest.

Gabe Lovell.

Warren Oats.

Yes, yes like the actor. It was my stage name

in the 90s and it stuck.

Yeah.

He owns the joint.

Okay. Good deal.

Do you perform?

Yeah, a little bit and I also write.

Yeah, we're recording right now but you should

book him here, he'd totally kill.

I'll send you over some of the stuff

we're working on.

I'd love to hear it.

You guys sticking around?

Yeah, all night buddy I'll see you later.

Cheers.

He's a nice dude.

♪ 'Cause it don't mean nothing ♪

♪ Without you around, without you around ♪

♪ So I gotta, I gotta, ♪

♪ I gotta do something ♪

♪ to keep you around, to keep you around ♪

♪ It's the American Dream ♪ ♪ The American Dream ♪

♪ I'd do anything for the American Dream ♪

♪ The American Dream ♪

♪ I'd do anything for this American Dream ♪

Thank you so much,

thank you, thank you,

merry Christmas. - - Alan: I love you!

I had three albums each with a top 10 single

and I was broke.

Label screwed me, killed the dream for me,

so I quit.

But in six months you are gonna know who he is...

Like, just quit quit?

I had a two-year-old at home.

I figured, I don't know, I'd take over my dad's

dry-cleaning business or run my aunt's

restaurant or something.

Then I realized that everything that I'd

learned in the music business the hard way

I can just bank that as tuition.

I had all this new knowledge that that

led me to a future that I wouldn't have

envisioned myself.

Like, I had a dream, and it was one way

and when it got destroyed, I realized that

it didn't have to be binary.

Sometimes a broken dream can become a new dream.

After all that what did you end up doing?

Went back into the music business,

but not as an artist.

I became a concert promoter,

learned where the real money was being made

and then made a path for younger artists to move

and not fall into the same ditches

that I fell in.

I retired last year, bought this place.

Got three more.

This is actually the smallest.

Damn.

Tom Cochrane had it wrong.

Life ain't a highway.

It's an open meadow.

Run free.

Thank you so much!

Merry Christmas, we love ya!

Alright, Kevin sent you the rough mixes?

Yeah, yeah, they're on my phone.

Okay, great.

You need any help mixing that, just let me know.

Man, thank you.

You've done too much for me.

Oh dude, it's my pleasure.

Don't worry about it.

But remember, don't go broke making a record.

Okay?

I'll hook you up, it's not a race.

Those guys, chasing a finish line,

they spend their whole lives running.

Yeah?

You sound like my wife.

Brother, you got a wife that says that to you?

You've already won.

I'm out of here.

All right bud.

I'll let you know if anything comes up

in the area, opening slots, anything like that, cool?

Man, thank you.

Yeah.

Drive safe.

Yes sir.

Snowing in Nashville...

See you bud.

Later.

Hey.

Hey.

You still up?

Yeah, just finishing some last-minute

Christmas orders.

Come here.

You're a machine.

How was it?

It was actually really good.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Did Alan make all your dreams come true?

No, you and Beau did that.

Speaking of which, I was thinking on the way home,

remember, how we talked about getting a house?

Let's get one of them houses.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, let's get you out of this living room

and get you a proper work spot.

Yeah?

Yeah.

A house...

house people...

Not a big house.

We're house people.

Don't get cocky.

We're house people.

Yeah let's get a house.

You like that?

Yeah, I like that.

I really like that.

What is it about the end of the year?

You start thinking about all these plans

that you've had, and these hopes and dreams.

Maybe the holidays are about not looking

in the past or in the future

but like right here, right in front of you.

Like you Beau.

This year I got you.

And if, if you were ever to ask me, "Dad,

what was your dream?"

I'm gonna say I'm looking right at him,

I'm looking right at him.

Still working on it Beau, take it easy.

Hey Dennis...

Dennis...

Dennis!

Hey.

It's Christmas Eve man, you got somewhere to stay?

Yes sir, I'll be fine.

Can you spare a dollar?

Sure, bud.

This all gonna go to booze?

It's all I got, Gabriel,

it's all I got.

Hey come with me, come on.

It'll be fine, come on.

Here you go, a seat for Dennis.

You good?

Give my buddy Dennis here a pint on me.

Here you go sir.

Hey...

Welcome sir.

Happy Christmas to you.

Happy Christmas.

Hey, hey!

Hey what are you doing here?

I came to see my cousin.

Man thanks.

Yeah man.

Olivia, this is my cousin Darren

I was telling you about.

Good to meet you.

I'm a big fan.

Awe, thank you. That's so sweet.

That's Darren Knight.

...say the best whiskey makes

the best cocktails.

Yeah, his studio guys killed it.

Yeah, he called me, he said you did really well.

No, I felt really good about the songs.

Just gonna get them mixed and put them out

and maybe get lucky.

Here's to luck.

Here's to luck.

I can't think of a better way to bring

in the holiday than with some live music from

Mr. Darren Knight himself.

Duke, leave him alone.

Come on up here man.

Hey, I'll play one if Gabe will

play it with me.

Yeah.

Get it, Gabe.

Come on.

All right, let's go.

Guys, Darren Knight is about to perform

a live set at Connolly's right now.

Okay.

Testing one, two.

Testing one.

Duke, fix the P.A.

It's not me, bro.

All right you want to hear a song?

Come on Darren, what you wanna do?

It's your house man, your show.

Let's, let's do Man on the Millionth Mile,

bar style.

All right.

I'll follow you.

You got it, let's go!

♪ Baby don't break the rules Or you break my heart ♪

♪ You play the fool But that's not your part ♪

♪ Cause you ain't no gambling girl ♪

♪ You ain't no cheating child ♪

♪ You are the lady who still loves me ♪

♪ I am the man on the millionth mile ♪

♪ I walked across the desert Scaled the mountain top ♪

♪ Tracked you to the city ♪

♪ Wondering if your feet would ever stop ♪

♪ Cause you ain't no cheating child ♪

♪ You are the lady who still loves me ♪

♪ I am the man on the millionth mile ♪

Hold it down for me.

That's Gabe Lovell ladies and gentlemen!

♪ Long lay the world ♪

♪ in sin and error pining ♪

♪ Till He appeared, and the soul felt its worth ♪

♪ A thrill of hope ♪

♪ The weary world rejoices ♪

♪ For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn ♪

♪ Fall on your knees, ♪

♪ oh hear the angels voices ♪

♪ Oh, night divine, oh night when Christ was born ♪

♪ Oh, night divine, oh night when Christ was born ♪

♪ Fall on your knees oh hear the angels voices ♪

♪ Oh night divine, oh night when Christ was born ♪

♪ Oh night... ♪

Go!

♪ ...divine ♪

♪ oh night, oh night divine ♪

It's 12:03.

Merry Christmas to you all.

Merry Christmas bro.

Merry Christmas bud.

Love you bro.

Love you too.

♪ Oh come let us adore him, ♪

♪ Oh come let us adore him ♪

♪ Oh come let us adore him Christ the Lord. ♪

Merry Christmas everybody.

Merry Christmas babe.

Merry Christmas.

How was it at the pub?

Like a dream.

Hey everyone, it's Gabe,

hope you had a good New Year's.

I know I did.

Listen I want to tell you guys about a new single

I got coming out.

We just got the masters back...

they're sounding so good.

Special thanks to everyone at Brick House Studios,

and my boy Alan.

Yeah, just wanted to show you all the new single,

Heavy Hope.

Hope you enjoy it thanks.

One, two, three, four.

♪ A holy grail, a fairy tale, ♪

♪ A white whale on the end of the line ♪

♪ Days are spent, making rent ♪

♪ Trading blows against the grind ♪

♪When do you gotta let the dream go? ♪

♪ If I'm crazy would you even let me know? ♪

♪ Would you tell me how much longer ♪

♪ I'm not getting any stronger ♪

♪ Maybe I'm just getting old ♪

♪ Hope is just too heavy to hold ♪

♪ A second glance, A new romance ♪

♪ Same old song and dance ♪

♪ The days are done, for the setting sun ♪

♪ Just give me one fighting chance ♪

♪ When do you gotta let the dream go? ♪

♪ If I'm crazy would you even let me know? ♪

♪ Would you tell me how much longer? ♪

♪ I'm not getting any stronger ♪

♪ Maybe I'm just getting old ♪

♪ Hope is just too heavy ♪

♪ How did I let so much time go past ♪

♪ I had a vision and I held fast ♪

♪ Tell me the story How the stars were made ♪

♪ When the dreamer's song was played ♪

♪ Sometimes you gotta let your dreams go ♪

♪ Even though the night roads look narrow ♪

♪ But when the morning sun is bright, ♪

♪ I can see it in the light ♪

♪ These roads look more like open meadows ♪

♪ I hear the dreamer's song ♪

♪ I've heard it all along ♪

♪ I can carry on ♪

♪ With this heavy hope ♪