I started doing a lot of paintings out there, and that one became the cover of the album. So in that time I got quite a bit of painting done. So we would work together, but then once the basic idea for the song was there then Israel would spend a lot of time working on the lyrics. “We were working on a handful of songs out there. While Israel worked out the melodies and vocals, Ryan got a chance to put his art degree to the test.
And it’s nice to get out of the city, not as many distractions and you can focus on your work.” It really affects you in everything you’re doing, to be out there like that.
We’re all from that sort of area, not specifically Astoria except for Luke our Bass player The building we were staying in sat on top of the water, so it would sort of sway when the tide would rise. The town sits where the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean, and for the record, Goonies was filmed there. Shortly after, Blind Pilot retreated to the town of Astoria, Oregon. It actually made getting home quite a bit easier, we didn’t have to pack up the bikes or anything.” But I got another bike, and I love that one. We had friends living in San Francisco so they confronted the person and got the bike back for them. He found it on Craig’s List, someone was selling it. But it was alright, Israel ended up actually getting his bike back. You get really attached to your bike after living with it for so long. The first tour ended tragically, when Ryan’s bike was stolen in San Francisco. When we started Blind Pilot a number of years later after floating around with other musical projects that didn’t seem as rewarding, we were trying to get back to that energy when it was just the two of us, some songs, street corners and an open guitar case.”Īfter returning stateside, the duo took up the moniker Blind Pilot and began a pair of now famous tours in which they biked down the West Coast, beginning in Northern Washington. So there was people from all over Europe. We played on the South west coast in Newquay, which is kind of a touristy surf town. “ We spent a summer in England playing on street corners and things like that. Shortly after, the two departed Oregon to cross to Atlantic. Later down the road, Ryan met guitarist and lead vocalist Israel Nebeker in Eugene, Oregon–home of the University of Oregon. They all made it about three years and left.” The rest of them are all music school drop outs. I am the only one in Blind Pilot that didn’t go to music school. I was more interested in playing in bands then being a real academic player. “When it came time for college, I was torn between going with the music degree and the art degree because I was really into painting.
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As nerdy as it was at the time, it was pretty good to learn how to play with other people,” said Ryan.Īfter parting ways with the elementary musical education, Ryan ventured off to get a collegiate learning in art. I did that for a number of years, in school bands and everything like that–full kid jazz bands. “My parents got me my first set of drums when I was seven or eight, then put me into drum lessons. Ryan Dobrowski’s roots trace back to Portland, Oregon where he picked up the sticks very early in life. After the soundcheck, drummer Ryan Dobrowski gave us an interview to share insight on bike tours down the West Coast, playing in English beach towns and recording along the Columbia river.įull Interview Audio Interview with Blind Pilot’s Ryan Dobrowski 24 for a show with openers The Low Anthem. Lo-fi, indie folk pop band Blind Pilot stopped at the Casbah Oct.
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