Singer-songwriter Andy Grammer had to rediscover his own joy after pandemic shutdown, “one of the hardest seasons of my life.'
The result was his “The Art of Joy Tour,” which he launched with a handful of dates in February, resumed in June and will finish with a show at Fox Tucson Theatre on Sunday, Aug. 28.
People are also reading… This revelation and some self-reflection, along with therapy via Zoom, led the father of two — his youngest daughter was born at home weeks into the pandemic’s start in March 2020 — to pen a handful of songs that helped lift him out of his doldrums. And like so much of the music of Grammer’s nearly dozen-year recording career, his new songs — “Damn It Feels Good to Be Me,” “Love Myself,” “Joy” and “Lease on Life” — put an optimistic spin on our collective pain.
From that song on, Grammer has been seen by his fans as the king of optimism whose infectious songs — “Fine By Me,” “Honey I’m Good, “Good To Be Alive ” and his latest single off the “Joy” project, “Saved My Life” — could lift their darkest spirits. Therapy helped lift his spirits, but nothing worked better than getting back on stage in front of a live audience, Grammer said.
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