- Dan Parsons: Yes, we are Minor Gold, folks.
Thanks for coming and checking us out.
We really appreciate that.
We are coming to you from Queensland, Australia.
And we're a long way from home.
[audience applauding and cheering]
But we feel right at home here in Appleton, Wisconsin.
Wis-cahn-sin. [all laughing]
- Tracy McNeil: And this is our very first U.S. festival ever.
So we're really proud.
[audience applauding and cheering]
We've played together for many years
in different things, but never written together,
so we've got a long history of singing together
and playing together,
but writing is a very new thing for us,
so Minor Gold's a very new project.
But we've got a long life of playing together,
which kinda makes it easier. - And the writing,
the writing is the most important thing to us.
Like, guitar is cool, singing is cool,
but, like, the song is the most important thing.
{"Mona Lisa" by Minor Gold]
[gentle acoustic guitar music]
? Looking at the stars, I saw a face ?
? I thought it was the Mona Lisa ?
? Everywhere I turn I feel your eyes on me ?
? But I can never reach ya ?
? Now I'm not sure what I'll find ?
? Between our laughter lines ?
? Ah you ?
? You shine like gold when you've won ?
? You found your place in the sun ?
? Ain't it good for everyone ?
? You ?
? You break the ice beneath my feet ?
? When you're on a losing streak ?
? You know you've just been beat ?
? You can't turn the other cheek ?
? I'd find the words to say if I could know ?
? That you would take them as I meant them ?
? I thought I saw a smile or something kind ?
? Maybe I just dreamt it ?
? And I'm not sure what I'll find ?
? If I dare to cross that line ?
? Ah you ?
? Shine like gold when you've won ?
? You found your place in the sun ?
? And ain't it good for everyone ?
? You ?
? You break the ice beneath my feet ?
? When you're on a losing streak ?
? You know you've just been beat ?
? You can't turn the other cheek ?
? Looking at the stars, I saw a face ?
? I thought it was the Mona Lisa ?
? Looking at the stars, I saw a face ?
? I thought it was the Mona Lisa ?
[audience applauding and cheering]
- Being on the road for a long time, like,
you have, like, you have good nights
and bad nights.
It's like, you know, 50/50.
But, like, coming to a festival like this,
like, every night seems to kind of be like,
just like a treasure. - Yeah.
- It's great. - Yeah, it's great.
People are, like, up for it
and they just give you that energy back.
Whatever you put out,
they give right back. - Yeah.
- And it just keeps the fire going.
It's, yeah, we've been so, so lucky.
Yeah, love it. - Dan: Stoked.
["Way With Words" by Minor Gold]
[groovy acoustic guitar music]
? You can wake me from a bad dream ?
? Tied to tracks on the silver screen ?
? But I ain't living in a movie ?
? You help me to believe ?
? When my world's going under ?
? You pull me into your thunder ?
? The sands shifting from below me ?
? You help me to believe ?
? 'Cause you got a way with words ?
? When the night is never ending ?
? You can make it like a slow dance ?
? Got me living in the moment ?
? You help me to believe ?
? When I'm tired of being down, don't wanna give up ?
? Everybody's saying what I got ain't enough ?
? Tired of this game and no way to win ?
? You help me to believe when I'm falling again ?
? 'Cause you got a way with words ?
? From the bottom of the well ?
? I pour the richest cup ?
? For a love I know so well ?
? For a love I can't give up ?
? 'Cause you got a way with words ?
? Got a way with words ? ? Tired of being down ?
? Don't wanna give up ?
? Everybody's saying what I got ?
? Ain't enough ? ? Got a way with words ?
? Tired of this game ?
? And no way to win ? ? Yeah ?
? You help me to believe ?
? When I'm falling again ? ? Got a way with words ?
? You help me to believe ? ? Got a way with words ?
? You help me to believe ?
[groovy acoustic guitar music]
[audience applauding and cheering]
- It's so great to meet other artists
and hear what's going on,
'cause it helps build, like, a beautiful network
when we're touring. - Yeah.
- It's just fantastic, and you get inspired
by all the other stuff that's going on.
It's been really, really great.
[guitar strumming] - Dan: Hey.
[audience laughing] Good to see ya.
This is such an honor.
We're just stoked to be here, so thanks for having us.
We appreciate that.
- Our first U.S. festival, and you've set the bar so high.
[audience applauding and cheering]
- Dan: One, two, three, four.
["Moonlight Silver Highway" by Minor Gold]
[gentle acoustic guitar music]
? Moonlight silver highway ?
? I find you in my dreams ?
? In the half-light shadow and the sleepy drone ?
? You're keeping me company ?
? Moonlight silver highway ?
? It hasn't even been a year ?
? You burned so heavy, but you lost the light ?
? Like a broken chandelier ?
? Keep moving out of range ?
? Trying to turn a page ?
? Look at something different ?
? Feel a little change ?
? But the tide keeps pulling me in ?
? Moonlight silver highway ?
? Slowly making ground ?
? But every day in our father's face ?
? It feels like you're still around ?
? Moonlight silver highway ?
? Never gonna say goodbye ?
? Wanna put you my pocket and just pretend ?
? I'm keeping you alive ?
? Keep moving out of range ?
? Trying to turn a page ?
? Look at something different ?
? And feel a little change ?
? But the tide keeps pulling me in ?
? And I'm trying to leave this town once again ?
[groovy folk music]
? Keep moving out of range ?
? Trying to turn a page ?
? Look at something different ?
? And feel a little change ?
? But the tide keeps pulling me in ?
? Keep moving out of range ?
? Trying to turn a page ?
? Look at something different ?
? But everything's the same ?
? And the tide keeps pulling me in ?
? Yeah, the tide keeps pulling me in ?
? And I'm trying to leave this town once again ?
? Moonlight silver highway ?
? I find you in my dreams ?
? In the half-light shadow and the sleepy drone ?
? You're keeping me company ?
[audience applauding and cheering]
Thanks, y'all.
- Thank you.