Just havinya go
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•19 Apr 2023
There was once a time in his life when, addicted to crack and heroin, he was homeless, sleeping under bridges and using Boston Market cardboard boxes for a bed. He was one of the nameless, faceless afflicted that populate the streets of every city in America, and most “normal” people went out of their way to avoid him. Now, as the titular figurehead of “Nester Nation” whose recovery advocacy is matched only by dedication to his songcraft, he’s an object of adoration. It’s not something he seeks, and when it happens, he’s as humbled as he is awed. But he never lets it go to his head, he told The Ties That Bind Us recently, because as much as he’s been given, he has a keen understanding of just how quickly it can all be taken away. “I’ve been touring the last few years, and people look at me as something of a celebrity or an icon, and it’s just funny how they react to me,” Nester said. “I’m just the most down-to-earth, goofy, funny dude. I was on tour this last time in Connecticut, and I had a fan flay all the way over with his family from the (United Kingdom) to come to my show and meet me. This guy was a professional boxer who trained with Mike Tyson, and when he met me, he was shaking. “He told me, ‘I’ve never been starstruck, but your music has just totally inspired me. You’ve helped me turn my life around, because I came across your music when I was in a dark place. I trained to your music and your songs every day, and they’re what gave me the inspiration to go on and win the British title.’ And all I could think was, ‘Wow! Really?’ I’m just so, so gratefu
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There was once a time in his life when, addicted to crack and heroin, he was homeless, sleeping under bridges and using Boston Market cardboard boxes for a bed. He was one of the nameless, faceless afflicted that populate the streets of every city in America, and most “normal” people went out of their way to avoid him. Now, as the titular figurehead of “Nester Nation” whose recovery advocacy is matched only by dedication to his songcraft, he’s an object of adoration. It’s not something he seeks, and when it happens, he’s as humbled as he is awed. But he never lets it go to his head, he told The Ties That Bind Us recently, because as much as he’s been given, he has a keen understanding of just how quickly it can all be taken away. “I’ve been touring the last few years, and people look at me as something of a celebrity or an icon, and it’s just funny how they react to me,” Nester said. “I’m just the most down-to-earth, goofy, funny dude. I was on tour this last time in Connecticut, and I had a fan flay all the way over with his family from the (United Kingdom) to come to my show and meet me. This guy was a professional boxer who trained with Mike Tyson, and when he met me, he was shaking. “He told me, ‘I’ve never been starstruck, but your music has just totally inspired me. You’ve helped me turn my life around, because I came across your music when I was in a dark place. I trained to your music and your songs every day, and they’re what gave me the inspiration to go on and win the British title.’ And all I could think was, ‘Wow! Really?’ I’m just so, so gratefu
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