Jerry Pentecost is the Man.

A cool thing happened over the weekend and that cool thing was this: Jerry Pentecost, drummer and washboard player for Old Crow Medicine Show, posted a selfie with The Way Back AND the artwork I sent him... and tagged me on Instagram. Fun, right?! Here's the story in a nutshell:

Months and months and months ago, I saw Old Crow at XL Live in Harrisburg with my trivia team. We got really close to the stage (the closest I've ever been -- except for that time I was on the stage at a Bella's Bartok show and the band had the audience sing happy birthday to me) and I threw a book up there for Old Crow.

Turns out, the band never got that book, and I know this because I communicated with both Jerry and Ketch about it. I somehow continued the conversation with Jerry, who is really kind in addition to being a phenomenal musician and hilarious stage presence, and he gave me an address where I could send another copy of the novel. He did warn me that he is not the reader in the group, though, and informed me that he recently had twins and doesn't have a lot of free time. Knowing this, I included a piece of art along with the book. (I think I called it Twin Crows, but I'm not positive about that...)

Then I waited.

I think bands don't check their fan mail all that often. I mean, just take a minute to consider how much touring they do. I sent that stuff before Thanksgiving and just this past weekend, Jerry got the book and the art and posted his selfie and it was just very cool and kind of him.

That's my story. Here are some pictures: