Portlander Dave Depper On Touring With Death Cab For Cutie
b"There are musicians in Portland who seem like they\\u2019ve played with everyone. And then there\\u2019s Dave Depper. His resume is a who\\u2019s who of local acts: Menomena, Loch Lomond, Fruit Bats, Laura Gibson, and at least 18 others. He\\u2019s also toured with national names like Ray LaMontagne.
But now he\\u2019s stepping onto a bigger stage\\u2014 much bigger stage. Last year, Death Cab for Cutie announced that Chris Walla, it\\u2019s original guitarist and primary producer, was leaving after 17 years. Then it asked Depper to take Walla\\u2019s place for the world tour of its newest album, Kintsugi [kint-SU-gi].
Depper made the late night rounds with the band. He\\u2019s and just returned from a month long tour in Europe. He has a few days off before playing Edgefield in Portland and Les Schwab in Bend.
Then he\\u2019s on the road for basically the rest of the year. State of Wonder producer Aaron Scott sat down with him to find out what it's like to be an overnight rockstar."