Sister Hazel was quick to sign him up, and after Newell graduated in 1996, the band hit the road hard. And tonight and Thursday, they're back in town at the Florida Theatre. I wanted to play music more than I wanted to study it. Enter the UF accounting program. And it gave me reassurance that I could goof off for a little bit.
Some people go to Colorado and bartend and ski for a year, just to find themselves after college.
I decided to give it at least a year and a half to two years. The thrill of all of it is addicting. And that rush of the sky being the limit kind of keeps you in it. I could practice guitar 15 hours a day for the rest of my life and never be as good as he is. I've seen so many world-class guitar players over the last couple of years, touring around the world, and I wouldn't trade 10 of them for Ryan Newell.