James Veck-Gilodi on Quitting Drinking, Blackouts + Music Industry Riders

James Veck-Gilodi is the lead singer-songwriter of Deaf Havana, with three top-ten albums, a top-five record, headline shows at Brixton Academy and tours with Kings of Leon behind him. He played almost every one of those shows drunk. He joins Sober Dave on One for the Road to talk about quitting drinking after 15 years of touring through it.

James started getting hammered at 14 in a small Norfolk town. By 18 he was on tour and the riders never stopped. By 2019 he'd overdosed on Xanax and alcohol, and his now-wife had broken up with him at an airport in Asia. He got sober in April 2020 through AA, slipped this January, and is now back and clearer than ever.

Inside: the cocaine years, the resentment that drove the slip, the only sober show he's ever played, and Deaf Havana's new music.

Quitting drinking, Deaf Havana, music industry, gray area drinking, AA, sober journey.

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Provided below are links for services offering additional help and advice, and links for James.

Instagram @deafhavana

Twitter @deafhavana

https://alcoholchange.org.uk/https://www.wearewithyou.org.uk/

https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/advice/alcohol-support-services

https://nacoa.org.uk/

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