This past Friday, over huevos rancheros at a Culver City diner, the Examiner sat down and spoke with Mark Olson in the early afternoon before his gig later that night at McCabe’s.. Rather than rehash Olson’s history with the Jayhawks, and Creekdippers, which is well documented elsewhere on the internet, we spoke at length about touring, his new album, his song writing, and many other aspects of his philosophy, and lifestyle as well as his perspective on the music industry. Below is a transcription of the first half of that conversation.