From The Desk Of Jonny Fritz: Tar Creek

Jonny Fritz‘s sardonic, clever country rock has just landed him a record deal—signed in gravy at a local soul-food restaurant, natch—and his ATO Records debut, Dad Country, featuring backing from the boys in Dawes, has just hit shelves. He’s also trying to finish up paintings and leatherwork for a list of clients that reads like a who’s-who of the Music City hipsterati. Oh, and he got married to a woman he met at Mardi Gras. “I like to make the impulsive moves,” says Fritz, who used to go by the moniker Jonny Corndawg. Fritz will also be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our brand new feature on him.

Jonny: Another great tour stop is this swimming hole called Tar Creek located north of L.A. by about an hour. It’s about a mile and a half from the end of the road. The hike can be intense, but the payoff is this natural slide and a roughly 20-feet-wide and eight-feet-deep ice-cold pool. It sits in the canyon of a massive condor reserve. Did you know that the California condor can live 60 years, and there are only 226 living in the wild???