It’s like that stress management you go through in a martial art. We found 100 dead birds in the vineyards because it hit so fast they couldn’t get out of the way of the hail.” It wasn't Keenan's first brush with losing it all, but that's not something that scares him. We had beautiful fruit, everything was on track, then 20 minutes of a microburst of hail. “We got hail in 2019 and it devastated the entire site. As we pull into the Eliphante site, a 40 acre block with 28 acres under vine, he points to the vines about 50 yards from us. But I have the means to instigate the puzzles and do them.”Īnd these puzzles aren’t always easy. Whether it be a building, a wine, writing songs. My quality of life is finding puzzles and seeing them through. Quality of life is success in my opinion. Use the other person’s energy against them to let them move. “There’s a thing called economy of movement don’t waste any energy. Other than the fact that he’s found home, he gives partial credit to Brazilian Jujitsu (he even owns a studio in Jerome) for this second layer of his success. What was once a fledgling region now thrives thanks largely to the fruit of his labors.
But Keenan has also been fully immersed in the wine business for more than two decades. In Jerome, Keenan, it seems, has unlocked a town, where decades of tireless work have made his dreams realities.Īll the while, he’s maintained his status as a Grammy award winning prog rock legend, courtesy of Tool and two side projects: A Perfect Circle and Puscifer. The right combination of hard work and luck can unlock those doors. The desire to feel safe, comfortable and happy with oneself is the fuel that drives our creative pursuits. Been here since ’95.”Įvery one of us is searching for home, whether it be spiritually, physically or both.
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The next day I switched my license over and registered to vote. "My friend brought me here and I thought this is the place. I’m not wired for that place,” he tells me as we weave through rows of lush grapevine. One of the reasons Keenan chose Jerome is because he feels a familiarity between this place and his hometown in Michigan. But it is an ordinary day for a peculiar man who has carved out his world in an unlikely place: Jerome, Arizona. It’s a much different scene than the last time I saw Keenan-in February 2020, hours before performing for 18,000, amped-up New Orleans fans.
Instantly, they begin to waddle and swim towards him. We arrive at the Marzo block and park next to a rustic house and a duck pond, where he jumps out and starts a duck impression. I’m riding alongside Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan in his truck on a bumpy dirt road that opens to a picturesque vineyard.
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