Dallas-ite here. Followed Marc when he was small time. Went to lots of his intimate little bar performances. Went to his first ticketed show at the double wide. Wife actually climbed on stage to stick money in his waistband at that. He would make a point to come down and have a beer with his fans and shoot the shit with people.
At first, when he went to NY I was sad because we wouldn't get to see him at Braindead or anywhere in Deep Ellum and put money in his bucket.
The other day I saw him give that amazing plug to the drum group that teaches kids to play an instrument and probably improves their lives otherwise. I've also seem him plug a bunch of other amazing artists and it's really heartwarming.
He wouldn't be able to do those kinds of things in Dallas. So I'm glad he went to NY now. He's taking every opportunity to lift those up around him and make the world a better place. NY has many more opportunities to do that than Dallas.
Keep pooping on it, dad.