“Our attitude is every tour could be our last tour.” At the Middle East Restaurant, Cambridge, Massachusetts February 10, 1997 As much as I (and many others) liked Morphine’s music, it was not a band anyone ever expected to see sign […]
Gary Talley of The Box Tops
“…the record started going up the charts. We were just dumbfounded.” By phone from his home in Nashville June 8, 1999 Not unknown but close to it, Gary Talley played guitar for The Box Tops, who had one of the indelible hits of the ‘60s, “The Letter.” And […]
John Fogerty
“….that big terrible rubber band that was tied tight around my heart loosened up…” May 19, 1997 By phone from San Francisco In 2013 John Fogerty released “Wrote A Song for Everyone,” a guest-filled album consisting mostly of covers of classic songs he wrote for Creedence […]
Joe Perry (2004)
“It’s never easy to make a record.” March 19, 2004 On the road between Hot Springs and Little Rock, Arkansas, one week into Aerosmith’s Honkin’ On Bobo tour After years of talking about it, Aerosmith finally made good in 2004 on its promise to record a blues album. Nobody was more excited about it […]
Cornell Dupree
“What I consider ‘me’ is a funky blues player.” From Dupree’s home in Ft. Worth, by phone August, 1995 Hang on and get ready for a super-funky-blues/soul ride thanks to some truly amazing video. Cornell Dupree, the subject of this interview, is the main man here and it’s a treat to hear and watch him […]
Aimee Mann
“It doesn’t even pay to sell out.” January, 1996, in advance of the “I’m With Stupid” release and tour By phone from her home in Los Angeles I caught sight of Aimee Mann on TV last week. She was rocking out with Ted Leo, her unlikely partner in a new band, The Both. Singing […]
Edie Brickell
“I would never listen to his ideas as far as writing goes.” – Edie Brickell, on her husband Paul Simon. August 16, 1994 By phone from Montauk, Long Island, New York Edie Brickell charmed many people as the winsome lead singer of the New Bohemians – perhaps no one more so than Paul Simon, […]
Barry White
“I cut the music I love to record. I do it whether it’s a hit or not. It’s the love for the music I’m into.” June 1 (or 2), 1995 By phone from the Tutwiler Hotel, Birmingham, Alabama Oh. My. God. That voice. Barry White is the kind of person you want to […]
Dickey Betts
“Gregg Allman has decided to try to justify this thing by running around the country claiming I’m strung out on drugs and too drunk to play music. It’s just ludicrous.” September 8, 2000 By phone from a hotel room in Chicago I spoke to Dickey Betts in the midst of what must have been six […]
Abbey Lincoln
“….I never got any offer from the Americans. They figured I was dangerous or something.” May 14, 1996 By phone from her apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan Abbey Lincoln was more than a remarkable singer and songwriter: She was a remarkable person, who made a mark as a civil rights […]