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Grant-Lee Phillips, Mayo Thompson interviews; Shane MacGowan tribute
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Jason Gross
Jan 31, 2024, 9:53:07 PM1/31/24
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Greetings,
In the latest issue of Perfect Sound Forever <https://www.furious.com/perfect/index0224.html>, you'll find (among other things):
SHANE MACGOWAN
Tribute- Irish nationalist as balladeer, by Brian Cousins
"Shane in his final years was lauded as a great songwriter by no lesser talents than Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and Bruce Springsteen, none of whom are prone to faint praise or insincerity and each of whom would visit him in his final years in Ireland. Tom Waits also broke his silence to pay his respects. And Shane's huge talent is there for all to see and hear. His songwriting will certainly endure and remain the force that invigorated and dragged the Irish diaspora firmly into the 1980's with its welding of traditional folk themes with the energy and attitude of punk."
GRANT-LEE PHILLIPS
Interview- Torn Boys, Shiva Burlesque, Grant Lee Buffalo, by John Wisniewski
"Phillips took along Shiva Burlesque's rhythm section, bassist Paul Kimble and drummer Joey Peters, to transform the combo into Grant Lee Buffalo, who put out four well-regarded albums of Americana music in the 1990's. In the new millennium, Phillips has gone solo pursuing his folk-Americana muse infused with a melodic sensibility and his passionate voice and even made several appearances on the iconic TV show Gilmore Girls. Here, Phillips talks about his early days, his music influences and his evolution as an artist and his plans for archival releases."
PUNK TO COUNTRY
Personal musical transition & reckoning, by Danny R. Phillips
"While punk was, and always will be, in my heart, it seemed it was time to re-evaluate the space it held in my life. I longed for a well-placed mandolin, a Hammond B-3 organ, a pedal steel full of emotion or a lyric line that breaks my heart no matter how many times I hear it; sadness over anger, purity over pretense, melody over disjointed lines. Sonic beauty over a wall of sound and spit."
MAYO THOMPSON
Interview- surrealist soloist & Krayola years, by Jason Gross
"Someone like guitarist/singer/songwriter Mayo Thompson could have easily rested on his laurels as co-founder of Texas psychedelic art band Red Crayola, later as Red Krayola when the crayon people protested. But after the band broke up, he created the remarkably unique 1970 solo album Corky's Debt to His Father, which about 50 years later was revived by a series of L.A. and New York shows in the last few years."
VELVET UNDERGROUND
Oral history book excerpt- the band meets Warhol's Factory, by Dylan Jones
"According to Reed, Warhol presented Nico as an ultimatum: he would manage them, give them a place to rehearse (the Factory), finance their equipment, support them, find them a record deal, produce them, and make them famous. . . as long as they gave him 25 percent of their earnings, did what they were told, and put Nico in the band. Warhol didn't think Reed was a good enough frontman (he didn't think he was especially attractive, either). And so Reed and the band went along with it. He didn't really feel the group needed a chanteuse, but as long as they were able to use her sporadically, he reckoned it would be fine."
We're always looking for good writers and/or ideas so let us know if you have anything to share.
See you online,
Jason
In the latest issue of Perfect Sound Forever <https://www.furious.com/perfect/index0224.html>, you'll find (among other things):
SHANE MACGOWAN
Tribute- Irish nationalist as balladeer, by Brian Cousins
"Shane in his final years was lauded as a great songwriter by no lesser talents than Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and Bruce Springsteen, none of whom are prone to faint praise or insincerity and each of whom would visit him in his final years in Ireland. Tom Waits also broke his silence to pay his respects. And Shane's huge talent is there for all to see and hear. His songwriting will certainly endure and remain the force that invigorated and dragged the Irish diaspora firmly into the 1980's with its welding of traditional folk themes with the energy and attitude of punk."
GRANT-LEE PHILLIPS
Interview- Torn Boys, Shiva Burlesque, Grant Lee Buffalo, by John Wisniewski
"Phillips took along Shiva Burlesque's rhythm section, bassist Paul Kimble and drummer Joey Peters, to transform the combo into Grant Lee Buffalo, who put out four well-regarded albums of Americana music in the 1990's. In the new millennium, Phillips has gone solo pursuing his folk-Americana muse infused with a melodic sensibility and his passionate voice and even made several appearances on the iconic TV show Gilmore Girls. Here, Phillips talks about his early days, his music influences and his evolution as an artist and his plans for archival releases."
PUNK TO COUNTRY
Personal musical transition & reckoning, by Danny R. Phillips
"While punk was, and always will be, in my heart, it seemed it was time to re-evaluate the space it held in my life. I longed for a well-placed mandolin, a Hammond B-3 organ, a pedal steel full of emotion or a lyric line that breaks my heart no matter how many times I hear it; sadness over anger, purity over pretense, melody over disjointed lines. Sonic beauty over a wall of sound and spit."
MAYO THOMPSON
Interview- surrealist soloist & Krayola years, by Jason Gross
"Someone like guitarist/singer/songwriter Mayo Thompson could have easily rested on his laurels as co-founder of Texas psychedelic art band Red Crayola, later as Red Krayola when the crayon people protested. But after the band broke up, he created the remarkably unique 1970 solo album Corky's Debt to His Father, which about 50 years later was revived by a series of L.A. and New York shows in the last few years."
VELVET UNDERGROUND
Oral history book excerpt- the band meets Warhol's Factory, by Dylan Jones
"According to Reed, Warhol presented Nico as an ultimatum: he would manage them, give them a place to rehearse (the Factory), finance their equipment, support them, find them a record deal, produce them, and make them famous. . . as long as they gave him 25 percent of their earnings, did what they were told, and put Nico in the band. Warhol didn't think Reed was a good enough frontman (he didn't think he was especially attractive, either). And so Reed and the band went along with it. He didn't really feel the group needed a chanteuse, but as long as they were able to use her sporadically, he reckoned it would be fine."
We're always looking for good writers and/or ideas so let us know if you have anything to share.
See you online,
Jason
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