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Interviews with Family, Anthony Moore (Pink Floyd lyricist), Grateful Dead article
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JG
Dec 1, 2023, 9:50:49 PM12/1/23
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Greetings,
In the latest issue of Perfect Sound Forever <http://www.furious.com/perfect/index1223.html>, you'll find (among other things):
FAMILY
Interview- Roger Chapman is Fearless, by Robin E. Cook
"Fearless was a perfect title for Family's 1971 album. As singer Roger Chapman says, Family was "quite a brave band." For Fearless, Chapman, guitarist John "Charlie" Whitney, multi-instrumentalist Poli Palmer, and drummer Rob Townsend were joined by new bassist John Wetton. On the resulting album, the band romps between barroom blues, quasi-progressive rock, funk, and folk-rock. The result is one of the finest examples of their wildly eclectic approach. Chapman himself shared recollections about the making of Fearless and his subsequent solo career for Perfect Sound Forever."
GRATEFUL DEAD
Book excerpt- classic hometown '76 gigs, by Ray Robertson
"In addition to wanting to shake things up a bit--both stylistically and in terms of song selection--the less-freewheeling, more-streamlined sound was probably at least in part because the majority of the group were in their early to mid-thirties by this point and understandably lacking something in the space-travel cardio department, the physical and psychological demands of taking the psychedelic sacrament (literally or figuratively) and seeing where it led them simply becoming a little too much. Fair enough and fare thee well. We all get old and Earthbound. So, tired of playing the same long songs in the same ways, as the Dead moved into their second month back on the road, the second-set highlight tended be three or four, or sometimes even five, meaty numbers linked together over the course of an hour or more of often inspired, exploratory playing."
ANTHONY MOORE
Interview- from Slapp Happy to Pink Floyd, by Jason Gross
"Here at PSF, we have an ongoing tradition now of doing an annual article with multi-instrumentalist/composer/polymath Anthony Moore, covering his multi-decade career. First, we surveyed his Slapp Happy years, then his Henry Cow years and tape experiments, then his Flying Doesn't Help album and various productions, then '80's albums/major-label-dom/initial Pink Floyd encounters. Now, moving up a decade, we cover with him more of his work with the Floyd crew, Richard Wright's final album, meeting and working with Sinead O'Connor and the Slapp Happy reunion and musical theater project. As Moore said, 'OK, here we go! For the 1990's...'"
We also have a Spotify playlist with most of the artists above here:
<https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2siDsjQc1S6Quh58TVWfgb?si=40cfc6db13144718>
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 <http://www.furious.com/perfect/index1223.html>, you'll find (among other things):
FAMILY
Interview- Roger Chapman is Fearless, by Robin E. Cook
"Fearless was a perfect title for Family's 1971 album. As singer Roger Chapman says, Family was "quite a brave band." For Fearless, Chapman, guitarist John "Charlie" Whitney, multi-instrumentalist Poli Palmer, and drummer Rob Townsend were joined by new bassist John Wetton. On the resulting album, the band romps between barroom blues, quasi-progressive rock, funk, and folk-rock. The result is one of the finest examples of their wildly eclectic approach. Chapman himself shared recollections about the making of Fearless and his subsequent solo career for Perfect Sound Forever."
GRATEFUL DEAD
Book excerpt- classic hometown '76 gigs, by Ray Robertson
"In addition to wanting to shake things up a bit--both stylistically and in terms of song selection--the less-freewheeling, more-streamlined sound was probably at least in part because the majority of the group were in their early to mid-thirties by this point and understandably lacking something in the space-travel cardio department, the physical and psychological demands of taking the psychedelic sacrament (literally or figuratively) and seeing where it led them simply becoming a little too much. Fair enough and fare thee well. We all get old and Earthbound. So, tired of playing the same long songs in the same ways, as the Dead moved into their second month back on the road, the second-set highlight tended be three or four, or sometimes even five, meaty numbers linked together over the course of an hour or more of often inspired, exploratory playing."
ANTHONY MOORE
Interview- from Slapp Happy to Pink Floyd, by Jason Gross
"Here at PSF, we have an ongoing tradition now of doing an annual article with multi-instrumentalist/composer/polymath Anthony Moore, covering his multi-decade career. First, we surveyed his Slapp Happy years, then his Henry Cow years and tape experiments, then his Flying Doesn't Help album and various productions, then '80's albums/major-label-dom/initial Pink Floyd encounters. Now, moving up a decade, we cover with him more of his work with the Floyd crew, Richard Wright's final album, meeting and working with Sinead O'Connor and the Slapp Happy reunion and musical theater project. As Moore said, 'OK, here we go! For the 1990's...'"
We also have a Spotify playlist with most of the artists above here:
<https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2siDsjQc1S6Quh58TVWfgb?si=40cfc6db13144718>
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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