How ‘Tennessee Pusher’ Defined Old Crow Medicine Show’s Constant Evolution
‘Tennessee Pusher’ arrived 15 years ago with a new lineup and a big-time producer – but Old Crow Medicine Show’s essential wisdom and rootsy humor remained.
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Producer Don Was on Bob Dylan’s ‘Under the Red Sky’: ‘I was maybe a little out of my league’
Don Was talks about the mistakes he made while producing Bob Dylan’s ‘Under the Red Sky,’ released on September 10, 1990.
Something Else! sneak peek: Benmont Tench, “Blonde Girl, Blue Dress” (2014)
It’s perhaps unsurprising that nobody recognizes Benmont Tench, for too long the faceless soul of Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers. After all, singers and guitar players are typically the focal points. You May Also Like: Mudcrutch’s belated self-titled debut brought Tom Petty back to his roots
‘Cooking up something here’: Joe Walsh is in the studio with Mick Jagger, Ringo Starr, Don Was, others
Joe Walsh has posted a photograph of himself, in the studio, with an all-star lineup that includes the Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger, the Beatles’ Ringo Starr, super-producer Don Was and others. You May Also Like: No related posts.
‘He set the tone’: Keith Richards is unlikely secret weapon on Aaron Neville’s new doo wop album
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpyUQ6iDcbA&w=500&h=305] Growing up in New Orleans, Aaron Neville loved doo-wop music, so an album focused on this 1950s-era music makes sense. What perhaps doesn’t is that this new Blue Note release finds him collaborating with Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones. You May Also Like: No related posts.
'Happy to be working with Don Was': Van Morrison returns to Blue Note for new studio effort
Van Morrison returns to Blue Note Records for a new studio album Born To Sing: No Plan B, to be released on October 2, 2012. You May Also Like: Blue Note at 80: Revelatory Reissues From Kenny Burrell, Andrew Hill + Others
Mitch Ryder – The Promise (2012)
You worry when legacy rockers return after long layoffs. You wonder if they are going to sound too on the nose, like imitations of their previous selves. You worry that they won’t sound enough like their old selves too You May Also Like: Tommy James and the Shondells – CellophaneRead More
Half Notes: Various Artists – That's The Way I Feel Now (1991)
by Mark Saleski This record has more often than not been out of print. Maybe it’s the legalities involved in dealing with such a large cast. Maybe it’s record company incompetence. I don’t know. What I do know is that it’s one fantastic, diverse and powerful tribute to Thelonious Monk.Read More
Obscuro: Don Was and Terence Blanchard – BackBeat (1994)
NICK DERISO: The most interesting thing about this soundtrack recording from the Beatle-based movie “BackBeat” was that it didn’t include, you know, any Beatles music. Was — co-leader of the now-forgotten 1980s rock group Was (Not Was), but more famous by then as the producer who gave Bonnie Raitt’s careerRead More
