The Afghan Wigs - 'Do to the Beast' (SUB POP)
"I don’t
start out with any kind of constitution of the record. I’ve really written
songs the same way since I was a teenager, you know? I sit down, I work on a
riff, I sing a scratch melody over the riff and try and figure out how I’m
going to sing the song. And then I write words that are appropriate for the
mood of the song. So you know, without fail, the sound of the music dictates
what is going to be said in the songs." - Greg Dulli (Interview Excerpt
flavorwire.com w/ Elisabeth Donnelly)
Chuck E. Weiss - 'Red Beans & Weiss' (ANTI-)
“Weiss has had the extraordinary fortune to record his
latest album Red Beans & Weiss without the pressure of a time clock. He
began recording in October 2012 with strong encouragement by his friends and
mentors, Tom Waits and Johnny Depp, who are executive producing this album,
which all consider to be Weiss’ best work yet. Weiss began his career playing
drums in hometown Denver, where he was discovered by Lightnin’ Hopkins and
proceeded to tour and record with a surplus of legends, including Hopkins,
Sunnyland Slim, Dr. John and Willie Dixon, who once said of Weiss something
along the lines of, “Ain’t ya got ears son? That boy with the big old head be
one of the best musicians in this town, this country even.” - ANTI- Records.
Ian Anderson - 'Homo Erraticus'
In
1972, Jethro Tull released iconic concept album Thick As A Brick, based on a
poem by child prodigy Gerald Bostock; in 2012, as fans wondered what happened
to Bostock, Ian Anderson explored the different paths his life might have taken
in Thick As A Brick 2. With Homo Erraticus, infant prodigy Gerald is back for
real.
Following
a 40 years’ political career, Bostock reunited with Anderson taking the role of
tour manager on a string of shows. Homo Erraticus marks his return to
songwriting, and it’s based on an unpublished manuscript by amateur historian
Ernest T. Parritt (1865-1928).- Jethro Tull Website.
NOTE: Not a single one of the other writers we excerpted from nor their web-spots are associated with Global Texan Chronicles. Click the links for more on'em. Can You Dig It!
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