No vocals, two guitars (Grey McMurray and Sasha Frere-Jones), bass (Melvin Gibbs), drums (Greg Fox) -- note famous rock critic in the mix (although SFJ has voted, very idiosyncratically, in the Jazz Critics Poll). Bandcamp tags suggest they think of this as rock-not-jazz, but after ...
I heard you play your version of Casey Jones at the Cellar Door in DC in 1968. I am thrilled now to have it on your new CD (What I Know). Can you tell me where you learned this version? The music, the lyrics, and the performance are simply fantastic. Finally, am I correct in ...
Jones (Tom Waits) a few years later, fucking EVERYTHING right on up as far as my theory is concerned. Because to ME, this is a story of one man, but with his life's events put in all the wrong order. He is a soldier who goes on "Shore Leave" in Hong Kong and talks about ...
He says, “You’re never going to get anywhere in this business. You’re too nice.” One of the first people we asked to be in the band actually David and I was Debbie Harry. We saw her sing with this group. At the time they were called The Stilettos. It was just pre-Blondie....
In his 2013 Red Bull Music Academy lecture, Moulton remembered his teenage years ordering singles for record stores and recounted how he got from there to the gay nightlife of Fire Island. In addition to telling stories of walking out on Grace Jones and smuggling reggae from Jamaica, Tom disc...
"I don't know why it never happened," Petty said. "I think it was that he was too busy, and he didn't do outside productions at the time. But I wanted to bring him in then and do a record with him. I always had this hope that we could get to work with him."Two...
Jesse Leach or Howard Jones fronts the group, there’s nothing but success to be had across defining albums like ‘Alive or Just Breathing’ and ‘The End of Heartache,’ with the group carrying on strong in the current day, remaining socially relevant in their lyrics and uncompromising ...
But on the new album, Belmont Boulevard, Jones has never sounded better. Recorded in Nashville with Grammy-winning producer Tom Hambridge at the helm, the songs are snappy, the guitar work sizzles and there’s a raw energy that captures the immediacy of Jones’ live show. According to Jones...