Sumptin' fo' me sumptin' fo' you
Gary Lucas was in Hilversum for a few days recently, recording his own specially commissioned composition for National Dutch Radio. This piece will be broadcast as accompaniment to a radio interview which Co de Kloet conducted with Don Van Vliet in 1993.
In Gary's weblog entry for February 2nd we learn that, "....the work went amazingly quickly, I played my heart out and utilized both my electronic fx, 1966 strat, and 1928 National steel guitar for my score (I had worked out the major themes in NYC beforehand but left lots of space for spontaneous improvisation), in tandem with occasional judicious and welcome input from producer/director Co...."
Fans of Gary Lucas's brand of spontaneous bop prosody will be the first to learn when the recording will be broadcast. This Village native hipster promises to list the date at his website.
Meanwhile, some unaccompanied excerpts from that 1993 interview can be heard at the National Dutch Radio website.
Covers corner
Video of The Kills performing Dropout Boogie turned up on YouTube the other day.
An article about local band Shortstack in Washington City Paper included an mp3 of their version of Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles.
The Guardian hosted a piece about the unclassifiable Lewis Taylor, A tip of the hat to the soulman who was more Captain Beefheart than Jay Kay, while at Soul Strut there was discussion about Lewis Taylor's version of Trout Mask Replica which had been made available for download.
You're a me and you're a me and you're a me........
An interview which Ian Anderson had given to an un-named Jethro Tull fanzine in 1990 was posted at Zappa.com's discussion group. In the interview Ian held forth at length on his experiences and impressions of Don Van Vliet and The Magic Band. Not all of what Ian is reported to have said about Don was entirely complimentary but, as one contributor to the discussion pointed out, Ian Anderson had himself been criticised by Lester Bangs for precisely the same reasons. Read the discussion and the interview at Zappa.com
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