He talks a lot about his new album with Gillian Welch.
t ears perk up
Robyn Hitchcock did an album with Gillian Welch? Is it good?
I've really got to learn to just do the damage and get out of town. It's the 'stay and gloat' that gets me every time.
Ethan Rayne ,'Potential'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Kate P. - Jan 04, 2005 5:09:33 am PST #6748 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
joe boucher - Jan 04, 2005 7:24:32 am PST #6749 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
Christopher Guest and Michael McKean were in an improv group called The Credibility Gap and did albums in the early 70s and did similar rock stuff.
McKean and Harry Shearer were in the Credibility Gap, along with David L. Lander, who played Squiggy to McKean's Lenny on Laverne & Shirley. McKean & Guest were college roommates. The earliest professional collaboration of theirs that I found was a pilot called The T.V. Show, the cast of which included Shearer, Rob Reiner and Billy Crystal. It also included Martin Mull, whose Fernwood 2Nite sidekick, Fred Willard, has been a mainstay of Guest's films.
Harry Shearer's website has info about and clips from both the Credibility Gap and Spinal Tap, as well as the archived version of his weekly show, Le Show. His page also links to "Chip Rowe's killer Spinal Tap Fan Page", which in turn links to Spinal Tap chess -- it goes to 11!
DavidS - Jan 04, 2005 7:36:15 am PST #6750 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Joe, do you have the Credibility Gap's records?
Robyn Hitchcock did an album with Gillian Welch? Is it good?
I haven't heard it. It's the album Spooked. David Rawlings is on it too. It's just the three of them sitting in a circle with their guitars, I think. I'll probably check it out.
erinaceous - Jan 04, 2005 7:42:42 am PST #6751 of 10003
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.
I've heard Spooked, and I liked it very much. It's available on Emusic if you're signed up.
joe boucher - Jan 04, 2005 7:49:22 am PST #6752 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
Joe, do you have the Credibility Gap's records?
No. Let me guess: Chris Guest is on them. I'm going by the stuff I've heard on the Shearer site & years ago on Dr. Demento, plus the Shearer bio & McKean interview.
DavidS - Jan 04, 2005 7:54:58 am PST #6753 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
No. Let me guess: Chris Guest is on them.
No, no! You're right. I was just checking to see if I should tape it for you. I've also got Phil Austin's (of Firesign) solo project Roller Maidens something something.
I had considered doing a sidebar on counter-culture comedy albums for the book since that's kind of a lost world and they were all so music focused. I've got a funny National Lampoon LP (with Christopher Guest) where he natters on (very Spinal Tappian) about his band The Dog's Breakfast and his plans to do a symphony in space with the Sadler-Wells ballet.
joe boucher - Jan 04, 2005 8:08:24 am PST #6754 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
I was just checking to see if I should tape it for you.
That would be excellent. And I'd really love to hear the Austin. He & David Ossman are my favorite Firesigns. I think I read that Austin was the one responsible for most of the music, as well as the one who brought a musical sensibility to their approach, and I think that the music is one of the best things about them. Porgie Tirebiter, He's a spy and a girl delighter...
Hayden - Jan 04, 2005 8:36:28 am PST #6755 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Heh. Back from the Shadows again! Out where an Injun's your friend! Where the veg'tables are green, and you can pee into the stream!
I confess that I don't know one Firesign guy from another, but I do like the songs.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 04, 2005 8:55:02 am PST #6756 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Shoes for industry! Shoes for the dead!
Gandalfe - Jan 04, 2005 9:23:39 am PST #6757 of 10003
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
We must pull together, like a twin! All for one, and all for one! Let's hear it for me!