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Chris Hayes - Backing Vocals

12/22/2019

 
(From the interview with Chris Hayes, founding member of Huey Lewis & The News)

Cris Cohen: From a music perspective, what was one of the more challenging Huey Lewis and The News songs to record?

Chris Hayes: I remember going over one of the a cappellas that we did. I think it was "Naturally." I remember that as being difficult. That wasn't one that just went right down on the tape. It took a while to get that right. I remember "Do You Believe in Love" being a little tough, because it was in B.

But then other ones like "Workin' for a Livin'" and "Couple Days Off," those were a lot of fun. "Small World" too.

But mostly the singing was the hardest part. Because it is hard to make background vocals sound great. In those days, we had to sing all of them. Nowadays, you do it once on your computer and you copy it.

Cris Cohen: And there was no Auto-Tune back then.

Chris Hayes: No. There was no Auto-Tune. We were Auto-Tune. And you have to get every guy's singing on pitch and in rhythm at the same time on tape without laughing or something. It's a challenge.

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Changing Drum Fills

12/20/2019

 
Troy Luccketta of Tesla the Band on changing drum fills during some songs. [Watch clip on YouTube]

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Talking About Huey Lewis & The News

12/18/2019

 
[John McFee of The Doobie Brothers talking about Huey Lewis & The News. [Watch clip on YouTube]

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Joey Dandeneau (Theory of a Deadman) - Speaking through the drums

12/17/2019

 
Joey Dandeneau of Theory of a Deadman on speaking through the drums. [Watch the clip on YouTube]

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Interview with John McFee (The Doobie Brothers)

12/12/2019

 
I interviewed John McFee of The Doobie Brothers. We discussed:
- Being a multi-instrumentalist
- The upcoming 50th anniversary tour with Michael McDonald
- What he learned from his work with Elvis Costello
- His intense work ethic
- And more

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Punk Music Kept Me Grounded

12/11/2019

 
"Punk music kept me grounded drumming, mentally, spiritually..." - Michael McDermott, drummer for Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. [Watch clip on YouTube]

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Propelling People With Musical Decisions

12/10/2019

 
"The way that I write songs… I'm kind of constantly turning out subject matter separate to music existing. And I won't actually build a framework around a song until there is a rhythmic backbone to it. I love rhythm. I love the ability to propel people with musical decisions and being able to do that with voice is just fun for me. So I wouldn't say that I'm choosing words specifically because of the way that they bounce, but I'm also not writing the song until there's something to bounce along with. So ideally one kind of feeds the other." - Robbie Wulfsohn of Ripe 

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A lens to filter through

12/9/2019

 
"They say to write what you know. If you know more things, you can write from a broader pallet. That's really the goal of any person that's trying to create in this society. I write from being a U2 addict and a REM addict and a Jimi Hendrix aficionado and a love of Led Zeppelin. I write from all that stuff. But then when I found the music of Old & In The Way in college and John Hartford and Bill Monroe, it just gave us this lens to filter all this musical knowledge through. And that's really how the  band subsisted for so many years and so many albums was just filtering our modern experience through the lens of these older instruments, if you will, and style of performing and harmony work." - Dave Wilson of Chatham County Line

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Kryz Reid (Third Eye Blind)

12/5/2019

 
I interviewed Kryz Reid, guitarist for Third Eye Blind. We discussed:
- How being in the band has influenced his guitar playing
- The impact Prince continues to have on him
- Making the album "Screamer" and how they worked to "keep it weird"
- And more
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Joey Dandeneau - A dream

12/4/2019

 
"It was a dream to get here." - Joey Dandeneau of Theory of a Deadman [Watch the clip on YouTube]

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