— Jeff Lynne's ELO (@JeffLynnesELO) June 21, 2017
Thursday, June 22, 2017
road warrior, part two
With only three days off between the final Take That performance (for now) and last night's gig at Sheffield Arena with Jeff Lynne's ELO, Lee has been a busy man as usual. There are three more UK dates for this ensemble and then our intrepid bassist hits the road again with Our Guys on July 13th. Can't keep an excellent player down, I always say...
Friday, June 16, 2017
The Man of a Thousand Credits: nascent projects
One of a continuing series in regards to the myriad variety of Trevor’s discography.
As long-time fans are aware, during the period of time in which Trevor first relocated to Los Angeles he worked with a number of people related to his Geffen development deal. A couple days ago one of those people, singer/songwriter Micki Free, provided us a piece of possibly previously-unheard history courtesy of his radio show Micki's Free Ride on Flagstaff, AZ station KMGN.
I assume Free is referring to the period of time prior to his joining Shalimar, and whether or not that material was actually released is not clear. It's interesting to me that John Kalodner seemed to be intent on getting Trevor to work on anything but his own music - on the other hand, Trevor was adept at producing for other artists and commented in at least one interview that he had to start turning down studio work in order to focus on his writing.
As long-time fans are aware, during the period of time in which Trevor first relocated to Los Angeles he worked with a number of people related to his Geffen development deal. A couple days ago one of those people, singer/songwriter Micki Free, provided us a piece of possibly previously-unheard history courtesy of his radio show Micki's Free Ride on Flagstaff, AZ station KMGN.
I assume Free is referring to the period of time prior to his joining Shalimar, and whether or not that material was actually released is not clear. It's interesting to me that John Kalodner seemed to be intent on getting Trevor to work on anything but his own music - on the other hand, Trevor was adept at producing for other artists and commented in at least one interview that he had to start turning down studio work in order to focus on his writing.
Thursday, June 15, 2017
#tbt: Totally rad!
Spotted on Instagram: photographer Laura Levine posted this blast from the past today, the boys backstage at their Madison Square Garden gig on May 14th, 1984. And yes, Chris and Alan's outfits continue to be a source of unintended hilarity, but it was the '80s after all...
Monday, June 12, 2017
Media Watch: new Guitar Player interview
Here's an interview published last week - so some of you may have already read it - regarding the making of 90125. Content-wise there's not much which isn't already known.
http://www.guitarplayer.com/artists/1013/trevor-rabin-checking-in-with-the-yes-man/62922
http://www.guitarplayer.com/artists/1013/trevor-rabin-checking-in-with-the-yes-man/62922
Thursday, June 8, 2017
#tbt: a bit of a twang
Long-time readers may be familiar with my entry regarding one of Trevor's musical identities back in the South African era - that of Trevor Terblanche, playing the hits of the day for a series of releases which basically amounted to a sort of Afrikaaners K-Tel label. But if you'd like to hear an example of Trevor playing honest-to-goodness Country music, then look no further than his take on this crossover classic song.
Most of the Lekker Kitaar releases feature rather corny (for the time) arrangements of popular songs and local hits, but I actually quite like his playing on "Take Me Home, Country Roads" as yet another example of Trevor's versatility and technical ease when it comes to different genres. Trevor also brings an entirely Country-fied vibe to the jazz standard "Misty" (most people are more familiar with Johnny Mathias' 1959 cover version). To me it's reminiscent of what he did with "Georgia On My Mind" from 2014.
Most of the Lekker Kitaar releases feature rather corny (for the time) arrangements of popular songs and local hits, but I actually quite like his playing on "Take Me Home, Country Roads" as yet another example of Trevor's versatility and technical ease when it comes to different genres. Trevor also brings an entirely Country-fied vibe to the jazz standard "Misty" (most people are more familiar with Johnny Mathias' 1959 cover version). To me it's reminiscent of what he did with "Georgia On My Mind" from 2014.
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Media Watch: new interview
A new interview with the Japanese online magazine Muse On Muse was published today, and that reminds me they published an interview with Trevor last year as well which some might not have seen previously. Judging from what I understand of the current interview it appears that work continues on the new music, though Trevor's not quite ready to commit to a completion date.
Although of course it loses something in translation for the rest of us, here are the links if you are so inclined to read these exchanges.
http://www.museonmuse.jp/?p=8331
http://www.museonmuse.jp/?p=8815
Although of course it loses something in translation for the rest of us, here are the links if you are so inclined to read these exchanges.
http://www.museonmuse.jp/?p=8331
http://www.museonmuse.jp/?p=8815
ARW en Francais
On the official website one can spy another European date: on July 20th the boys will headline the Guitare En Scene festival in France (though there's no official update regarding the Italy dates). July is looking busy now, and I'm happy that fans in Europe will have a chance to see the band this year.
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