This rockin' paperback explores the musical
evolution of Seattle through the lens of 101 songs spanning 80 years,
examining the most prominent and important music and musicians to come
out of our corner of the country, with a foreword by Pearl Jam legend
Mike McCready.
KEXP DJ and musician Eva Walker and music
writer Jake Uitti take readers on a musical journey, exploring the songs
and artists instrumental to developing the "Seattle sound." The authors
have curated the ultimate playlist for the Emerald City. It all begins
in 1942 when Washington-born Bing Crosby records what will become the
world's bestselling single of all time, "White Christmas." From there,
readers will delight in a sensory trip through jazz, rock, punk, riot
grrrl, pop, rap, grunge, indie, emo, and more, deepening their knowledge
and love of the songs that shaped Seattle, and in the process, each of
us.
Both a love letter and love song to the city, The Sound of Seattle
is a visual guide organized by decade, with seminal songs profiled and
paired with inventive design reminiscent of a favorite zine or concert
poster. Includes interviews with Seattle legends like Heart's Nancy
Wilson, as well as sidebars showcasing musical landmarks throughout the
city.
How has the Emerald City’s musical output changed and
evolved? What is the connective tissue between Ray Charles, Quincy
Jones, and Kenny G? Between Melvins, Sleater-Kinney, and Foo Fighters?
Between Sir Mix-a-Lot, Macklemore, and Travis Thompson? We're gonna find
out!
Eva Walker and I will be talking about our new music book The Sound of Seattle at Third Place Books in Seward Park on Aug 29 at 7 pm - check it out and links in comments.
“Thank you Eva and Jake for writing this informative and heartfelt book
about a subject close to my heart, the music culture of the Pacific
Northwest.”
—Matt Cameron, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame drummer
Eva Walker
was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. She is the frontwoman and
principal songwriter of the acclaimed local rock band, The Black Tones,
which has opened for Mavis Staples, Death Cab for Cutie, Weezer, and
played major shows at the Showbox and the Paramount Theatre. She has
recorded songs with Mike McCready and released songs with Sub Pop
Records. A popular DJ on KEXP, Eva currently hosts the Early on KEXP
show. She produced The Arts Hour
in Seattle for the BBC, which featured Grammy nominee Hollis Wong-Wear
and a number of other local standouts. She’s also been featured in music
videos from Odesza and Macklemore.
Jake Uitti’s work has appeared in Vanity Fair, Interview Magazine, Spin, The Washington Post, The Nation, The Guardian, The Seattle Times, and many more. Today, Jake is a staff writer at American Songwriter Magazine,
where he’s chit-chatted with big names like Lady Gaga, Jennifer Hudson,
Common Sense, Garth Brooks, Ryan Lewis, Sir Mix-A-Lot, Chris Ballew,
Mike McCready, Ben Gibbard, and hundreds more. In other freelance
capacities, Jake has interviewed Macklemore, Brandi Carlile, Dave
Matthews, Krist Novoselic, and others. He is the author of Northwest Know-How: Beer (Sasquatch Books) as well as Muggsy Bogues: The Godfather of Smallball, a memoir about the NBA star.
Well you may have heard, and it’s about time I post about it, my lovely husband Jake Uitti and I wrote a book together! Yes we did! And it covers Seattle music in 101 songs throughout the years starting in the 1940s into 2023. This book is both entertainment AND educational, as in you’ll see some of your favorite bands and notice a few maybe missing because we wanted to introduce you to some new information, artists and songs you may have not known existed in the area and we only had 101 spots. Our dear friends contributed to the book with a foreword by Mike McCready (Pearl Jam), decade intros by Nancy Wilson (Heart), Sir Mix-a-Lot, Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie) and others, a note on the significance of Garfield High School by Ishmael Butler, hotspots, fun facts and of course the 101 entries, everything from jazz to grunge, from electronic to steampunk, pop to rock and more.
Thank you to the Seattle Times for mentioning our book (releasing on our 4 year wedding anniversary) as one that will be “..the most talked about local books of the year.”
..I'm Reading about us (Tina Bell & Bam Bam) in my brand new copy of THE SOUND OF SEATTLE - 101 SONGS THAT SHAPED A CITY. Quite an honor to be featured in a book celebrating Seattle music along with Bing Crosby, Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, Quincy Jones, Soundgarden, Jack Endino, Melvins, U-Men, Alice in Chains, Sonics, Bikini Kill, Foo Fighters, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Ray Charles, Death Cab For Cutie, Brandi Carlile, Sleater-Kinney...
"This rockin’ paperback explores the musical evolution of Seattle through the lens of 101 songs spanning 80 years, examining the most prominent and important music and musicians to come out of our corner of the country, with a foreword by Pearl Jam legend Mike McCready."
THE SOUND OF SEATTLE - 101 SONGS THAT SHAPED A CITY.
By Eva Walker and Jacob Uitti. Foreword by Mike McCready.
Published by Sasquatch Books. Available Aug 20, 2024.
Preorder now from Penguin Random House, Amazon, Barnes & Noble...
Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; WF Center 10/21/13; WF Center 10/22/13; Baltimore 10/27/13; WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
Seattleites will have heard of many of these bands, but not
all of them. Deems Tsutakawa’s “Tough Tofu,” for example, is a great
deep cut. Were there any artists, especially older ones, that you were
really proud to include?
Walker: That’s
one of the goals of the book. It’s entertaining but it’s also education.
Some of your favorites are there; Nirvana, Pearl Jam, so on. It’s
educational because there are lesser-known people on the list that you
should know about, like Deems, Vitamin D, Emerald Street Boys. I grew up
listening to Deems. I actually graduated from high school with his
nephew. That song, “Tough Tofu,” came on all the time on 98.9 Smooth
Jazz. And I was really excited to include Dave Lewis in here and to dig
into his catalog. I love, love, love organ music.
Thank you everyone for your support on the release of The Seattle Sound: 101 Songs that Shaped a City, Jake Uitti and I are over the 🌙!
We’ll be doing a booking reading/presentation at Third Place Books in Seward Park next week on Thursday August 29th at 7 pm if you’d like to join us! Jake’s a pro at this, but this will be my first book reading as a new author sooooooo kinda nervous! 😬😬😬
Seattle based couple and music activists Eva Walker and Jacob UItti wrote together “The Sound Of Seattle”. Their book is just released and presents the ultimate playlist for the Emerald City: 101 songs that shaped Seattle. I’m honored that my song “Nah Forget Mi Roots” is one of them! Yep, Seattle is known for its rock and grunge scene but there is way more to it. Give thanks Eva & Jake for putting light on all that diversity and for guiding us through a musical history of our beloved city. . #seattle #seattlemusic #songs #soundofseattle #moremusic #morelife #onelove
I’m
surprised this book by Eva and her partner hasn’t generated more
interest up here. It’s the kind of thing that’s likely to cause agita
among self styled experts and know-it-alls is it won’t mirror everyone’s
preferences and there will invariably be bands or songs that aren’t
included but that’s half the fun (for me, at least). There’s one band
missing that I would have included had I written the book, but I didn’t,
and Eva knows as much about PNW R&R as just about anyone …
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Overview
KEXP DJ and musician Eva Walker and music writer Jake Uitti take readers on a musical journey, exploring the songs and artists instrumental to developing the "Seattle sound." The authors have curated the ultimate playlist for the Emerald City. It all begins in 1942 when Washington-born Bing Crosby records what will become the world's bestselling single of all time, "White Christmas." From there, readers will delight in a sensory trip through jazz, rock, punk, riot grrrl, pop, rap, grunge, indie, emo, and more, deepening their knowledge and love of the songs that shaped Seattle, and in the process, each of us.
Both a love letter and love song to the city, The Sound of Seattle is a visual guide organized by decade, with seminal songs profiled and paired with inventive design reminiscent of a favorite zine or concert poster. Includes interviews with Seattle legends like Heart's Nancy Wilson, as well as sidebars showcasing musical landmarks throughout the city.
How has the Emerald City’s musical output changed and evolved? What is the connective tissue between Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, and Kenny G? Between Melvins, Sleater-Kinney, and Foo Fighters? Between Sir Mix-a-Lot, Macklemore, and Travis Thompson? We're gonna find out!
Eva Walker and I will be talking about our new music book The Sound of Seattle at Third Place Books in Seward Park on Aug 29 at 7 pm - check it out and links in comments.
—Matt Cameron, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame drummer
About the Author
Jake Uitti’s work has appeared in Vanity Fair, Interview Magazine, Spin, The Washington Post, The Nation, The Guardian, The Seattle Times, and many more. Today, Jake is a staff writer at American Songwriter Magazine, where he’s chit-chatted with big names like Lady Gaga, Jennifer Hudson, Common Sense, Garth Brooks, Ryan Lewis, Sir Mix-A-Lot, Chris Ballew, Mike McCready, Ben Gibbard, and hundreds more. In other freelance capacities, Jake has interviewed Macklemore, Brandi Carlile, Dave Matthews, Krist Novoselic, and others. He is the author of Northwest Know-How: Beer (Sasquatch Books) as well as Muggsy Bogues: The Godfather of Smallball, a memoir about the NBA star.
Eva Walker
Scott Ledgerwood
WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
Indeed.
Seattleites will have heard of many of these bands, but not all of them. Deems Tsutakawa’s “Tough Tofu,” for example, is a great deep cut. Were there any artists, especially older ones, that you were really proud to include?
Walker: That’s one of the goals of the book. It’s entertaining but it’s also education. Some of your favorites are there; Nirvana, Pearl Jam, so on. It’s educational because there are lesser-known people on the list that you should know about, like Deems, Vitamin D, Emerald Street Boys. I grew up listening to Deems. I actually graduated from high school with his nephew. That song, “Tough Tofu,” came on all the time on 98.9 Smooth Jazz. And I was really excited to include Dave Lewis in here and to dig into his catalog. I love, love, love organ music.
Thank you everyone for your support on the release of The Seattle Sound: 101 Songs that Shaped a City, Jake Uitti and I are over the 🌙!
Ayron Jones Talks Joining the City’s Musical Lineage in Exclusive Excerpt from New Book The Sound of Seattle
Subtitled “101 Songs That Shaped a City,” the book co-authored by Eva Walker and Jacob Uitti (with an intro by Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready)
Seattle based couple and music activists Eva Walker and Jacob UItti wrote together “The Sound Of Seattle”. Their book is just released and presents the ultimate playlist for the Emerald City: 101 songs that shaped Seattle. I’m honored that my song “Nah Forget Mi Roots” is one of them! Yep, Seattle is known for its rock and grunge scene but there is way more to it. Give thanks Eva & Jake for putting light on all that diversity and for guiding us through a musical history of our beloved city.
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#seattle #seattlemusic #songs #soundofseattle #moremusic #morelife #onelove
Mike Mitchell