Southside Johnny & La Bambas Big Horn Section Cover The Music Of Tom Waits
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SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY KEEPS ON SHINING
Grapefruit Moon and more new arrivals at Backstreet Records
Southside Johnny appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien last night, reuniting with old friends to showcase music from his new album, Grapefruit Moon: The Songs of Tom Waits. Yep, the project that Southside has been talking about for years is finally done and out -- his take on 12 Waits tunes, with out-of-this-world arrangements by Richie "LaBamba" Rosenberg and backed by LaBamba's Big Band. Waits himself shares vocals with Southside on "Walk Away."
"I've always loved Tom's music... I met him years and years ago but even if I hadn't met him, I'd wanna do it because (he's got) just great lyrics and melodies," Southside said in an interview with the Great Falls Tribune. "I thought with the diversity of Tom's different styles and Richie's tastes, it would be great to have a big band album of Richie arranging everything.... It turned out so much better than I thought it would because it's such an adult project and I never think of myself as an adult."
Read a well-deserved rave at Huffingtonpost.com, and order Grapefruit Moon from Backstreet Records -- in stock now!
im going to see this show live tonight at the nokia theatre in nyc times square.
I havent gotten so much into Tom Waits but its evident he's influenced many of todays great artists, so i will be getting a crash course tonight.
anyone give this a listen ?
Grapefruit Moon and more new arrivals at Backstreet Records
Southside Johnny appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien last night, reuniting with old friends to showcase music from his new album, Grapefruit Moon: The Songs of Tom Waits. Yep, the project that Southside has been talking about for years is finally done and out -- his take on 12 Waits tunes, with out-of-this-world arrangements by Richie "LaBamba" Rosenberg and backed by LaBamba's Big Band. Waits himself shares vocals with Southside on "Walk Away."
"I've always loved Tom's music... I met him years and years ago but even if I hadn't met him, I'd wanna do it because (he's got) just great lyrics and melodies," Southside said in an interview with the Great Falls Tribune. "I thought with the diversity of Tom's different styles and Richie's tastes, it would be great to have a big band album of Richie arranging everything.... It turned out so much better than I thought it would because it's such an adult project and I never think of myself as an adult."
Read a well-deserved rave at Huffingtonpost.com, and order Grapefruit Moon from Backstreet Records -- in stock now!
im going to see this show live tonight at the nokia theatre in nyc times square.
I havent gotten so much into Tom Waits but its evident he's influenced many of todays great artists, so i will be getting a crash course tonight.
anyone give this a listen ?
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