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Post by bluemarble on Jun 24, 2024 1:16:25 GMT -5
An interesting interview with Al published in May this year (sorry if this has already been posted elsewhere on the forum):
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Post by E on Jun 24, 2024 3:36:20 GMT -5
'[Brian's] hanging in there. I think he’s better now than he was, because the guys in his band have been visiting him. The Brian band comes over and they sing songs. They all get together and sing.”
That's good to hear.
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Post by monolithic on Jun 24, 2024 6:35:59 GMT -5
A really interesting interview and I hope that Al does release some new material. There aren't many people who would record a collaboration with Neil Young and leave it unreleased for 14 years, but with Al that's pretty much standard behavior.  And we've only been waiting 25 years for Highway 101, Crumple Car and Islands in the Sun to be released (it will be cool if Bruce guests on Islands in the Sun as the article suggests). Some people might criticize Mike for dismissing Al's suggestion about touring with Brian again, but the notion that it was "an ideal time to do it" seems fanciful in the extreme. |
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Post by AGD on Jun 24, 2024 6:48:11 GMT -5
Interesting that Alan wasn't at Brian's birthday bash.
And, if he really thinks touring with Brian again is even a remote possibility... well, you've got to wonder.
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Post by John Manning on Jun 24, 2024 7:02:50 GMT -5
Quote: Jardine is planning to head to England (ironically, where Love is at the time of Jardine’s interview, conducting his own interviews about the past) to launch his future releases. “I figure if you go overseas, you might get some good success. And then who knows, it might reverberate back,” he says. “I have to get it done — get it done in May. It’s almost too late.
May 2025?
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Post by John Manning on Jun 24, 2024 7:04:13 GMT -5
Interesting that Alan wasn't at Brian's birthday bash. And, if he really thinks touring with Brian again is even a remote possibility... well, you've got to wonder. Was Blondie the only Beach Boy at the bash other than Brian himself? |
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Post by AGD on Jun 24, 2024 10:30:36 GMT -5
Interesting that Alan wasn't at Brian's birthday bash. And, if he really thinks touring with Brian again is even a remote possibility... well, you've got to wonder. Was Blondie the only Beach Boy at the bash other than Brian himself? Apparently. |
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Post by SMiLESounds on Jun 24, 2024 11:40:42 GMT -5
Very excited to hear new music from Al, he has become one of my favourite BBs as time goes on. Still a great singer and he knows how to write a killer tune. If he's gonna be playing some shows here in England, I'll happily fork out the money to see him.
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Post by AGD on Jun 24, 2024 12:27:08 GMT -5
Very excited to hear new music from Al, he has become one of my favourite BBs as time goes on. Still a great singer and he knows how to write a killer tune. If he's gonna be playing some shows here in England, I'll happily fork out the money to see him. More like, ah, "borrow" one. |
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Post by SMiLESounds on Jun 24, 2024 12:37:29 GMT -5
Very excited to hear new music from Al, he has become one of my favourite BBs as time goes on. Still a great singer and he knows how to write a killer tune. If he's gonna be playing some shows here in England, I'll happily fork out the money to see him. More like, ah, "borrow" one. The BBs have a very unique and interesting habit of "borrowing" stuff from old eras and records it seems! Haha. |
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Post by jasonkt on Jun 24, 2024 15:33:02 GMT -5
I'd pay for an album of Al doing some simple acoustic folk numbers, like when he did If I Had a Hammer a few years back. I really think that is his wheelhouse.
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Post by Emdeeh on Jun 24, 2024 20:43:22 GMT -5
I'd love an acoustic folk album from Al! Get him and a few select friends, like Neil Young, put them around a mic, and let them play whatever songs they feel like, as purely folk as it can get. Vocals with mandolin, banjo, guitar, autoharp, standup bass, hammer dulcimer, tin whistle, Celtic fiddle and harp, harmonica, etc. Story-telling songs and ballads, optimistic songs, whistful songs, Woody Guthrie tunes. And use an third-party producer to keep the tracks from getting over-mixed.
Is Jerry Douglas available? Al singing over some tasty dobro would be cool. |
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And we've only been waiting 25 years for Highway 101, Crumple Car and Islands in the Sun to be released (it will be cool if Bruce guests on Islands in the Sun as the article suggests).
