Personally, I don't know how to talk on-list to people not on the list
especially since it's hard just to keep up with everybody who DOES hang
around..so I won't try...
One thing you get with Joe Henry's excellent new disc (IMHO), which I
haven't seen reported yet, is some fairly hilarious video. It's an
enhanced CD (the copy I got is--and apparently they all are)..and besides
two CD-ROM playable numbers from the recent Sessions at West 54th show,
it's got Billy Bob Thornton in a lengthy interview appearing as Joe Henry,
sitting on a sofa, and offering up key commentary like:
" My key influences are T-Bone Walker and Jonathan Winters records...I
have NEVER exploited my relationship with Madonna to further my career...I
don't like movies and believe there shoud be no music in them..." etc.
And then you get this new musical recording (with virtually no twang
content, as expected, but much to bite into, I say) for free. Hoping to
catch him at SXSW, officially or less officially. He's scheduled for
Liberty Lunch Thursday night after those revamped Backsliders--and of
course, opposite Doug Sahm, John Dee Graham,...sigh.... He'll no doubt be
around at daytime events and appearances too. So it goes.
Barry
