May/June 2011

Middle Brother: The Extended Interviews(0)

June 27, 2011

Middle Brother are a band of brothers comprised of Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes, John McCauley of DeerTick, and Matt Vasquez of Delta Spririt. We asked these three amigos about their favorite musicians, the songs that make them cry, and the first tune they ever wrote. John McCauley What artist made you want to be a [...]

Middle Brother: The Extended Interviews

Waylon Jennings: The Eternal Outlaw

Waylon Jennings had not yet realized his potential as a songwriter when he first played “Good Hearted Woman” for Willie Nelson at a poker game. After hearing it, Nelson sneaked in this line right before the hook: “Through teardrops and laughter/we’ll walk through this world hand in hand.” And suddenly that collaboration, now a country [...]

The Band Perry: Playin’ In The Band

At the end of an all-night bus ride from Nashville, Kimberly, Neil and Reid Perry look out at the freshly fallen foot of Iowa snow and ponder an unlikely comparison to Lynyrd Skynyrd. “I feel it’s more Southern than Skynyrd,” says Kimberly of the song “Double Heart” from their acclaimed debut album. The song – [...]

Phantom Power: Recording Marty Stuart’s <em>Ghost Train</em>

Phantom Power: Recording Marty Stuart’s Ghost Train

Marty Stuart’s Grammy-winning song “Hummingbyrd,” an instrumental tribute to The Byrd’s guitar virtuoso Clarence White, stood in stark contrast to the other Nashville-produced country records at the 2011 awards show. Mick Conley, who engineered the album at Nashville’s RCA Studio B, says, “If you listen to ‘Hummingbyrd,’ it’s not perfect. But it’s a performance. It’s [...]