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Sunday, September 2, 2007
ACL Fest: Meet the Bands - Raul Malo
Austin Music Source: How do you plan to cope with Austin summer heat? Will it cramp your style onstage?
Raul Malo: Drink plenty of beer, and no, it won’t cramp my style, I’m Cuban!!!
What other bands are you looking forward to seeing at the festival?
Whoever is on after me … !!
What’s the last CD you paid full price for?
I don’t remember, but I’m sure it was something recorded before 1965 …
What’s the one thing you can’t live without on your tour bus/van?
Petroleum.
When you think of Texas music, who or what is the first thing that comes to your mind?
Canada.
Do you have a celebrity crush you’re willing to reveal?
Willie Nelson.
What’s the one song you’ve always wanted to cover but never have?
“Feelings.”
What’s the one thing you want to make sure to do before leaving Austin?
Pay my tab at the Continental.
Raul Malo is scheduled to play on the Dell stage from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 15.
Web site: raulmalo.com
(Photo by Jay Janner AMERICAN-STATESMAN)
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ACL Fest: Meet the Bands - John Ralston
Austin Music Source: What other bands are you looking forward to seeing at the festival?
John Ralston: Cold War Kids, Bjork, LCD Soundsystem, Wilco, Arcade Fire. Yo La Tengo. Peter, Bjorn and John. I saw them at SXSW and they were wonderful.
What’s the last CD you paid full price for?
Neil Young, “Live at Massey Hall.” It also is wonderful.
What’s the one thing you can’t live without on your tour bus/van?
We have a collection of motel room keys that line the ceiling of the van like so many omens.
When you think of Texas music, who or what is the first thing that comes to your mind?
TOWNES VAN ZANDT, of course.
Do you have a celebrity crush you’re willing to reveal?
Not really. But my wife is bored and so she is watching me type this interview.
What’s the one song you’ve always wanted to cover but never have?
“Love Will Tear Us Apart.”
What’s the one thing you want to make sure to do before leaving Austin?
I still haven’t seen those bats.
John Ralston is scheduled to play on the BMI stage from 4:40 to 5:20 p.m. on Friday, September 14.
Web site: myspace.com/johnralston
(Photo courtesy of myspace.com/johnralston.)
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Dorham’s “Epitaph”
After this article ran Aug. 27, I received an e-mail from UT Jazz Ensemble founder Dick Goodwin, who said he received a phone call from Kenny Dorham in early 1972. The tumpet great, who co-founded the Jazz Messengers in 1954, told Goodwin he was planning to move back to his hometown of Austin and he asked if he could play in the Jazz Ensemble. Dorham said that he knew he shouldn’t compete in college jazz competitions but thought he might have something to offer! “Indeed, it would have been a great experience for our students and for the community to have had him involved in the program,” Goodwin wrote. Unfortunately, kidney disease took Dorham a few months later and he was unable to return.
But Dorham lived on in the Ensemble in one of his most beautiful compositions, “Epitaph,” which was played at a number of times in concerts and at festivals.
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Subject for Further Research.
What does it say about me that my two of my favorite full-length albums from this year, Grinderman’s self-titled album and LCD Sundsystem’s “Sound of Silver,” are total mid-life-crisis albums?
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What does it say period that two of the year’s best albums, Grinderman’s self-titled album and LCD Sundsystem’s “Sound of Silver,” are total mid-life-crisis albums?
Seriously, I’ll be thinking about this for the rest of the weekend and on into Labor Day.
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