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Jack Casady<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 It’s funny how this one came about: in summer 2011 I saw that Jorma Kaukonen<\/strong> would be playing a November show at Asheville’s Grey Eagle, so I reached out to his publicist about an interview. \u201cGreat! Let’s set it up when the date gets closer,\u201d she said. But in the meantime, did I want to interview Jorma’s Hot Tuna<\/strong> bandmate Jack Casady? Absolutely<\/em>. One of my favorite interviews ever, as it turns out. (I never was able to schedule an interview with Jorma.)<\/p>\n

Bill Wyman<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 I never expected this interview to materialize, but it did. Wyman was patient with me and willing to spend forty-five minutes talking about the new box set of his Rhythm Kings<\/strong> works. I planned to focus on that as opposed to peppering him with endless Rolling Stones<\/strong> questions. But he served up lots of Stones history nonetheless.<\/p>\n

Ray Manzarek, Johnny Winter, Bootsy Collins, Ann Wilson, Carmine Appice<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 All of these artists were involved to some degree or another with the latest so-called \u201ccomeback\u201d album from Sly Stone<\/strong>. I felt a bit like an investigative reporter on this project: Sly himself was nowhere to be found, always one step ahead. One of the strangest projects I’ve ever worked on, but a lot of fun.<\/p>\n

Martin Newell<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 I champion Newell every chance I get. In a just world, the Cleaners From Venus<\/strong> pop singer\/songwriter wold be hugely famous. But one gets the feeling Newell likes things the way they are just fine, thank you. A lively interview subject, he’s among the pithiest, wittiest interview subjects I’ve ever encountered.<\/p>\n

Van Dyke Parks<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 No, this interview didn’t in fact have any connection to the late 2011 release of the mythical SMiLE<\/span><\/em> box set. Parks doesn’t like to talk about that. But (a) he had lots of other interesting stuff to say during our in-person sit-down interview and (b) I coaxed him to speak briefly about SMiLE<\/em> after all.<\/p>\n

That wraps up my look at 2011.\u00a0 Thanks \u2013 as always \u2013 for reading.<\/p>\n

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