On WFMU this past weekend, Michael Shelley concluded his two-part interview with song-maker extraordinaire, Nick Lowe.
Shelley knows Nick Lowe, the way Phil Schaap knows about Louis Armstrong – i.e., he knows more about Lowe’s career than Lowe does.
Most known for Cruel To Be Kind”, and a millionaire since his song “(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding”, appeared on the soundtrack of The Bodyguard, Lowe talks about his career, his craft, Rockpile (sniff), and Shelley even has Lowe rate his own albums — and Lowe (who comes across quite modest and self-deprecating), never gives much more than a 75, and scores a few in the 50s.
A fantastic interview, full of insights into a man who had a hand in the birth of punk, New Wave, (artist and producer at Stiff Records), was related to Johnny Cash (via his marriage to Carlene Carter), and wrote a very toe-tapping song about the true story of an aging silent-movie star whose corpse was eaten by her dog (“Marie Prevost”).
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