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Yes, it was a benefit billed as Costello Sings Hunter-Garcia. I wanted to do something unique. I invited Allan to join us, because we're another 1972 band and most of the Hunter-Garcia songs were from around that time. We didn't play any of them back in those days, because Allan didn't share my love of the Dead. In San Francisco, we had Larry Campbell, Teresa Williams, Austin de Lone, Ruth Davies and Paul Ravelli as the band. We took them into the Golden Gate Park the next day for the Strictly Bluegrass Festival. I've been going for about 15 years. I played with Steve Earle and ended up playing organ in Marcus Mumford's band. I was going round the park in a buggy. "Where am I supposed to be now...?" | Yes, it was a benefit billed as Costello Sings Hunter-Garcia. I wanted to do something unique. I invited Allan to join us, because we're another 1972 band and most of the Hunter-Garcia songs were from around that time. We didn't play any of them back in those days, because Allan didn't share my love of the Dead. In San Francisco, we had Larry Campbell, Teresa Williams, Austin de Lone, Ruth Davies and Paul Ravelli as the band. We took them into the Golden Gate Park the next day for the Strictly Bluegrass Festival. I've been going for about 15 years. I played with Steve Earle and ended up playing organ in Marcus Mumford's band. I was going round the park in a buggy. "Where am I supposed to be now...?" | ||
''Talking of festivals... you played at Woodstock '99. Have | ''Talking of festivals... you played at Woodstock '99. Have you seen the documentary? | ||
I didn't need to re-live it. It was ugly, brutal and horrible. Funnily enough, someone came up to me at the Bluegrass festival and said, "I used to play with Jewel. You said to us when you came off stage, 'It's going to go wrong in a minute.'" Too much violent male energy. Willie Nelson had the right idea. He played first and he was out. | |||
''Dylan chose "Pump It Up" as one of the songs featured in The Philosophy Of Modern Song. Have you seen a copy yet? | |||
It's in the house, but I'm sworn to secrecy! I tell you what, it's better than some academy giving you a long-service pity medal. | |||
''What does 2023 have in store? | |||
I'm hopeful things will further get back to normal. We're going to Australia for the first time in 10 years. I'm going back to Iceland again, it's nearly io years since I was there. In February, I'm doing a 10-night stand in New York at the Gramercy, which is quite a small theatre. I will perform a completely different set each night, with the first five nights playing solo and the next five alongside Steve Nieve. So if you miss a song on night three, it's not coming back. There's going to be some surprises along the way. It's another way to look at it. I tried spinning the wheel to choose a song, so now I'm trying this. | |||
Some nights will lean more towards ballads, some nights more towards storytelling songs and then some nights towards multiple rhythm. It'll be a challenge, but it's something I've wanted to do for a while. | |||
''You're keeping busy! | |||
This is easily the busiest I've ever been. The only difference between this and, say, the first two and a half years — which was pretty intense — is that the touring is more humanely paced than it used to be. I'm not doing 35 dates straight between recording sessions. Did I mention I've got another record coming out next year? It's entirely different and it's very exciting. I'll tell you about it next time. Who knows how much more time there is for any of us, but I'm really enjoying working at the moment. | |||
''Finally, what music have you enjoyed this year? | |||
When I was in the Golden Gate Park, I saw Arooj Aftab. I recommended ''Vulture Prince'' last year and now I've been fortunate enough to see her play. I saw Gorillaz recently, who were incredible. I'm going to see Thundercat and Robert Glasper on Halloween. I've got Ron Carter's Big Band at Birdland, Marc Ribot at Le Poisson Rouge, Rhiannon Giddens singing Henry Purcell at the Lincoln Centre. There are very significant musicians playing in very accessible venues at the moment. It's great. Keep the ears open, keep the antennae up and we'll get by. | |||
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