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In this week's episode, your regular co-hosts are joined for the second time by RBP's original co-founder Martin Colyer, beamed in from Leyton, to offer his invaluable thoughts on Lucinda Williams and Greil Marcus' classic Mystery Train. Williams prompts near-rapturous approval for her 1998 masterpiece Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, with Mark and Barney similarly admiring its southern poetics and Americana-defining country soul. Conversation flows seamlessly into the impact of Marcus' 1975 game-changing book, newly reissued (with lavish illustrations) by the Folio Society. Discussion of the book's chapters on Elvis Presley and The Band takes the RBP team back to Marcus' profound influence on British fans of American music.Rounding out the episode's American theme, these four horsemen of the rock apocalypse hear clips from Maureen Paton's 2005 phone interview with the ever-amusing Rufus Wainwright, who covers all the topics you might expect from him, following the release of his remarkable Want albums: addiction, AIDS, America and the Wainwright/McGarrigle clans.As per usual, Messrs. Pringle, Hoskyns &amp; Murison-Bowie sift through some of the new library pieces that most intrigued them, including a Dawn James Rave interview with Small Face Steve Marriott from 1966; Michael Watts' underwhelmed Melody Maker response to Herbie Hancock's 1974 show at Carnegie Hall; Dave Thompson's fascinating 2004 Goldmine piece on the late Alan ('I Love Rock 'n Roll') Merrill's little-known Japanese glam band Vodka Collins; and, from 2006, a terrific Pete Paphides Times profile Gogol Bordello's Eugene Hütz…Pieces discussed: Lucinda Williams, Lucinder Williams, Lucindest Williams, Greil Marcus sees The Band, Greil on rock'n'roll, Greil in conversation with Andy Beckett, Rufus Wainwright audio, Small Faces, Why does nobody love the Beatles?, Herbie Hancock, The Beastie Boys, Samantha Fox, Andrew Loog Oldham, Vodka Collins, Teenage Fanclub, Gogol Bordello and Toro y Moi. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's episode, your regular co-hosts are joined for the second time by RBP's original co-founder Martin Colyer, beamed in from Leyton, to offer his invaluable thoughts on Lucinda Williams and Greil Marcus' classic Mystery Train. Williams prompts near-rapturous approval for her 1998 masterpiece Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, with Mark and Barney similarly admiring its southern poetics and Americana-defining country soul. Conversation flows seamlessly into the impact of Marcus' 1975 game-changing book, newly reissued (with lavish illustrations) by the Folio Society. Discussion of the book's chapters on Elvis Presley and The Band takes the RBP team back to Marcus' profound influence on British fans of American music.Rounding out the episode's American theme, these four horsemen of the rock apocalypse hear clips from Maureen Paton's 2005 phone interview with the ever-amusing Rufus Wainwright, who covers all the topics you might expect from him, following the release of his remarkable Want albums: addiction, AIDS, America and the Wainwright/McGarrigle clans.As per usual, Messrs. Pringle, Hoskyns &amp; Murison-Bowie sift through some of the new library pieces that most intrigued them, including a Dawn James Rave interview with Small Face Steve Marriott from 1966; Michael Watts' underwhelmed Melody Maker response to Herbie Hancock's 1974 show at Carnegie Hall; Dave Thompson's fascinating 2004 Goldmine piece on the late Alan ('I Love Rock 'n Roll') Merrill's little-known Japanese glam band Vodka Collins; and, from 2006, a terrific Pete Paphides Times profile Gogol Bordello's Eugene Hütz…Pieces discussed: <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/lucinda-williams-walking-the-line" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lucinda Williams</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/lucinda-williams-lost-in-america" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lucinder Williams</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/westside-story-lucinda-williams-confessions-of-love-lust-and-violence" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lucindest Williams</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/the-band-we-can-talk-about-it-now" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Greil Marcus sees The Band</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/bruce-springsteen-the-man-who-would-save-rock-and-roll" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Greil on rock'n'roll</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/greil-marcus-a-surfer-on-the-zeitgeist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Greil in conversation with Andy Beckett</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/rufus-wainwright-2005" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rufus Wainwright audio</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/small-faces-little-stevie-wonders" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Small Faces</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/why-does-nobody-loves-the-beatles" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Why does nobody love the Beatles?</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/herbie-hancock-minnie-riperton-carnegie-hall-new-york-ny" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Herbie Hancock</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/the-beastie-boys-run-dmc-fishbone-hollywood-palladium-hollywood-ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Beastie Boys</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/samantha-fox-from-topless-model-to-top-pop-singer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Samantha Fox</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/andrew-loog-oldham-charlies-good-tonight-innit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andrew Loog Oldham</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/vodka-collins-glam-rock-japanese-style" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vodka Collins</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/teenage-fanclub-we-were-never-famous-so-were-still-getting-old" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Teenage Fanclub</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/gogol-bordello-careful-with-that-act-eugene" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gogol Bordello</a> and <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/toro-y-moi-iunderneath-the-pinei-carpark" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Toro y Moi</a>. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Rock's Backpages Ep. 69: Martin Colyer on Greil Marcus + Lucinda Williams + Rufus Wainwright	

In this week's episode, your regular co-hosts are joined for the second time by RBP's original co-founder Martin Colyer, beamed in from Leyton, to offer his invaluable thoughts on Lucinda Williams and Greil Marcus' classic Mystery Train. Williams prompts near-rapturous approval for her 1998 masterpiece Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, with Mark and Barney similarly admiring its southern poetics and Americana-defining country soul. Conversation flows seamlessly into the impact of Marcus' 1975 game-changing book, newly reissued (with lavish illustrations) by the Folio Society. Discussion of the book's chapters on Elvis Presley and The Band takes the RBP team back to Marcus' profound influence on British fans of American music.Rounding out the episode's American theme, these four horsemen of the rock apocalypse hear clips from Maureen Paton's 2005 phone interview with the ever-amusing Rufus Wainwright, who covers all the topics you might expect from him, following the release of his remarkable Want albums: addiction, AIDS, America and the Wainwright/McGarrigle clans.As per usual, Messrs. Pringle, Hoskyns &amp; Murison-Bowie sift through some of the new library pieces that most intrigued them, including a Dawn James Rave interview with Small Face Steve Marriott from 1966; Michael Watts' underwhelmed Melody Maker response to Herbie Hancock's 1974 show at Carnegie Hall; Dave Thompson's fascinating 2004 Goldmine piece on the late Alan ('I Love Rock 'n Roll') Merrill's little-known Japanese glam band Vodka Collins; and, from 2006, a terrific Pete Paphides Times profile Gogol Bordello's Eugene Hütz…Pieces discussed: Lucinda Williams, Lucinder Williams, Lucindest Williams, Greil Marcus sees The Band, Greil on rock'n'roll, Greil in conversation with Andy Beckett, Rufus Wainwright audio, Small Faces, Why does nobody love the Beatles?, Herbie Hancock, The Beastie Boys, Samantha Fox, Andrew Loog Oldham, Vodka Collins, Teenage Fanclub, Gogol Bordello and Toro y Moi.This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts.

In this week's episode, your regular co-hosts are joined for the second time by RBP's original co-founder Martin Colyer, beamed in from Leyton, to offer his invaluable thoughts on Lucinda Williams and Greil Marcus' classic Mystery Train. Williams prompts near-rapturous approval for her 1998 masterpiece Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, with Mark and Barney similarly admiring its southern poetics and Americana-defining country soul. Conversation flows seamlessly into the impact of Marcus' 1975 game-changing book, newly reissued (with lavish illustrations) by the Folio Society. Discussion of the book's chapters on Elvis Presley and The Band takes the RBP team back to Marcus' profound influence on British fans of American music.Rounding out the episode's American theme, these four horsemen of the rock apocalypse hear clips from Maureen Paton's 2005 phone interview with the ever-amusing Rufus Wainwright, who covers all the topics you might expect from him, following the release of his remarkable Want albums: addiction, AIDS, America and the Wainwright/McGarrigle clans.As per usual, Messrs. Pringle, Hoskyns &amp; Murison-Bowie sift through some of the new library pieces that most intrigued them, including a Dawn James Rave interview with Small Face Steve Marriott from 1966; Michael Watts' underwhelmed Melody Maker response to Herbie Hancock's 1974 show at Carnegie Hall; Dave Thompson's fascinating 2004 Goldmine piece on the late Alan ('I Love Rock 'n Roll') Merrill's little-known Japanese glam band Vodka Collins; and, from 2006, a terrific Pete Paphides Times profile Gogol Bordello's Eugene Hütz…Pieces discussed: <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/lucinda-williams-walking-the-line" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lucinda Williams</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/lucinda-williams-lost-in-america" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lucinder Williams</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/westside-story-lucinda-williams-confessions-of-love-lust-and-violence" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lucindest Williams</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/the-band-we-can-talk-about-it-now" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Greil Marcus sees The Band</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/bruce-springsteen-the-man-who-would-save-rock-and-roll" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Greil on rock'n'roll</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/greil-marcus-a-surfer-on-the-zeitgeist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Greil in conversation with Andy Beckett</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/rufus-wainwright-2005" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rufus Wainwright audio</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/small-faces-little-stevie-wonders" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Small Faces</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/why-does-nobody-loves-the-beatles" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Why does nobody love the Beatles?</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/herbie-hancock-minnie-riperton-carnegie-hall-new-york-ny" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Herbie Hancock</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/the-beastie-boys-run-dmc-fishbone-hollywood-palladium-hollywood-ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Beastie Boys</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/samantha-fox-from-topless-model-to-top-pop-singer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Samantha Fox</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/andrew-loog-oldham-charlies-good-tonight-innit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andrew Loog Oldham</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/vodka-collins-glam-rock-japanese-style" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vodka Collins</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/teenage-fanclub-we-were-never-famous-so-were-still-getting-old" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Teenage Fanclub</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/gogol-bordello-careful-with-that-act-eugene" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gogol Bordello</a> and <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/toro-y-moi-iunderneath-the-pinei-carpark" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Toro y Moi</a>.This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts.

E69: Martin Colyer on Greil Marcus + Lucinda Williams + Rufus Wainwright	

Curtis Mayfield

Together with special guest (and RBP co-founder) Martin Colyer, Mark Pringle and Barney Hoskyns consider soul giant Curtis Mayfield and his enduring influence. They hear a snippet of Julian Henry's 1985 audio interview with the absurd Sigue Sigue Sputnik – and talk about how Tony James and co. crashed down to earth despite their stratospheric ambitions. There's a brief discussion of pieces by featured writer Mac Randall on Robert Wyatt &amp; Bill Nelson, Linda Thompson and Beck, leading on to a rundown of what's new in the archive for the subscribers, led by chief archivist Pringle: specifically, articles on Del Shannon, Diana Ross, Keith Richards, Viv Stanshall, Joy Division, Andrew Weatherall and Missy Elliott, as well as a lengthy feature on the drug Ketamine from 1976. Martin, Mark and Barney then take a journey back in time to the origins of Rock's Backpages, explaining how the idea for the archive came to be and what steps they took together to make it a reality.Martin Colyer's blog can be found at https://fivethingsseenandheard.com and the book, Five Things I Saw &amp; Heard This Week, Volume 1: Dispatches from the everyday world of music is available on Amazon.Hosted by Mark Pringle and Barney HoskynsProduced by Jasper Murison-BowiePieces discussed: Curtis Mayfield: Life with the Impressions, unsigned Curtis Mayfield, Curtis Mayfield after his paralysing accident, Sigue Sigue Sputnik audio, Bill Nelson &amp; Robert Wyatt, Linda Thompson, Beck, Del Shannon, Diana Ross, Keith Richards, Ketamine, Viv Stanshall, Joy Division live, Andrew Weatherall, Missy Elliott, Harlan Howard and Dan Penn &amp; Spooner Oldham...

Together with special guest (and RBP co-founder) Martin Colyer, Mark Pringle and Barney Hoskyns consider soul giant Curtis Mayfield and his enduring influence. They hear a snippet of Julian Henry's 1985 audio interview with the absurd Sigue Sigue Sputnik – and talk about how Tony James and co. crashed down to earth despite their stratospheric ambitions. There's a brief discussion of pieces by featured writer Mac Randall on Robert Wyatt &amp; Bill Nelson, Linda Thompson and Beck, leading on to a rundown of what's new in the archive for the subscribers, led by chief archivist Pringle: specifically, articles on Del Shannon, Diana Ross, Keith Richards, Viv Stanshall, Joy Division, Andrew Weatherall and Missy Elliott, as well as a lengthy feature on the drug Ketamine from 1976. Martin, Mark and Barney then take a journey back in time to the origins of Rock's Backpages, explaining how the idea for the archive came to be and what steps they took together to make it a reality.Martin Colyer's blog can be found at <a href="https://fivethingsseenandheard.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://fivethingsseenandheard.com</a> and the book, Five Things I Saw &amp; Heard This Week, Volume 1: Dispatches from the everyday world of music is available on <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Five-Things-Heard-This-Week/dp/1789261805/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1550801050&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=five%20things%20I%20saw%20and%20heard%20this%20week" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a>.Hosted by Mark Pringle and Barney HoskynsProduced by Jasper Murison-BowiePieces discussed: <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/curtis-mayfield-life-with-the-impressions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Curtis Mayfield: Life with the Impressions</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/now-more-than-ever-curtis-mayfield" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">unsigned Curtis Mayfield</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/curtis-mayfield-mighty-mighty" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Curtis Mayfield after his paralysing accident</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/sigue-sigue-sputnik-1985" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sigue Sigue Sputnik audio</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/robert-wyatt--bill-nelson-tough-guys-dont-dance-" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bill Nelson &amp; Robert Wyatt</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/miserable-old-sod-linda-thompson-returns-as-exquisitely-sad-as-ever" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Linda Thompson</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/beck-bottle-of-blue" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Beck</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/del-shannon-digs-nutty-sounds" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Del Shannon</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/supreme-supreme-will-diana-ross-go-solo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Diana Ross</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/our-live-shows-more-subversive-than-street-fightin-man-admits-keith-richard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Keith Richards</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/special-drug-report-green--every-day-is-st-patricks-day" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ketamine</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/vivian-stanshall-the-urban-submarine-man" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Viv Stanshall</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/joy-division-the-factory-russell-club-manchester" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joy Division live</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/weatherall-storms" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andrew Weatherall</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/missy-elliott-all-made-up-ready-to-go" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Missy Elliott</a>, <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/how-i-wrote-all-those-songs-by-harlan-howard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Harlan Howard</a> and <a href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/do-right-men-dan-penn-and-spooner-oldham" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dan Penn &amp; Spooner Oldham</a>...

E16: Curtis Mayfield + Sigue Sigue Sputnik + History of RBP with Martin Colyer