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New podcast: to Nashville and beyond, with songwriter and session man Darrell Scott
Posted by Mark Ellen on 29 October 2010 - 4:34pm.
In the pod today – singing, playing and softly philosophising about the buoyancy of American roots music - is songwriter and session guitarist Darrell Scott. Kate Mossman once travelled to Italy to see him; Mark Ellen watched him in Robert Plant’s band in a church in Mayfair a few weeks back. Hear tales of tobacco farms in Kentucky and the Nashville songwriter mill – and how to mix a cocktail of bluegrass, swing, country and folk in just 24 bars.
You can follow this link to get the podcast every week or stream this new episode below.
Thanks very much!!
That was fantastic!
What a great player he is and such a wonderful sound he gets from Buddy's little guitar.
Some lovely
guitar playing there, much of it very Celtic in style. I was reminded of Nic Jones and John Martyn in places (instrumentally, if not vocally).
The best line of the entire podcast must go to Kate however, who left my brain reeling when she imparted the following information:
"The Incredible String Band are also the Archbishop Of Canterbury's favourite group".
I thought he was *in*
the ISB---though when I think further, in view of the nature of the Canterbury Scene, perhaps he was actually a long lost member of the fabled second lineup of the Hatstand.
No, he was in an earlier incarnation
when they were called Hatstand & The North.
I do hope
he wasn't responsible for introducing the ISB to Scientology!
ah yes but
who was the REAL Archbishop of the Canterbury scene?
Would it be a tie
between Robert Wyatt and Kevin Ayers?
I think we need
to commission Jonathan Coe to write the book---Rowan and the Rocking Vicars might be a good working title ...
Misunderstood for a minute
see what you mean--also wondering who was the Pope of Prog--as far as I can see, in the absence of Sid B, David Gilmour and Roger Waters are still disputing the post ...
Fantastic 'cast
Lots of chat about recording, Buddy Miller, guitars, the new Planty album, Patty Griffin - all pet subjects of mine. Tish Mossman for not being aware of the fab Ms Griffin. BTW there is a Planty/Band of Joy gig on the Beeb website and a TV concert this week.
Ditto, and
further tish to Ms Mossman for not even knowing that Buddy Miller is a member, if not the key member of the Band of Joy
Indeed.
Indeed.
Going against the grain
I don't wish to be rude or ungrateful but I'm getting a bit bored with the podacst lately. I'm not really interesed in why some mediocre singer songwriter moved to Nashville, what I really want to hear about is people walking across the Holloway road eating Mars bars with no hands.
Can't we just go back to 3 or 4 Word writers rambling in front of a microphone?
Mediocre? Don't let Kate Mossman hear you say that...
The podcast is what it is, and most of the time that's driven by who's available to record. Sometimes that'll mean interviews. Sometimes it'll be musicians playing songs. And sometimes it'll be three or four Word writers rambling in front of a microphone. We could do the latter every week, but then we wouldn't get the magazine to press.
OK, he's pretty good. Great guitar chops, just not my cup of tea
Why not just podcast 8 hours a day and publish the transcripts as the content of the magazine?
That's how
Miles Davis would record a podcast
I'd want a
drum solo in there somewhere
Can I be...
Teo Macero please?
All you have to do..
...is loop the first two hours and repeat it at the end. No one will be any the wiser.
Just keep doing what you're doing please!
I've no interest whatsoever in Neil Hannon or Robert Forster but enjoyed the conversation nonetheless.
I like a bit of light and shade
The Hepworth/Ellen/Lewry plus AN Other ones are great, but it's nice to have a bit of variation every now and then.
This was a nice gentle one with a musician who sounded anything but mediocre to me.
Carry on podding!
Variety is the spice of life
I like the lucky dip side of the 'cast, where sometimes is is the classic Hep/Ello ramble and sometimes the more interview stylee. It's always a thrill to see what's in the bag. The standard is also staggeringly high - I think only once in podcast history have I contemplated switching off before the end, and even then I didn't - I think I was just feeling grumpy that morning.
and may I be the first this week
to say that it is, er, free ...
Of course
- and I know it seems churlish to complain but what was once broadcast as 'Backstage' seems, now, to be becoming the norm. I didn't finish the last one, I'm not sure I'll even listen to this one. I've listened to all the previous 'casts - some more than once. My favourites are definitely the ones where it's just some mates yakking.
What a thoroughly nice bloke
My travel guitar doesn't sound like that!
I too indeed appreciate and value the variety of the podcasts. That said it would be nice to have an old fashioned Hepworth / Ellen Shedcast to put the world to rights before the year is out.
I listened to the podcast on the walk home last night.
Darrell Scott's an artist and I enjoyed hearing him perform. He's also a complete professional with a good understanding of how the creative process works in different situations.
I have no understanding of the technicalities of making music. As far as I am concerned, the ability to pick up an instrument on demand and play a song on it is still the best magic trick there is.
That was fantastic
Thank you Word Magazine for opening my eyes (and ears) to Darrell Scott. You can hear the years and years of practice in his guitar playing. It's like his fingers have a mind of their own, working away with a rich detail the likes of which you don't often hear in someone so intent on the craft of songwriting.
No wonder you devoted a whole podcast to the man and how brilliant he was able to come in with Buddy's guitar and play.
Also, little wonder Robert Plant opted to record after 15 minutes of practice - with players like Darrell around all you're doing is capturing the moment.
Each to their own (Jim M), but Darrell Scott is anything but mediocre. If you truly believe that, then you must have a very selective music collection!
I love the podcast!
I look forward to the podcast each week and some of the best have featured guests. I thought the Jac Holzman interview was fascinating and insightful. Darrell Scott was excellent - articulate as well as musical. But even when it's just the usual (Word) suspects, there's always something to savour.
Todd Snider vocal doppelganger
Is it just me or does Darrell Scott sound exactly like Todd Snider (speaking voice at any rate)? Separated at birth?