Rusty
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corinne:
Martha is bringing Rusty to Borders today, so be sure to say hi to her as well!
Sorry for my ignorance, but who is Martha? ops: Is she the one whose great interview can be read on Macca Report?
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Yes. She also handles Rusty's newsletters and his website. She was also my partner in crime in Liverpool. Some BBers met her last year at the Rainbow in LA.
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Thank you Corinne!
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BloodyMary:
Kimsey:
"I try not to rewrite the Bible," he said, "but I'll throw a little English on them."
Clever.
i agree
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Is Catbox Beach a reference to Jimi Hendrix's Catfish Blues? Maybe it's silly to read too much into songs or song titles, but they both have strange titles, and as far as I remember both are instrumental, though they don't sound similar at all...
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I have no idea, sorry! I will ask him. Had the most divine email from Martha this a.m. with all details about yesterday's soundcheck. I should have flown back and gone with her, but I'm too swamped at the office. Oh well!
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So there's no chance he's making a stop at a Colorado store?
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corinne:
I have no idea, sorry! I will ask him.
Thank you! I was wrong about the Hendrix song (listened to it again today), 'cos it has some singing in it, but it's mainly guitar dominated... ops: ... well what else could it be .... but still its title reminds me of Rusty's song and vice versa.
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BUMP.
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I've gotta question about the Peal EP (Rusty, Paul Plagens,etc)--maybe someone knows. On the song Love Sick there is the prettiest guitar solo--it really sticks with me--and I was wondering if it is Rusty playing. My ears tell me it is, but since the EP is only available on-line (as far as I can tell) there are no liner notes or song credits. I'd love to know who wrote what and is playing what if anyone knows.
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bump
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Again from Macca Report: October 30, 2005 -- World Herald Playing with Paul 'amazing,' 'an honor' Jamming onstage with Paul McCartney. It truly is a musician's dream gig. And for Rusty Anderson and Brian Ray, it happens night after night, one packed arena after another. As veteran session musicians, Anderson and Ray have worked with some of the best - Elton John, Etta James, Sinead O'Connor, Peter Frampton and Smokey Robinson, to name just a few. But for guitarist Anderson and bassist-guitarist Ray, nothing compares to working with a legend like McCartney. The two California natives are part of McCartney's four-member band, and they'll be in town jamming with the 63-year-old at his sold-out concert tonight at Qwest Center Omaha. The tour is in support of McCartney's new album, "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard." "Paul is amazing. He's gracious," Anderson said by phone from a tour stop in Chicago. "And his audiences are always great." Anderson, who formed his first band when he was 13, has been playing with McCartney for four years. Producer David Kahne helped hook him up with McCartney. You can hear Anderson's guitar riffs on McCartney's 2001 album, "Driving Rain." And you can hear McCartney's bass guitar and backing vocals on Anderson's song "Hurt Myself," from his solo debut album, "Undressing Underwater." It came out Sept. 27. Ray, who also recently released his first solo album, "Mondo Magneto," began performing with McCartney three years ago after a successful audition. He was invited to play on McCartney's 2002 world tour. "It's an incredible honor to be chosen to play with Paul. It's just huge for a musician," Ray said in a phone interview from Chicago. "This guy is still singing and performing the best songs of rock 'n' roll since rock 'n' roll was born." In addition to Anderson and Ray, McCartney's band members are drummer Abe Laboriel Jr. and keyboardist Paul "Wix" Wickens. On stage, the former Beatle plays a little bit of every instrument. Growing up, both Ray and Anderson were nuts about the Beatles. As a boy, Ray watched the group on TV and saw how excited all the girls were. That's when he decided he wanted to be a rock musician. Anderson said the Beatles were the reason he started playing music. "I was 5 years old, and I flipped out on the Beatles," Anderson said. "They got me going in a musical direction." Now Anderson is playing many of those same Beatles tunes that he loved as a child. "There was so much charm and melodic beauty and energy," Anderson said. "It's sort of like eating a great-tasting food. It feels right and makes you want more. They're inarguably the largest force in rock music." Ray - who co-wrote the Smokey Robinson hit "One Heartbeat" - said the current McCartney tour is especially exciting for him because the set list is heavy on Beatles songs and features about 20 tunes that weren't included on the 2002 tour. Ray and the rest of the crew also are eager to make their first-time appearance in Omaha. "It's always thrilling to come to a city that Paul's never been with the Beatles, with Wings and with his solo show," Ray said. "There's this exuberance in the crowd that extends beyond the usual roar. It makes it so special for us. "Omaha, we're coming to rock you."
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From Macca Report's Tour Reports: October 30 - Omaha, NE - Qwest Center "During "Sgt. Pepper" Rusty was laughing about something as he played his guitar. Brian caught the joke, laughed at Rusty and playfully picked the guitar strings with his TEETH! Paul shook his head at the both of them."
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Cute--I wonder if it had something to do with Jimi Hendrix opening a show in England many moons ago with Sgt Pepper just a couple days after the album came out. Maybe Rusty played something a bit "Hendrixy"
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5:50 AM *Rusty Anderson : Hurt Myself CD: Undressing Underwater 3:33 PM *Rusty Anderson : Hurt Myself CD: Undressing Underwater KINK (local fm station) played Rusty twice today--they also played Too Much Rain twice too. They call it "new music monday" and toss some new stuff into their playlist. Very nice to hear!
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fan9091:
Cute--I wonder if it had something to do with Jimi Hendrix opening a show in England many moons ago with Sgt Pepper just a couple days after the album came out. Maybe Rusty played something a bit "Hendrixy"
Guess so. Rusty said one of his fav albums is Hendrix's: Axis: Bold as Love.
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http://www.martharubenstein.com/essay/df.html 4 those interested check out Martha's essay titled Decoy Furniture. Can you guess who she is talking about?
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rusty's#1girl:
http://www.martharubenstein.com/essay/df.html 4 those interested check out Martha's essay titled Decoy Furniture. Can you guess whose house she is in?
Thanks for sharing!
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Awesome, fantastic,A1, most wonderful concert ever tonight in Portland. Rusty was amazing.....always knew he was a sh&t hot guitar tamer,and that he was pretty darn nice to look at.....but seeing him live!!--WOW (He's got the greatest legs...I know,he's a musician, not eye candy but I am a dirty not-so-old lady and he is very fine!! Corinne--If you are reading this, I have one suggestion...photo shoot in boots and breeches...the man's legs are to die for...would look so good in those nice tight.........
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From Macca Report: November 11, 2005 -- The Register Stringing along with McCartney Although thousands of fans will be heading to the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim tonight and Saturday to catch Paul McCartney in concert, Rusty Anderson will have the best view in the house. The La Habra High School grad will be taking it all in from the stage. Since being recruited by McCartney to work on songs for "Driving Rain" in February 2001, Anderson has been McCartney's lead guitarist of choice. He has played with Sir Paul at the Academy Awards, the Super Bowl, the 9/11-tribute Concert for New York City, St. Petersburg's Palace Square and at Live 8 in London in July. And tonight Anderson makes a triumphant return home to Orange County, clearly better known then when he appeared with McCartney at the Pond in October 2002. In addition to the subsequent release of his solo debut, "Undressing Underwater" (released by Surfdog Records on Sept. 27), Anderson is the subject of a full-length feature in the November issue of Guitar Player magazine and has been filing a series of reports on "Breakfast With the Beatles," a radio program broadcast Sunday mornings on KLSX/97.1 FM. Anderson has also been using McCartney's current tour to promote his own CD, making acoustic daytime performances at intimate venues in areas where he is playing with McCartney. "I'm just kind of going with it," Anderson said. "It's not like your textbook case. I'm enjoying the process. Especially when we were out there on the East Coast it was a little easier because I was in the towns and so I'd go and do a TV show like 'Good Morning Atlanta' or one of those things and then the next day I'd play an acoustic set at Borders." Although Anderson typically performs with his band when playing solo dates in Southern California, he has taken a different approach with these recent shows. "I'd go do those (Borders shows) acoustically and the cool thing was the songs on the record translate well to acoustic, where you can strip it down to the melody, the chord and the lyrics, and it works. That has been a kick doing that," he explained. Anderson said just as his skills as a guitarist and performer have improved playing alongside one of modern music's greatest songwriters, the band itself is better than ever. In addition to Anderson, McCartney's long-time backing group also includes drummer Abe Laboriel Jr., guitarist-bassist Brian Ray and keyboardist Paul "Wix" Wickens. "Playing with the McCartney band, we did a DVD that came out that was pretty popular and we were only together a week or two - as far as gigging - when that was made," Anderson recalled of 2002's "Back in the U.S." DVD release. "Since then, we've gotten a lot better, I think, and we continue to grow as a band and it's something you can't really put your finger on. It's interesting to watch; there is no replacement for time." Speaking of time, Anderson will likely be among the thousands having the time of their life when McCartney and company hit the stage in Anaheim this weekend. "Certainly, Paul as a guy to hang out with, as a guitarist, as an arranger, as a singer - in so many ways, ... it's rubbed off on me, and I think the Beatles were a big influence, given that they were the reason I started playing music when I was 5 years old," Anderson noted. "But then on a professional level working with Paul, I've learned a lot about how to deal with the music business world and relationships with people; I think that's the biggest thing. I always see myself as this sort of introverted guy hanging out in the bedroom playing guitar." These days, Anderson rarely gets to spend much time at his Los Angeles home. He was at home this past Saturday when we spoke, but had only arrived home earlier that day after performing in Portland the night before. "It's like a fake home, because I come home for a day or two and then I go back out again," he said.