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THE MUSIC FAN
To The Best of Our Knowledge
from Wisconsin Public Radio
Jane Scott keeps strange company. While other women
her age spend their time in knitting circles, Scott's still hanging
out with rockers like Lou Reed and Alice Cooper (and showing off
her backstage pass.) It's her job. Or at least it was until she
retired as rock critic for the Cleveland Plain Dealer a month before
her 83rd birthday.In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge
the music fan - from rock journalism to the Church of St. John Coltrane.
SEGMENT 1:
Daniel Cavicchi spent three years talking
to his fellow Bruce Springsteen fans. The result is a book called
"Tramps Like Us: Music and Meaning among Springsteen Fans."
Cavicchi talks with Jim Fleming about The Boss and his fans. And
we hear lots of Springsteen music, including a track from the
new album, "The Rising."
SEGMENT 2:
Jane Scott, recently retired as the rock
critic of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, tells Steve Paulson about
meeting Jimi Hendrix and Paul McCartney, and not meeting Elvis.
Also, Rufus Wainright, son of folk singers Loudon Wainwright
III and Kate McGarrigle, talks about his father's song "One-Man
Guy" which he covers on his album, "Poses."
SEGMENT 3:
Singer/songwriter Lisa Germano played violin
for rock artist John Mellencamp. Her own album, "Geek the
Girl" contains a song, "The Psychopath," based
on her experiences with an obsessed fan. She talks with Anne Strainchamps
about the song, and the experience. Also,
Steve Paulson talks with Bishop King, founder of the Church
of St. John Coltrane, and with Ashley Kahn, author of "A
Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album."
We hear about the composition and album and why Coltrane's music,
especially this piece, inspires a spiritual response in listeners.
Cassette copies are available
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Web Extras:
- For more information on the Church of St. John
Coltrane please visit their website at:
http://www.saintjohncoltrane.org
To hear more of our interview with the founder of the Church
of St. John Coltrane, Bishop King, click here: Bishop
King Interview
To hear more of our interview with Ashley Kahn, author of
the book, “A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane’s
Signature Album,” just click here: Ashley
Kahn Interview
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Books:
- Daniel Cavicchi, Tramps Like Us: Music and
Meaning Among Springsteen Fans (Oxford)
- Ashley Kahn, A Love Supreme: The Story of
John Coltrane's Signature Album (Viking)
Links:
Music:
- Jimi Hendrix Experience, "Foxy Lady."
The Jimi Hendrix
Experience.
- John Coltrane, "A Love Supreme." Impulse.
- -- "Born To Run"/Bruce Springsteen from
the album, "Born To Run" (Columbia)
- -- "Born In The U.S.A."/Bruce Springsteen
from the album, "Born In The U.S.A." (Columbia)
- -- "Used Cars"/Bruce Springsteen from
the album, ""Nebraska" (Columbia)
- -- "You're Missing"/Bruce Springsteen
from the album, "The Rising" (Sony)
- -- "One Man Guy"/Loudon Wainwright III
from the album, "I'm Alright" (Rounder Select)
- -- "One Man Guy"/Rufus Wainwright from
the album, "Poses" (Dreamworks)
- -- "...A Psychopath"/Lisa Germano
from the album, "Geek The Girl" (4AD Records/Warner
Bros.)
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be addressed to: flemingj@wpr.org
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