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American Dream Safari CEO Tad Pierson, who drove Costello and author Robert Gordon around Memphis in his 1955 Cadillac, agrees. "We cruised around town talking about music and film. He really liked connecting things," Pierson says. "It was great. Here I am, a 52-year-old fart running around trying to make my mark, and he's a guy who's done it, yet he still enjoys getting up on a small stage and giving it everything he's got. Being around him gave me a lot of energy." | American Dream Safari CEO Tad Pierson, who drove Costello and author Robert Gordon around Memphis in his 1955 Cadillac, agrees. "We cruised around town talking about music and film. He really liked connecting things," Pierson says. "It was great. Here I am, a 52-year-old fart running around trying to make my mark, and he's a guy who's done it, yet he still enjoys getting up on a small stage and giving it everything he's got. Being around him gave me a lot of energy." | ||
Energy is an understatement: Over the last 27 years, Costello | Energy is an understatement: Over the last 27 years, Costello — who recently turned 50 — has reincarnated himself more than a dozen times, discarding personas like yesterday's garbage. He's been a new-waver, a rocker, a classicist, a Tin Pan Alley songwriter, and a purveyor of soul, pop, and country music. On his last three albums — out of a catalog that's 21 records strong — he's sampled Broadway (with Burt Bacharach on ''Painted From Memory''), returned to art rock (for the pretentiously acerbic ''When I Was Cruel''), and delved into torch-song territory (last year's ''North'', a song cycle dedicated to paramour Diana Krall). It's enough to make a schizophrenic sweat, but ''The Delivery Man'' marks yet another departure, as Costello impulsively dives back into rock-and-roll. | ||
"I'm definitely more of a fan of his rock side, so I was hoping he was calling to do that type of record," Herring admits, explaining that he and Costello worked on the album for a total of six weeks: "A little less than a month in the recording phase, a day of pure overdubs, and two weeks of mixing." Most of the record was cut in Oxford, although basic tracks for "[[Monkey To Man|Monkey Man]]," the lead single, were recorded at Jimbo Mathus' Delta Recording Studio in Clarksdale via Pro Tools. Vocal sessions with [[Lucinda Williams]] and [[Emmylou Harris]] were done in Los Angeles and Nashville, respectively. | "I'm definitely more of a fan of his rock side, so I was hoping he was calling to do that type of record," Herring admits, explaining that he and Costello worked on the album for a total of six weeks: "A little less than a month in the recording phase, a day of pure overdubs, and two weeks of mixing." Most of the record was cut in Oxford, although basic tracks for "[[Monkey To Man|Monkey Man]]," the lead single, were recorded at Jimbo Mathus' Delta Recording Studio in Clarksdale via Pro Tools. Vocal sessions with [[Lucinda Williams]] and [[Emmylou Harris]] were done in Los Angeles and Nashville, respectively. | ||
"When we were working on '[[There's A Story In Your Voice|There's a Story in Your Voice]]' with Lucinda, Elvis turned to me with this look and said, 'Oh, man,'" Herring recalls. "He was so thrilled to hear her voice. I've worked with different people | "When we were working on '[[There's A Story In Your Voice|There's a Story in Your Voice]]' with Lucinda, Elvis turned to me with this look and said, 'Oh, man,'" Herring recalls. "He was so thrilled to hear her voice. I've worked with different people — artists who sell plenty of records — and it was nice to be around someone in Elvis' position who's still excited to wake up and make music. He really, really loves music in a way that's pure and straight from the heart." | ||
Costello did four shows in Oxford right before he started recording. "When we rehearsed, the stuff sounded one way, but by the time we recorded it, the material had a whole other life,'' Herring says. "Airing the songs out in front of people gave him a lot of confidence." | Costello did four shows in Oxford right before he started recording. "When we rehearsed, the stuff sounded one way, but by the time we recorded it, the material had a whole other life,'' Herring says. "Airing the songs out in front of people gave him a lot of confidence." |
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