I had been raised on country and western in Missouri. But gospel was great. |
Garry Trudeau put me in the Doonesbury strip many years ago. So I've been a cartoon once. |
Most studios in Memphis had a house set of drums; the drummers just brought their own sticks. |
I lived in a hotel across the street from Disneyland for a month. |
My favorite moment of the whole thing was when John Belushi suggested that I get a hold of all the blues records I could so I could research the music. |
I could have gone on to be an engineer full time, except that there was more demand for my playing. But the love of working the board never leaves you. |
Memphis is in a very lucky position on the map. Everything just gravitated to Memphis for years. |
My ears won't fool me. Even when I do a session on digital, we still warm it up somewhere in the process, in mastering or mixing, running the signal through some tubes somewhere. |
Lorne finally said, Do the Blues Brothers thing. The response was amazing. People went nuts. |