by Paul T. Mueller –Let’s hope that Levi Lowrey’s debut CD, I Confess I Was a Fool, is at least partly a work of imagination and not completely autobiographical. It’s easy to imagine that the excesses he writes and sings about so well might cut short his promising career, if not his life, and that would be a real loss…
Tin Pan South Festival: Jimmy Webb, Jack Tempchin and Felix Cavaliere
By Ken Paulson –Tin Pan South is a weeklong festival in Nashville featuring fine songwriters and engaging songs, but there was no question that the event’s epicenter was at 3rd and Lindsley tonight, as pop and rock songwriting royalty performed. Felix Cavaliere of the Rascals took the stage first, and he remains in astonishingly fine voice. He began with “It’s…
Tin Pan South: Peter Yarrow, Roger Cook, Larry Weiss, Michael McDermott
One of the opening shows on opening night of Tin Pan South in Nashville featured three songwriters with some of the best copyrights in popular music. Roger Cook, Peter Yarrow, Larry Weiss and Michael McDermott showcased their catalogs at the Listening Room Café. McDermott acknowledged that he was the poorest of the four and the only one without a monster…
Larry Weiss on “Rhinestone Cowboy” and songwriting
Larry Weiss, the songwriter behind “Rhinestone Cowboy” and “Bend Me, Shape Me” appeared at this year’s Tin Pan South Festival along with Roger Cook and Peter Yarrow. In this interivew, he talks about writing his biggest hits. listen to ‘Larry Weiss interview’ on Audioboo