Amazing LEO article/Patrick Hallahan Interview!

[BH]

http://leoweekly.com/?q=node/7509

This is my favorite part.  These emotional moments are what makes music "do it" for me as well.

LEO: What performers influenced you in terms of putting on a show?

PH: Well, there's the obvious answers to that, watching the Keith Moons and John Bonhams, and they were a huge part of how I looked at approaching a rhythm section. Watching Stevie Wonder play, watching the music take over his body. I think there's a certain conduit that runs through people, from wherever that great musical source is in the sky, and you just watch it hit people. You know when the flow's going through that conduit, you could see it through Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, when people close their eyes and lose themselves, their mouth's open, their head's movin', they're lost in the moment. I get off on watching performers like that, that aren't necessarily putting on a show, but are so into what they're doing that they don't care what facial expression, or what they're doing. I think watching those people play like that made me realize that it's all right to lose yourself. It's kind of like — this is a silly comparison — but watching old clips of Michael Jordan, and you see him sticking out his tongue when he's going up for this beautiful dunk, flashes of cameras everywhere. He's not thinking, "I'm going up to this dunk, and I'm going to stick my tongue out." That is the point when the conduit goes through his head, and he's not thinking. It's this beautiful moment, where he's gonna make this happen. I wanted to feel that conduit.

[YouAre_GivenToFly]

Really awesome interview

[Kory]

yes, this was a great read! Getting the intern to go pick up a physical copy now...

[Love Dogg]

yes, this was a great read! Getting the intern to go pick up a physical copy now...

Better have the intern grab a Velocity as well, because there is a throwback to MMJ-an interview with several people who know or have known MMJ, including Danny Cash and others.  Somehow Guetig got left out, but it's very nostalgic.  

[The Drake]

This article makes me want to hear the Evil Urges Demos.  I was really hoping that they would release them as a bonus package like they did with At Dawn.  Maybe someday...

[Kory]

yes, this was a great read! Getting the intern to go pick up a physical copy now...

Better have the intern grab a Velocity as well, because there is a throwback to MMJ-an interview with several people who know or have known MMJ, including Danny Cash and others.  Somehow Guetig got left out, but it's very nostalgic.  

we got crappy interns... I didn't get anything. I haven't even seen him since I said to go get one...

[Love Dogg]

yes, this was a great read! Getting the intern to go pick up a physical copy now...

Better have the intern grab a Velocity as well, because there is a throwback to MMJ-an interview with several people who know or have known MMJ, including Danny Cash and others.  Somehow Guetig got left out, but it's very nostalgic.  

we got crappy interns... I didn't get anything. I haven't even seen him since I said to go get one...

Well, maybe when you stop after work to get a 6-pack of PBR, you can grab one then.

[Kory]

shit, I need a sixer of Two Hearted to wipe away this week...

[Love Dogg]

shit, I need a sixer of Two Hearted to wipe away this week...

;D

You said "sixer."


AND "Two Hearted."

[Kory]

did I hear a niner?

[The DARK]

 :o What a great interview.

[ms. yvon]

did I hear a niner?

;D

wow!  terrific interview!

patrick's grandma was in a lounge act.  how rad is that?

[weeniebeenie]

Nice!

[Love Dogg]

did I hear a niner?

Get off the walkie-talkie...the frequency is interupting my radio.  :-/

[MMJ_fanatic]

http://leoweekly.com/?q=node/7509

This is my favorite part.  These emotional moments are what makes music "do it" for me as well.

LEO: What performers influenced you in terms of putting on a show?

PH: Well, there's the obvious answers to that, watching the Keith Moons and John Bonhams, and they were a huge part of how I looked at approaching a rhythm section. Watching Stevie Wonder play, watching the music take over his body. I think there's a certain conduit that runs through people, from wherever that great musical source is in the sky, and you just watch it hit people. You know when the flow's going through that conduit, you could see it through Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, when people close their eyes and lose themselves, their mouth's open, their head's movin', they're lost in the moment. I get off on watching performers like that, that aren't necessarily putting on a show, but are so into what they're doing that they don't care what facial expression, or what they're doing. I think watching those people play like that made me realize that it's all right to lose yourself. It's kind of like — this is a silly comparison — but watching old clips of Michael Jordan, and you see him sticking out his tongue when he's going up for this beautiful dunk, flashes of cameras everywhere. He's not thinking, "I'm going up to this dunk, and I'm going to stick my tongue out." That is the point when the conduit goes through his head, and he's not thinking. It's this beautiful moment, where he's gonna make this happen. I wanted to feel that conduit.

Reminds me of the Keith Richards quote Scott Weiland mentioned when I saw STP about musicians being antenna for the conduction of the music that sticks with us (paraphrased).