American Sound sessions (2008 article)

[The fool]

American Idol
by David Marchese
Waxpoetics No 30, 2008

[drjohncarpenter]

Thank you for sharing this with us.

What a lovely article by David Marchese. He writes regularly and well for New York magazine, among others (Vulture, Spin, Salon.com, Village Voice, Guilt & Pleasure, Pitchfork, PopMatters).

http://nymag.com/author/David%20Marchese/
http://www.beyond.com/71D768F9-77EE-483D-A09B-B72EC8EC9C6E

His American Sound overview, "American Idol," is spot-on, and very readable. The photos are gorgeous, too. These lines from Marchese's essay really jumped out:

The Colonel's preference for Nashville was derived from a preference for making money.

"Chips understood Elvis," says (Jim) Dickinson. "They were both Southern guys who grew up poor, listening to country, gospel, and R&B. He knew what would work for Elvis; he knew what would move him. Because of that, Chips could get the best out of Elvis."

Prior to working with Moman, Elvis had been inclined to take a sing-it-and-run approach in the studio, with the sloth having set in to such a degrees that rather than make extra work, (Felton) Jarvis kept quiet even when Elvis flubbed notes. But Moman was different.

If OK, I am going to add this topic link and a photo from it to my recent Chips Moman topic.

Thanks again!

[The fool]

If OK, I am going to add this topic link and a photo from it to my recent Chips Moman topic.

Thanks again!

You´re welcome. And it´s ok.

[Juan Luis]

Thanks for posting The fool. Very interesting.

[vinelvis]

Thanks for posting!

[The fool]

Thanks for posting The fool. Very interesting.

Thanks for posting!

You are welcome, Juan Luis and vinelvis.

[Jukes fan]

Thank you for posting this amazing article. Sadly American is no longer standing, what a shame. Chips was just the sort of Producer Elvis needed. I drove around there on a trip to Memphis and it was a vacant lot. Even more of a shame is the fact Elvis never got to record there again. I disagree though with the authors "writing off" Elvis' Stax work in its entirety, there were a few great tracks recorded there IMHO. Oh well .... thanks again for sharing.

By the way there is a book on America Studios I saw on Amazon called "Memphis Boys: The Story of American Studios".

Fergus

[The fool]

Thank you for posting this amazing article.

You´re welcome, Jukes fan.

[James27]

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