JEFF SLATE ON INTERVIEWING DYLAN, INTERACTING WITH TOWNSHEND, AND HIS NEW ALBUM (FEATURING HIS DAVE STEWART-PRODUCED SINGLE)
JEFF SLATE ON INTERVIEWING DYLAN, INTERACTING WITH TOWNSHEND, AND HIS NEW ALBUM (FEATURING HIS DAVE STEWART-PRODUCED SINGLE) by Harold Lepidus (Boston Harold Video Podcast, February 28, 2024)
Musician/journalist Jeff Slate should be no stranger to anyone reading this. In addition to interviewing just about every major rock musician over the years, from Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page to Chrissie Hynde and Janelle Monae to Noel Gallagher and Paul Weller, he has also written the liner notes for recent box sets by Bob Dylan, the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and the Rolling Stones. He is the co-author of The Authorized Biography of Roy Orbison, and interviewed Roger McGuinn and Margo Price in Tulsa, OK, at recent Bob Dylan Center-related events. He is also a frequent guest on SiriusXM.
(Courtesy Jeff Slate/Credit Bob Gruen)
Slate is a musician in his own right. From his time with his bands The Badge and Mindless Thinkers to his recent solo career, as well as his tribute shows celebrating the music of Dylan, Tom Petty, George Harrison, and (collectively) the Traveling Wilburys, among others, Slate has been cultivating a following of his own.
I invited Mr. Slate to talk about his upcoming album, The Last Day of Summer (Schnitzel Records, May 17), featuring the Dave Stewart co-produced single, “(Broken) Without You” (out now), as well his recent interviews with The Who’s Pete Townshend - and an upcoming archival release with a Townshend connection - and with an up-and-coming protest singer from Hibbing, Minnesota.
Below you can find links to my previous interview with Slate from 2020, as well as other relevant sites.
Jeff Slate (with Leo Gillis), Lowdown, Tulsa, 5/5/23: “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door.”
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The Last Day of Summer Tracklist
1 Heartbreak
2 World of Your Love
3 The Last Day of Summer
4 Till New York City Dies
5 Movin' On
6 The Poacher (Remastered)
7 (Broken) Without You
8 Man on the Moon
9 All Our Dreams
10 Drowning Slowly
11 Movin' On (Single Version) [Bonus Track]
12 Heartbreak (Single Version) [Bonus Track]
13 (Broken) Without You (Dave Stewart Version) [Bonus Track]
14 Heartbreak (Stripped Version) [Bonus Track]
Musicians include Earl Slick, Duff McKagan, and members of Paul Weller’s band and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds.
