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Interview 1: JOHN HIATT: I think of artists like Neil Young who's somebody I admire and I kind of think of you in that vain of well, that was a sort of solo acoustic record, this is a rock record. What next? That's kind of, to me it?s kind of exciting to wonder what you?re going to come up with for the next record. Do you have any kind of notions? PATTY GRIFFIN: Yeah I do. I have a great band right now that I tour with and ? JOHN HIATT: Is that who's going to be doing the show with you today? PATTY GRIFFIN: Yeah. And I'm really hoping to use them a lot in the studio to work with. It will be interesting to see how it turns out working with a lot of people who are playing after having spent, you know, months on the road with me and know me really well, you know, in the past it?s always been hi, how are you doing? This will be your bass player today so, it will be a little different that way and I think, you know, we might be able to come up with some really fun stuff. JOHN HIATT: Can you tell us the names of these folks that are playing with you today? PATTY GRIFFIN: Yeah. I have a rhythm section that originated out of Boston with this band called the Immortals. JOHN HIATT: Oh yeah. Absolutely. PATTY GRIFFIN: Yeah. And it's Bill Beard on drums and Frank Swort who since has moved on to the West Coast but, on the bass. And then I have my Nashville section, the guitar player, Doug Lancio. Good friend of Jay Joyce. That's how I hooked up with him and he played a little bit on my, on Flaming Red, the record. And keyboard player John Deaderick, also our resident comedian. JOHN HIATT: All right. You need one of those. PATTY GRIFFIN: Yeah. He's great. JOHN HIATT: What's it like being out on the road now as opposed to when you, you know, we did some shows together, I think you touring Living With Ghosts or were about to ? PATTY GRIFFIN: Yeah. JOHN HIATT: And we were doing some solo shows. PATTY GRIFFIN: Really fun. Yeah. JOHN HIATT: What's the difference now? Or differences I'm sure there's more than one. PATTY GRIFFIN: I just feel like I've gotten all these new paints, you know, to work with and like these new brushes and I don?t know how to use them. Like when I first started I didn't know how to use any of them and I was just kind of, you know, and now I'm starting to understand a lot more about how this all works and how it can enhance what I do cause I had a lot of reservations about that, you know. My performance originally with the band was really, I was following along with the record and didn't really know how to, you know, sit myself in what they were doing and we've gone through some changes, personnel changes and it's starting to really wrap around what I do beautifully and it?s just fun. It's nice to have that support out there. Interview 2: JOHN HIATT: I like what you mentioned about arrangements. For me, writing a song and then hearing a band play it and get a hold of it and take it somewhere is like one of the more exciting parts of being a songwriter to me. Do you enjoy that part of it? Just hearing what a group of musicians can come up with? Playing a song that you've written. PATTY GRIFFIN: Yeah. I actually have sprung a few new things on them in the last year. JOHN HIATT: Like on the road? PATTY GRIFFIN: Yeah. And they just you know, it's just glorious. JOHN HIATT: It's like throwing dogs fresh meat isn't it when you throw them a new song. PATTY GRIFFIN: Yeah. They're so excited. JOHN HIATT: I like that.
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