I imagine Todd isn't worn out at all. Utopia drummer Willie Wilcox is
a neighbor and friend of mine and he reports that Todd is as vibrant as
ever. Doing the work inspires one to keep going. After 2300
commercials, several band albums, dozens of independant productions,
five albums worth of solo material and a bunch of shitty movies, I
found enough in the tank to burp out TFOF and I'm more inspired than
ever. As Emile Zola said, "The artist is nothing without the gift, but
the gift is nothing without the work."
We just sold our A-800 with low hours on it for under 5k! Honestly,
unless you have 24 channels of Dolby SR, it's not the best format for
quiet genres. Now 2" 16-track running at 30ips is another
story...there's your beefy format!
Fritz
-----Original Message-----
From: ceccles_ca <
ecclesreinson@...>
To:
Mellotronists@yahoogroups.comSent: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 17:03:37 -0000
Subject: [Mellotronists] Re: Todd & The New Cars
With about 40 LP's worth of tunes since 1968 (solo albums, Nazz and
Utopia albums) Rundgren must be just about worn out. (The Worn-Out
Cars!)
In his spare time, when he wasn't on the road, he produced stuff for
Sparks, XTC, Badfinger, Steve Hillage, Hall and Oates, Paul
Butterfield Blues Band, Janis Joplin, The Psychedelic Furs, Jesse
Winchester, Grand Funk, The Pursuit of Happiness, Meat Loaf, Patti
Smith, James Cotton, Rick Derringer, New York Dolls, Lords of the
New Church, Jim Steinman, The Tubes, Tom Robinson Band, Bad
Religion, Cheap Trick, Shaun Cassidy, and others but I'm tired of
typing.
My point is, this guy has too much time on his hands... We gotta get
him......a woman!
P.S.
The Turtle Creek Barn is for sale. A lot of great stuff has been
recorded there. I see a big honkin' Studer A-800 in the barn.
http://www.bearsvillestudios.com/Clay
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