FANTASTIC Tim Interview

[GlennLover]

Wow, I just listened to this great interview with Tim. All about Expando & many other things. He answers many of the questions that we have wondered about, incuding the story about why his hand was bandaged in some of the Expando pics. Have a listen, it's a long one :partytime:!

http://www.wmgk.com/Audio/tabid/209/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/3318/Timothy-B-Schmit-Interview.aspx

Soda, please merge this thread with another if you think it should be. I was just so blown away with the interview that I had to at least start it in a new thread.

[timfan]

Great find GL! I'm listening to it right now!

[GlennLover]

I know that you'll enjoy it!

[luvthelighthouse]

This interviewer was good! She actually listened to Timothy and responded to his answers. So many interviewers have a list of questions and don't really pay any attention to what the person says. She actually asked TBS one of "my" questions. (From the thread of if you could ask the guys 5 questions)... she asked about what he tells his kids about the music industry. :)

He's so sweet, the way he speaks of Goerge Grantham made the hair on my arms stand up.

Long interview, 40 mins... but it was great!

[sodascouts]

Terrific interview!!

[cynd1231]

What an absolutely fabulous interview! I think Timothy shared a great deal of insight about himself here -- thanks to a gifted intervierwer who knew all the right questions to ask. I was particularly touched by his comments about his own children and his response to the last question about what he'd be doing if he weren't a musician. Thanks to WMGK 102.9 in Philly. Kudos!!

[sodascouts]

I was touched by that answer too, Cynd. Tim seems like such an amazing guy on a personal level as well as a musical level.

Two close calls, once with his voice, one with his hand... it is seriously by the grace of God that he's still able to perform for us!

[TimothyBFan]

First off-- Thank you GL so much for posting this!!! Fantastic stuff!!

I listened to it twice this morning while doing real life stuff AND took notes. :hilarious:

Some general observations about the interview overall...

~One of the best interviews I've ever heard with an Eagle. The interviewer really knew her stuff and asked great questions and listened and drew him out of his answers. Kudos to her.

~Timothy was genuinely funny. Loved some of the random stuff, such as when his family "got the Expando trailer it was like living in a castle" and the whole dog bite thing how he's "learned to not mess with a dog and food" and "he went after a cake". Made him even more personable.

The more interesting things to me that we found out thru this interview...

~He still doesn't feel his voice is completely back. Wow, could of fooled me!

~When asked about playing the small rooms, loved how he said it was like "being naked" and being "able to see everybody there". To me this says that he must of been pretty nervous to do this, especially since he stressed more than once that it was all new to him to be out there solo.

~When talking about how much he wants Allison Kraus to play on one of his projects he mentioned seeing her and Robert Plant walking into the CMAs and knowing the Eagles were going against them in a category and how he thought "wonder who's gonna win this one?". Funny stuff!

~We now know he is doing his own Twitter, etc... (I'm sure he has some help :)) and when he said, "that reminds me, it's time for a new tweet".

~One of my favorite parts is while he was talking about Top Of The Stairs. No one really talks about that particular song so that was funny that she brought it up. Love the way he explained how they kept layering the voices and when asked how many layers, he said "30 somethingeze". WOW-amazing--and they are all him!

~Talking about the first time he heard something he sang on on the radio was Ricki Don't Lose That Number by Steely Dan and being asked to do more on Pretzel Logic. You can tell that was a real meaningful experience for him.

~Finally, like cynd, loved the whole would work with kids thing and the story he told about working at the school for the mentally retarded and spending more time than he had to doing so. Since I work with kids myself, that just gave me a little tug at the heart to know that we do have that in common. Silly, I know.

Now the part about working with so many others has motivated me to do something I have been wanting to do for quite awhile. I am going to do my best to download everything he has ever been on. I've got a pretty good start to this and even have a lot of the albums he's simply done a little background work on "just because he did" (my record show vendors love me for this!). With the help of TBSO, I shall trudge on and get it done. It will be a real chore, finding all of them and listening to his voice or bass on each of them, but a girl has to do what she has to do. :hilarious:

[Brooke]

What a great interview! Tim sounded so natural and at ease. And the interviewer must be a fan or she really did her homework. Unusual these days, huh?

The part about Jade East was funny to me. I remember as a kid my older brother getting Jade East cologne for Christmas. It was very popular here back then!

And how lucky was he with the surf board incident or the dog bite? Yikes!

Now, Tim, you mentioned Washington DC, Boston and Philadelphia for shows. Those cities are not in the Midwest. I need to hear St. Louis, Kansas City or anywhere in Missouri or Illinois! Iowa even! Pretty please?! I'll even make a banana cake for you! :lol:

[tbs fanatic]

Okay, I'm listening right now :)

[tbs fanatic]

Oh, loved it. A very relaxed and entertaining Tim. Great find. Thanks.

[Prettymaid]

I finally got a chance to listen to this interview. It was a good one. Since I was able to see him perform in Chicago, it was interesting to hear him describe how he felt being onstage as a solo artist in a small room. I was shocked to hear him list Jennifer Warren, Linda Ronstadt and Allison Kraus as his first choice for backups on Secular Praise. Wouldn't that have made it entirely different? Wow!

[Cheyenne]

I've just listened to this... Only a few years late to the party!

I died a little bit when Tim mentioned working with the special needs kids. Imagine a 20 something year old guy doing that these days!

[tjh532]

I've just listened to this... Only a few years late to the party!

I died a little bit when Tim mentioned working with the special needs kids. Imagine a 20 something year old guy doing that these days!

Hi Cheyenne - I tried to listen to this interview a little while back, but when I clicked the link it said the file couldn't be found. Is there any other way I could hear it? Maybe I need to use a different browser?
Anyone out there with an idea of how to listen to it?

[Cheyenne]

Hi, here is a link (http://www.wmgk.com/shows/kathy-wagner/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10091450)

It's split in to 11 parts, part 10 is where he mentions what he would do if he wasn't a musician :)

[tjh532]

Thank you! I googled the radio station + Timothy B Schmit and got a link to a later interview she did with him which is also really good. Thanks for the link!

[Roxy's Eyes]

GL thanks for posting this and Cheyenne thanks for the second link. Great interview. It’s always good to learn new things about TBS and there were quite a few things in this one I didn’t know.

[bluefeather]

Yay great listening to this interview, thanks!:grin:

[secret squirrel]

Wow, I just listened to this great interview with Tim. All about Expando & many other things. He answers many of the questions that we have wondered about, incuding the story about why his hand was bandaged in some of the Expando pics. Have a listen, it's a long one :partytime:!

http://www.wmgk.com/Audio/tabid/209/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/3318/Timothy-B-Schmit-Interview.aspx

I just tried to listen to this - first time I've had the chance - and it brings up:

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Sorry, the file you have requested cannot be found. Please check your link and try again.


Any ideas?


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[secret squirrel]

Sorry - ignore that last message - just saw the other link.

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[secret squirrel]

Wow, I just listened to this great interview with Tim. All about Expando & many other things. He answers many of the questions that we have wondered about, incuding the story about why his hand was bandaged in some of the Expando pics. Have a listen, it's a long one :partytime:!

http://www.wmgk.com/Audio/tabid/209/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/3318/Timothy-B-Schmit-Interview.aspx

Me again. Finally listened to all 12 parts of this and what a great interview. The interviewer has done her research, is really genuine sounding in her interest without being obsequious plus she’s actually been to see TBS’s show already. The questions she asks prompt great stories from Timothy (the surfboard accident, the dog bite, the work with kids) and she seems really simpatico. He’s adorable of course.

Thanks for posting!

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