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glenneaglesfan
09-27-2007, 06:15 AM
J D Souther is currently touring in the UK. He is in Manchester tonight. "How Long" gets a mention here:

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/music/rock_and_pop/s/1017755_academy_date_for_jd

These two articles are also worth a look, with some Eagles references.

http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2007/09/21/travelling-man-64375-19822752/

http://www.thisisyork.co.uk/whatson/music/newsreviews/display.var.1705074.0.preview_j_d_souther_national _centre_for_early_music_york_september_22.php

I haven't been able to find a tour schedule. If only he would come down to Exeter or Plymouth, I'd get a chance to see him.

Brooke
09-27-2007, 11:08 AM
Interesting article, gef. I liked the "first new Eagles single since the beginning of the Ice Age" part! :nod:

It seems JD is content to write and is very happy about his long time association with the guys. And it's interesting that his own version of How Long is on his new VBO album! :hmm:

I hope he comes your way. I would love to see him, too! 8)

sodascouts
09-27-2007, 11:35 AM
Thanks for posting those!

You can find tour dates at his official site:

http://www.jdsoutheronline.com

He's canceled quite a few. I hope all is well.

Glennsallnighter
09-27-2007, 04:29 PM
Very interesting articles GEF which I enjoyed reading. Thanks for them. :D

sodascouts
09-27-2007, 05:34 PM
You know, I would like to meet JD Souther, and get him to sign my Longbranch Pennywhistle album! I could have like the only fully autographed Longbranch Pennywhistle album in existence! lol

DonFan
09-27-2007, 05:43 PM
Souther lives in Nashville--think he will come to the CMA awards ceremony to hear the guys play his song?

.......Nah, probably not.

Although they may get together while they are in town.
Oh, to be a fly on the wall in that room! :shock:

Ive always been a dreamer
09-27-2007, 05:49 PM
Wow - I didn't know that Souther lives in Nashville. There is a good possibility that he just may attend. Soda - maybe you'd better rethink this, and head on down to Nashville with that Longbranch Pennywhistle album. :wink:

And GEF - that would be so cool if you could manage to see him.

SweetHolly
09-27-2007, 09:05 PM
GEF, that would be great if J.D. comes your way and you could see him in concert.

Nancy, that would be so cool if you could meet him and get him to autograph your Longbranch Pennywhistle album. Has Glenn already signed it?

Brooke
09-28-2007, 10:07 AM
You know, I would like to meet JD Souther, and get him to sign my Longbranch Pennywhistle album! I could have like the only fully autographed Longbranch Pennywhistle album in existence! lol

Now that would be cool!

And it looks as if he doesn't have a concert date for Nov. 7! This calls for deep contemplation! :P

glenneaglesfan
09-28-2007, 03:13 PM
Thanks for the tour list, Soda. Nearest is Bristol, but we're committed that weekend. :( I'm not sure why the first few concerts have been cancelled on the official website - they all looked as if they were going ahead according to the local press.

sodascouts
09-28-2007, 03:25 PM
Nancy, that would be so cool if you could meet him and get him to autograph your Longbranch Pennywhistle album. Has Glenn already signed it?

Yes, he was kind enough to sign it a couple years ago at Pebble Beach.

SweetHolly
09-28-2007, 10:39 PM
Nancy, that would be so cool if you could meet him and get him to autograph your Longbranch Pennywhistle album. Has Glenn already signed it?

Yes, he was kind enough to sign it a couple years ago at Pebble Beach.
Awesome Nancy! :D 8)

Brooke
10-16-2007, 11:09 AM
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music-gigs/article3008269.ece

Interesting interview with JD. Several Eagles mentions.

glenneaglesfan
10-16-2007, 11:56 AM
That's a nice interview, Brooke. Thanks for posting the link. His new album sounds interesting. I quite like the Miles Davis sound.

Glennsallnighter
10-17-2007, 04:44 AM
Country mix interviewed him last week when he visited Ireland. As they publicised the interview earlier that day I managed to catch most of the interview on tape. I'll be sending it to Nancy (when I get 2 mins to myself to make a copy!) and she might be able to put it up.

Ive always been a dreamer
10-17-2007, 09:36 AM
Thanks ladies for all of your homework about J.D. - very interesting stuff.

Brooke
10-17-2007, 10:01 AM
I had no idea that JD did some acting. I loved thirtysomething back in the day. Now which one was JD? This will require more research! :)

Brooke
10-17-2007, 10:15 AM
Ok, just did some snooping. JD has done quite a bit of acting. He was only in 5 episodes of thirtysomething, so not really one of the regulars.

Here's more:

http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0816103/

Who knew?! :D

Brooke
05-20-2008, 09:41 AM
Just got this interesting note from JD's website:

Hi Friends,

Just wanted to let everyone know that India.Arie's version of 'The Heart of the Matter' by Don Henley, Mike Campbell, and JD Souther, is featured in the trailer for Sex and the City: The Movie. It will also be included in the soundtrack for the film.

For more information visit:

www.sexandthecitymovie.com

thelongrun
05-20-2008, 01:19 PM
Cool thanks!

sodascouts
05-20-2008, 02:03 PM
I've been hearing that on the commercials. More royalties for JD! He must think the cover's decent, at least.

Speaking of JD, I was in the car today listening to my iPod and his song "Fifteen Bucks" came on. One of the lines in the song talks about how if only he had fifteen bucks, he'd be able to put some gas in his car and have some fun. Fifteen bucks' worth of gas wouldn't get him too far now!

Mrs Frey
05-21-2008, 02:40 AM
LOL, Soda! That's so true!

Thanks for the info, Brooke.

I was at our local mall on Sunday, and while browsing through a clothing shop, India.Arie's version of HOTM came on the radio. I cringed (sorry all India.Arie fans) and started singing loudly along - in the Don Henley way! I don't think too many people heard me, but whether they heard or not didn't matter to me - I just kept wishing they had played Don's version!

Brooke
05-21-2008, 09:28 AM
I very much prefer Don's version, too.

tbs fanatic
05-21-2008, 12:55 PM
I like India but have to say prefer Don's version also.

Glennsallnighter
05-21-2008, 05:01 PM
I'm with Don's version of this as well.

Freypower
05-21-2008, 07:42 PM
I'm afraid I'm slightly less tolerant, because I was in a fast food shop last week, heard this version, and had to use all my self control to stop myself walking out. I don't think I've ever heard a cover version sung with less understanding or feeling for the lyrics.

Mrs Frey
05-22-2008, 02:16 AM
I can understand your lack of tolerance, FP - that's precisely why I sang along... so I didn't have to listen to the singing! :lol:

Freypower
08-14-2008, 07:20 PM
Here is undercover.com.au's story on Souther's new album:

http://undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=5989

But to say Souther 'wrote' BOML, HT and NKIT is as inaccurate as saying Felder 'wrote' HC. I suspect that he may have written most of NKIT, much as I hate to admit that.

I am not really a Souther fan. I find his voice too bland, but I accept that he is part of Eagles history.

thelongrun
08-14-2008, 07:42 PM
I already have 4 of those Songs, and yes, is a good work, even when I like his Music more into Country way than Jazzy.

By the way his Site still is Under Const. but there you can download a 100% quality file of his How long, that´s his not-soft side, notice is from 1972, turn it up the man is good! 8)

http://www.jdsoutheronline.com/splash.php

Mrs Henley
08-15-2008, 09:31 AM
I love Don his version.

sodascouts
08-17-2008, 07:33 PM
I just heard "Last in Love" yesterday in the car and JD's voice was beautifully evocative in it. What a great song - melody, lyrics, delivery, everything. Love it.

I'm still determined to get his sig on my Longbranch Pennywhistle album someday!

Mrs Henley
08-21-2008, 01:31 PM
According to JD Souther's website (after you're registerd and you end at the page where you can download How Long):
'If The World Was You' JD Souther's new album!
Coming this fall!

WooHoo! :D

TimothyBFan
08-22-2008, 08:13 AM
Wow-a new album. I was never a big fan of his solo stuff. I know that he is a fantastic songwriter tho. I wonder if this one will be more bluesy or country rock and why, after all these years he has decided to put out another album. Hasn't it been well over a decade since he last released any solo stuff?

Mrs Henley
08-22-2008, 10:03 AM
It's really a long time ago indeed.
Actually I was never a fan of him, but JD's webmaster contacted me ones and send me some songs :)

Freypower
08-22-2008, 07:38 PM
Note from moderator:

I merged the new topic on J.D. Souther's new album into the existing topic.

Mrs Henley
08-23-2008, 11:48 AM
OK :)!

thelongrun
10-10-2008, 02:29 PM
Finally people! Today I just found the Site is up and running:

http://jdsouther.net/main.htm

And it gets even better:

http://www.amazon.com/World-Was-You-J-D-Souther/dp/B001F7XITW

I'm a happy guy :blueblob:

sodascouts
10-10-2008, 02:59 PM
Ooh, he's touring! I hope he comes my way!

Ive always been a dreamer
10-10-2008, 07:59 PM
Thanks for that, tlr. I would like to see him, too. Soda, if you ever get a chance to see J.D. live - don't forget that Longbranch Pennywhistle album so he can sign it! :wink:

sodascouts
10-11-2008, 11:21 AM
I don't know if he does the autograph thing, but I'm sure gonna try.

Just found a story about him in the Los Angeles Times: JD Souther Is Back in the Saddle Again (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-souther11-2008oct11,0,5699517.story).

He mentions how he was almost an Eagle when asked, although he seems a bit reluctant to discuss them!

MikeA
10-11-2008, 12:43 PM
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sodascouts
10-11-2008, 02:34 PM
Nov. 20 Chicago - I'm there!!!

Mrs Henley
10-11-2008, 02:37 PM
Soda enjoy! :D

I'm wishing and praying and asking JD if he wants to come to Europe.

sodascouts
10-11-2008, 02:50 PM
I sure hope he plays The Last in Love.

Mrs Henley
10-11-2008, 03:35 PM
Yeh, I'm hoping that too for you!

Or How Long would be also cool!

MikeA
10-11-2008, 05:48 PM
Nov. 20 Chicago - I'm there!!!

I'm sure you'd catch it, but I think that Chicago is 11/23. I believe 11/20 is Cleveland.

Mrs Henley
10-11-2008, 05:51 PM
I'm sure you'd catch it, but I think that Chicago is 11/23. I believe 11/20 is Cleveland.

Cleveland is the 19th.

sodascouts
10-11-2008, 05:52 PM
No, it's the 20th. Minneapolis is on the 23rd. The alignment is just funky in the post. You can check it out on JD Souther's MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/jdsouthermusic).

MikeA
10-11-2008, 05:55 PM
No, it's the 20th. Minneapolis is on the 23rd. The alignment is just funky in the post. You can check it out on JD Souther's MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/jdsouthermusic).


Oh, I believe you! I just cut and pasted that "spreadsheet" type format that Pollstar uses. I posted dates for Jackson Browne too.

MikeA
10-14-2008, 12:44 PM
I don't know if this will post. I got it in email but I'll try:


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New Album available now online and in stores


After 24 years, JD Souther returns with his first studio album in twenty-five: IF THE WORLD WAS YOU.

IF THE WORLD WAS YOU is both a bold step forward and a return to Souther's Amarillo, Texas roots, where the young multi-instrumentalist grew up listening closely to Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, and steeped in the improvisational sensibilities of John Coltrane, Thelonius Monk and Miles Davis as well as in the music of country and rock pioneers Hank Williams, Buddy Holly, and Roy Orbison, all of whose influences are evident.Recorded live in the studio fronting a five-piece ensemble, two horns, piano, bass, and drums, Souther has crafted an inventive new musical setting for his characteristically playful and literate musings on life, love, and politics. The work of a musician at the height of his considerable powers, IF THE WORLD WAS YOU is whip-smart, adventurous, seductive, and shot through with the sublime longing that characterizes Souther's finest work. And his voice -- one of the most plaintive and soulful in rock 'n roll -- has never sounded so immediate and so powerful.

IF THE WORLD WAS YOU is the long awaited return of a master singer/songwriter as well as the birth of a new and relevant artist who's creating music that is absolutely essential and entirely his own.

Twenty-five years in the making, JD Souther's triumphant return with IF THE WORLD WAS YOU has most definitely been worth the wait.





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New Tour Dates Added

12/5 - Cactus Cafe - Austin, TX
12/10 - Acoustic Music San Diego - San Diego, CA



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Reminder to Nashville Fans

I just wanted to make sure everyone knew about JD's show today at Grimey's Record Store in Nashville.

The show starts at 6pm. JD will be performing a thirty minute set with his band.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Thanks for your continued support.

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tbs fanatic
10-14-2008, 01:19 PM
I also got an email about this today from Amazon. I had a listen and I liked it. Too bad he's not touring in my area :-(

lyin' eyes
10-14-2008, 01:30 PM
So he will be in Austin on 12/5? is that correct? at the cactus cafe.

If so.. Im going!

sodascouts
10-23-2008, 02:28 AM
Speaking of Souther, just found this on YouTube:

JD Souther does Doolin-Dalton (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPiJdlwqWqw)

Some different lyrical choices. It's interesting.

MikeA
10-24-2008, 08:27 PM
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Hey everyone,



Great first week thanks to the superb team here and especially to you; all of you. CD's are selling out, we're adding shows, and the two disc vinyl edition (due for the Holidays here) looks great and sounds fat and real...you know; like vinyl.



Here's the first really gone piece of response to the new work. Rich Dutch chocolate art. It used to be panties and poems. On occasion, both. Oh, well. Time passes. Things change. Anyway I love it and thanks go to Marjan Klink in The Netherlands and to her friends who came with her to the show in London last year. We'll see you all soon. It takes time to get around the world but that's where we're going.

I may throw down a little poetry from time to time as it's a more natural and less stilted form of expression for me.

Obviously I couldn't do it without you,
JD


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sodascouts
10-25-2008, 10:12 AM
How nice! I really should get that album!

MikeA
11-05-2008, 02:30 PM
There is probably another JD Souther thread somewhere with tour dates, but I couldn't find it right off the bat:

Sat 11/22/08 Omaha, NE

DonFan
11-07-2008, 09:02 AM
Reviews of J. D. Souther's new album and tour continue to be peppered with references to his deep connection to the Eagles. This one is out of a Philadelphia paper. J.D. calls one song on the new album "Henley's favorite"--now I definitely want to hear that one.
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J. D. Souther performs solo at Tin Angel on Sunday with a new album full of gems like the heartstruck, "I'll Be Here at Closing Time," the dripping-in-sarcasm "A Chorus of Your Own," exotic "Journey Down the Nile" and evocative "House of Pride." It's all reminiscent of stuff he recorded on his own or gave to his friends Don Henley and Glenn Frey to sing in the Eagles.

Truth is, Souther's been surviving quite comfortably, thanks, on the royalties for hits like "New Kid in Town," "Best of My Love," "Heartache Tonight" and "Victim of Love" - work that's all over the Eagles' 16-million-selling "Hotel California" and 40-million-sold greatest hits albums.
A heck of an annuity. The guy's also done well with covers recorded by everyone from one-time flame Linda Ronstadt to Roy Orbison (a big influence), Brian Wilson, Jimmy Buffett, Joe Cocker, George Strait, Joe Walsh, India.Arie, Brooks & Dunn, Warren Zevon, James Taylor . . . Yeah, the list just goes on and on. We caught up yesterday in a phone chat.

Q: Do you remember that we met once, eons ago, in the basement of the Main Point? I was a fledgling reporter. We were supposed to be doing an interview. But Ronstadt - then quite a hottie - was sitting next to you, casually scratching your chest with her long finger nails and staring at me with those big doe eyes as we tried to talk. I don't think either of us could concentrate.
A: (Laughing) I'm sure that was so. Boy, did I love the Point. A beautiful place in every way. I felt so at home there that I even looked into buying a house that was for sale in the neighborhood. I don't know what I was thinking. I didn't know anybody but the waitresses.

Q: I know you kind of gave up music for a spell for acting in movies like "Postcards From the Edge" and on TV shows like "thirtysomething." What finally got you back into writing?
A: I was in Cuba in 1998 with a bunch of songwriters under the aegis of Music Bridges. We were there to write with Cuban songwriters. I was sitting on the lawn at the Nacional Hotel and I started to write "Rain" [one of the songs on the new album]. That and a couple I'd previously started, like "Journey Down the Nile," now Henley's favorite, became the start of this project.

Q: I was struck by the jazzy, brassy orientation of the arrangements. Have you done stuff like that before?
A: There were some notable jazz players, like Stanley Clarke, on the "Black Rose" album in '76. But back then I was thinking guitars first, not horns. Truth is, this is a continuation of a whole life of music. I started playing violin at 10, then clarinet and saxophone and drums. I was a jazz drummer until I was 22. I never held a guitar until then. But guys like me and Henley - Texas transplants living in L.A. - were infatuated with the combination of country and rock-and-roll being done by bands like the Burrito Brothers, Dillard & Clark and Poco. So I started playing and writing on guitar. It was a lot easier than writing songs from a drum kit.

Q: Weren't you in the Eagles for about five minutes - at the very beginning, when they were Linda Ronstadt's backup band? A: True. Working in a group is not what I was best at. The day I decided I wasn't going to be in the Eagles, I don't know who was more relieved, them or me. I still prefer to make my own music, though I have to tell you, this new effort was such a cooperative venture, with these amazing players, and equal parts of structure and freedom. That's how the best music is made. You can't have one without the other.

sodascouts
11-13-2008, 01:46 PM
Another brief interview with JD Souther:

"Five Questions with JD Souther" (http://www.freep.com/article/20081113/ENT04/811130338/1035/rss04)

Can't believe I'm seeing him in just a few days!

Troubadour
11-13-2008, 01:57 PM
Thanks for posting that, Soda. I'm very envious, especially as it's such an intimate venue. I'm sure you'll have a fantastic evening. We expect a full report!

sodascouts
11-21-2008, 01:19 PM
Seeing JD Souther two days after the Eagles was a huge contrast - huge production and huge audiences to a one-man show in an intimate venue. Both shows were great!

It was an intimate venue indeed - basically, the back room of a small Irish pub. I'm not sure what the capacity was, but unfortunately, very few people were there. The set up was several small tables around a balcony, some tables and booths on the floor, and about ten rows of folding chairs, ten across. I would estimate it was about a third full. JD asked if it was the cold keeping everyone away - and it was DANG cold. It even got down to 14 degrees with wind chill before the night was through!

When my friend and I got there, the front row only had three people in it, and none of them were in the center (a lot of them were at tables eating)! We plopped down right there, of course! We noted with surprise that we were the only ones there under 40. Odd to feel young at my age. ;)

Still, JD enjoyed himself and said we were a great crowd - he called us the "elite group." lol His show was VERY laid back and casual. He played songs as they occurred to him, saying that he couldn't really remember the set list order. He also forgot the words to one of his newer songs, and asked for someone to bring the lyrics sheet up (I did wonder if that was a ploy to draw attention to his new album, though!)

He had no backing band - just three guitars and a piano. He tuned the guitars himself sometimes before - and in one case DURING a song (not missing a beat while doing it; just kept on trucking). His voice is amazing - just like on the records. He said he prided himself on not having to lower keys like a lot of his colleagues.

The Eagles came up in the context of "How Long," "New Kid in Town," and "Best of My Love," all of which he played. He also played an impromptu segment of "Doolin-Dalton," but not the whole song after teasing us to guess the Eagles song he was going to play next and taking everyone off-guard with the rarity! Regarding "How Long," he said that when Irving Azoff called to tell him that the Eagles were covering it, he replied, "Well, I guess I'll add it back to my setlist then." After "New Kid in Town," he said, "It took a long time to write that song. When we started it, we were writing about ourselves. By the time we finished it, we were writing about our replacements."

He did play "Last in Love," to my delight, saying that he was a romantic as well as a political type - that most of his songs were either about sex or death, lol.

Another rarity was that he did Talking to the Moon! He just sat down at the piano and played it - a stripped down, gorgeous version.

He did several songs from his new album, which fit seamlessly into his set as they have that same kind of classic Souther sound. Also, he started one of them - "Journey Down the Nile" - while in the Hillman, Souther, Furay band in 1973, but "they weren't ready for it." I liked it. I wound up buying his new CD, which he signed for me.

He also mentioned Jackson Browne while tuning, Waddy Wachtel and Jorge Calderon before "You're Only Lonely," and several other folks from around that time.

When he was tuning and apologized for boring us while he did so, someone yelled out "You can tell us a story about the Eagles while you do it!" He just shook his head and said "You can read about that anyplace." Someone yelled out "How about Warren Zevon?" And he said "I miss him," then told a story about how he did a great version of "Simple Man, Simple Dream."

The only sour moment for me was when he started rhapsodizing about Castro. Apparently he started several of the new songs while visiting Cuba with other songwriters such as Bert Bacharach and Bonnie Raitt. Even Woody Harrelson came (did you know that he was a songwriter too?) His words were, "Yeah, he probably did what they say he did - jailed and executed dissenters - but I guess that's what you have to do if you want to stay in power for 50 years." He continued, "He was really charming to us, gave us cigars, took us to a baseball game. We had a great time... he stood a head taller than everyone else, a very distinctive presence..." I was thinking, "How can you, as someone who has sung songs about social protest, be so blithe about protester's deaths, so enamored of their prosecuter?" Luckily he got off of that after about five minutes.

On the positive side, he congratulated Illinois on the election of Barack Obama and also complimented McCain's concession speech. He added that just because the Democrats were in charge now didn't mean we could all relax and assume everything would be fine - they still need to be pushed. He urged us to write our congresspeople when we were unhappy so they knew that if they didn't shape up, they wouldn't be able to "go back to Washington and get expensive haircuts and fancy dinners."

He's quite a talker; very conversational. That's cool though; I like it when they do more than sing and leave. He also had some "audience participation" - he encouraged us to sing "oooh, sweet darlin', you get the best of my love" while he sang over it, harmonizing and improving. Nice!

The songs he performed (out of order - may have forgotten some):
Jesus in 3/4 Time
How Long
Faithless Love
Simple Man, Simple Dream
Silver Blue
Lullaby
Little Victories
You're Only Lonely
If You Don't Want My Love
The Last in Love
White Rhythm and Blues
Trouble in Paradise
I'll Take Care of You
All I Want
I'll Be Here at Closing Time
Journey Down the Nile
In My Arms Tonight
Rain
A Chorus of Your Own
The Border Guard
The Secret Handshake of Fate
New Kid in Town
Best of My Love
Talking to the Moon
Doolin-Dalton (snippet)

As you can see, the show was quite long, and it didn't start until 9:30 (he had an opening act, April Smith, who was quite good). We left there at 12:00, which was brutal for me because I had three hours to drive and a time change to deal with as well. I wound up pulling into a gas station after two hours and sleeping for a half hour because I was so tired. Then, back to work at 9:30!

So, as you guys know, I was really hoping to get my Longbranch Pennywhistle album signed. Well, it happened! He was signing stuff afterwards and I handed it to him. He did a double take when he saw Glenn's signature and paused. "Well, I'll guess I'll sign it by me" (Glenn had signed by his picture on the album). His handwriting is little more than a scrawl, but I think he wrote "Best Wishes, JD Souther." lol He signed his new CD for me, too, and personalized it "To Nancy." I love that!

I also handed him a copy of the How Long video that I uploaded to YouTube - the one that Glenn's kids saw. He was delighted by that because he said he'd never seen it! We chatted a bit about Glenn and Taylor as well because apparently she is doing some kind of school project that involved JD or during which she hung out with JD (I was kind of unclear about that but didn't want to be nosy). I was just thrilled and left very happy! My friend who came with me took a photo of JD and me with her cell phone, and if it comes out I'll post it.

Well worth that excruciating drive!

JD says he'll be back in the summer with a full band. I'll be there!

Troubadour
11-21-2008, 01:30 PM
Wow, thanks for the fantastic review Soda - it sounds like a really special night. I would have loved to have been there.

That's awesome that he did Talking To The Moon. What a treat!

TimothyBFan
11-21-2008, 01:46 PM
So, as you guys know, I was really hoping to get my Longbranch Pennywhistle album signed. Well, it happened! He was signing stuff afterwards and I handed it to him. He did a double take when he saw Glenn's signature and paused. "Well, I'll guess I'll sign it by me" (Glenn had signed by his picture on the album). His handwriting is little more than a scrawl, but I think he wrote "Best Wishes, JD Souther." lol He signed his new CD for me, too, and personalized it "To Nancy." I love that!

:yay::yay::yay: I am so glad to hear that!!! Now it is complete!!!! I was thinking about you last night and wondering if you would get to actually meet with him and get him to do it!! That is such a special album now. Will you get it framed? :D

sodascouts
11-21-2008, 02:02 PM
I certainly will get it framed! Never thought I'd have BOTH signatures. I was so thrilled!

DonFan
11-21-2008, 04:05 PM
I'm so glad you enjoyed the show and now have both signatures on your album--quite a feat!
And I can't believe he sang Talking to the Moon--I forgot Don collaborated with JD on that one! That must have been amazing.

GlennLover
11-21-2008, 04:43 PM
Wow, Soda. Glad you had such a great time. That is quite a thing to have both signatures on the album! I had never heard any of JD's recordings before I started following The Border, but I am glad that I have been introduced to him as a singer & not just as a co-writer of Eagles songs. I very much enjoy listening to his voice.

Prettymaid
11-21-2008, 08:46 PM
Nice review Soda - sometimes those intimate settings are the best!

glenneaglesfan
11-22-2008, 09:15 AM
Wow, Soda, that's terrific about getting to meet JD and getting his signature on your album.:thumbsup: How cool to chat about Glenn and Taylor as well. It sounds as if it was a great evening, and thanks for your review.

Ive always been a dreamer
11-22-2008, 06:11 PM
Wow Nanc - That is fantastic that you were able to get J.D.'s autograph on that album. I am going to go out on a limb and say there aren't too many of them around and the few that do exist were probably signed years ago. This is a rare collector's item that you definitely want to preserve. You need to take a picture of it to show Glenn at Pebble Beach if he plays in February.

Glad you enjoyed the show. I would like to see him play as well, but right now he isn't scheduled to play anywhere near my home town. :(

Just Another Hired Hand
12-05-2008, 11:57 AM
Posted on Tue, Oct. 14, 2008



Tunes for all tastes

By JONATHAN TAKIFF
Philadelphia Daily News
takiffj@phillynews.com (takiffj@phillynews.com) 215-854-5960
Rock, soul, jazz and classical are all well-represented with new CD releases this week.
OLD KID IN TOWN: Where's J.D. Souther been the last two decades? In Nashville, living off his songwriting royalties. (Yeah, all those Eagles' covers made him rich.)
Good news is that the guy's comeback, "If The World Was You" (MRI Associated, A-), is a near-perfect project, re-establishing where much of the Southern California country-rock-noir movement came from and how good that genre can still be.
Souther still sounds a lot like old playmate Glenn Frey after a hard night of carousing, with muted horn and piano-vamping arrangements that evoke jazz classics like "All Blues" and another Souther contemporary, Tom Waits.
Several tunes are stamped with his sultry, south-of-the-border rhythms and streetwise lyrics, like "Come On Up," wherein he reminds, "People tell you anything you want to hear/ The truth is always whispering in your ear." Also juicy are his biting appraisals of egotistical women ("A Chorus of Your Own"), his metaphoric example of a life spoiled by self-indulgence ("House of Pride") and well-turned declaration of love eternal, "I'll Be Here at Closing Time."

Ive always been a dreamer
12-05-2008, 12:58 PM
"Souther still sounds a lot like old playmate Glenn Frey after a hard night of carousing..."

Wow - now that's something I gotta see!!! :lol:

sodascouts
12-05-2008, 08:00 PM
Another interview with Souther. This one's from SignOnSanDiego.com (http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2008/dec/04/mz1w04toombs13144-back-saddle/?zIndex=19379).

Back in the saddle

J.D. Souther took 24 years to deliver a new album. Why? 'I was doing a lot of other stuff' Um, what? Read on ...

By Mikel Toombs 1:01 p.m. December 4, 2008

Although he was only a member of the band for a single afternoon in 1970, J.D. Souther helped define the Eagles with such songs as “Best of My Love” and “New Kid in Town.” His partnership with Linda Ronstadt, at times more than musical, produced the likes of “Faithless Love” and “Prisoner in Disguise.”

Souther, who'd been in a band (Longbranch Pennywhistle) with roommate and Eagle-to-be Glenn Frey, also carved out a career as a 1970s singer-songwriter, with a detour into the not-so-super-group the Souther Hillman Furay Band.

But after his 1984 album, “Home by Dawn,” Souther stayed mostly at, well, home, in the Hollywood Hills. He became visible only as a writing credit on records by George Strait, the Dixie Chicks and once and future Eagle Don Henley.

Souther may have been gone, but he wasn't forgotten. The Eagles reached back to 1972 and his debut solo album for “How Long,” which became a single off of last year's reunion album, “Long Road Out of Eden.”

And now Souther, who performs a long-sold-out show Wednesday at AcousticMusic San Diego, has released a new album. Sophisticated and heavily jazz-influenced, “If the World Was You” raises many questions, starting with, Why did it take 24 years to produce a new album?

“I have no idea,” Souther said by phone from a tour stop in snowy Detroit, where he was born John David Souther 63 years ago. “Probably the question I could answer is: Why did I do it now? And the answer is that the material is there – by that I mean the material that I wanted to sing.

“I was always writing. Henley and I wrote a bunch of stuff in '89 that worked out pretty well. And George Strait had a great record with 'Last in Love' on it in '94 or so. And the Dixie Chicks, everyone knows how many records they sold. They had a song of mine on that 'Wide Open Spaces' album.

“It's not that I stopped writing, I was doing a lot of other stuff. I built a great house in the Hollywood Hills that I loved, and I loved being home there. I had two dogs that I'd rescued, and it was a relief to not be on the road and to not be trying to create whatever I thought the late '80s music was – it wasn't exactly turning me on.

“What I was doing musically was, I just went home to learn to try to play better. I built this house with a great studio in it, I set up both my drum kits, got my horns out and tried to reacquaint myself with being a student of music, which is what I always was.”

Souther had started studying music, and playing drums and horns, as a 10-year-old growing up in Amarillo, Texas.

“My parents were swing kids, my dad was a big-band singer,” he said. “So, we always had lots of those WWII big-band records in the house. We had a lot of Dorsey Brothers, a lot of Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw. And a lot of Sinatra. Both my parents loved Sinatra.”

Souther's love of Frank Sinatra is well-documented. When Ronstadt recorded her album of standards with Nelson Riddle, the story went that she'd been inspired after Souther had played her the aptly titled “(Sinatra Sings for) Only the Lonely,” also orchestrated by Riddle.

“To be perfectly fair,” he said, “(Ronstadt) had spent an equal, if not greater, amount of time playing me the Stanley Brothers, the Louvin Brothers and Jim and Jesse, the Carter Family. She really completed my country-music education.”

Souther's new album is remarkable in that his familiar songwriting voice comes through in a format that's radically different from the country-and folk-influenced recordings in the 1970s and early 1980s.

“I couldn't see the changes, from the inside anyway. From the outside, yes, it's a horn band instead of a guitar band. It's probably just because I got lonesome for horns,” Souther said.

“I had some of the greatest guitar bands in the world – certainly worked with one of the very greatest guitar bands in the world. And when I moved to the country in Tennessee, I got sort of lonesome for guys playing horns, because that's what I played when I was a kid.”

In fact, Souther, now a family man with a wife and two kids who has lived just outside Nashville since 2002, didn't even play guitar when he moved to Los Angeles in the late 1960s. Falling in with Frey, a fellow Detroit native (Souther's family moved when he was 3), and neighbor Jackson Browne, he soon remedied that situation, even briefly becoming a guitarist for the fledgling Eagles.

“I was, for one day. (Asylum Records founder) David Geffen talked us into working up a set,” Souther recalled. “We played a set one afternoon at the Troubadour. And I just remember looking down this line of acoustic guitar players and thinking, I am just the fifth wheel here. These guys do not need me in this band.”

Souther went on to write some of the Eagles' most indelible songs, and in the process seemed responsible for helping to create the band's musical image.

“Thelonius Monk was asked a similar question about how he felt about redefining jazz,” Souther said. “And he said, 'Man, I was just trying to make it sound good.' That's my answer. I had no notions about creating any kind of a niche or being the architect of anything. I was new at the acoustic guitar.”

Souther was more at home, so to speak, when crafting songs for Ronstadt.
“Yes, I didn't live with the Eagles,” he deadpanned. “I don't know that I wrote songs so much for her. We had kind of a collective consciousness together that resulted in great music.

“I always encouraged Linda to write – I don't know why she didn't. I always thought she certainly had the ability. But she had such an astonishing instrument, and she was so good at interpreting songs.”

Mikel Toombs is a Seattle writer.

DETAILS
J.D. SoutherWhen: Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.Where: AcousticMusic San Diego, 4650 Mansfield St., Normal HeightsTickets: Sold outPhone: (619) 303-8176Online: AcousticMusicSanDiego.com

Three choice ones
J.D. Souther talks about three of his favorite songs, two he wrote and one from Frank Sinatra's “Only the Lonely.”

Linda Ronstadt, “Prisoner in Disguise”: Souther calls the duet “just about the zenith of our working together.” “We did that three or four times together in the studio live, just sitting across from each other with a guitar. And we didn't think we had it,” he recalled. “We came in the next day and (producer) Peter Asher says, 'You should hear this.' And we went, 'Really? You got it.'”

The Eagles, “New Kid in Town”: “Those guys are the absolute masters of making layered records, where you cut a rhythm track and you overdub and you overdub and you overdub,” Souther said. “We really worked on that song. I bet it took us eight months or a year to finish that song.”

Frank Sinatra, “Angel Eyes”: “The first time Sinatra retired, the last thing he sang was 'Angel Eyes.' If you recall, at the end of the coda where he sings Excuse me while I disappear, the spot(light) closes out on him and that was it. He walks off the stage and, as far as the public knew at that moment, his career was over. I thought that was high drama and perfect.”

– MIKEL TOOMBS

sodascouts
12-12-2008, 09:51 AM
From SFgate.com (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2008/12/11/derk.DTL)

JD Souther, the man who co-wrote some of the Eagles' biggest hits, returns with a solo album

Derk Richardson, special to SF Gate
Thursday, December 11, 2008


If it seems like the Eagles and Jackson Browne are the last men (and Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt the last women) standing from the golden age of Southern California country-rock, think again. Although he hadn't surfaced as a performer for two decades, and more than that as a recording artist, JD Souther (http://www.jdsouther.net/index.htm) is quietly reaffirming his position as a key player in a movement that changed the sound of American popular music — not just from the canyons of Los Angeles, but from today's country hit-making factories of Nashville, as well.

A Detroit-born, Amarillo, Texas-raised musician who moved to Los Angeles and started making music with roommate Glenn Frey (http://www.glennfreyonline.com/) (living in the same building as Jackson Browne (http://www.jacksonbrowne.com/)), Souther co-wrote such early-'70s chart-topping Eagles hits as "Best of My Love," "New Kid in Town" and "Heartache Tonight" (as well as last year's Eagles smash "How Long"). Linda Ronstadt (http://www.ronstadt-linda.com/) recorded Souther's "Faithless Love," "Prisoner in Disguise," "Silver Blue," "Simple Man, Simple Dream" and more. As a recording artist, Souther teamed with Chris Hillman of the Byrds and Richie Furay of Poco in Souther, Hillman, Furay; recorded four albums under his own name (http://www.jdsouther.net/index.htm?id=15264); and scored a major hit with the title track of his 1979 album, "You're Only Lonely."

But after recording a duet with James Taylor ("Her Town Too") and the 1984 album "Home By Dawn," Souther retreated from the limelight. While his songs (and co-compositions) have been recorded by India.Arie, Brooks & Dunn, Jimmy Buffet, Joe Cocker, Crosby Stills & Nash, Raul Malo, the Dixie Chicks, Don Henley (http://www.donhenley.com/), Roy Orbison (http://www.orbison.com/), Brian Wilson, Warren Zevon and others, only this October did Souther release his fifth solo album, "If the World Was You," on his own Slow Curve Records label.

Recorded live in a Nashville studio with five accomplished, jazz-steeped musicians, "If the World Was You" moves fluidly between classic soft country-rock and jazz-flavored songs that tap Cuban music and the blues. The CD cover (http://www.jdsouther.net/index.htm?id=15264&inc=7&album_id=1068) explicitly mimics the vertical-bar pattern of jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard's classic "Hub-Tones." (http://www.pixagogo.com/Photos/Albums/Photo.aspx?id=S4gjfh-7UBDUPRVhY-g4qC5zi9FPro%21hIz1%21r2WHRL1y7jfDaa7lL6QQ__) "Jordan, the designer, and I probably looked at 200 old Blue Note and Prestige jazz covers," Souther explains, "because I have all those records — that's what I grew up listening to."
Like his contemporary Jesse Winchester (http://www.jessewinchester.com/index.shtml), Souther has maintained most of the sweet youthful high range of his tenor voice — "I probably owe that to having quit smoking," he says. "I used to go on the road and sing two hours a night and smoke two packs of Luckys a day." His singing and guitar playing will be on naked display when he performs Saturday, Dec. 13 at the Noe Valley Ministry (http://www.noevalleymusicseries.com/) in San Francisco, as Souther is performing solo on this first tour in support of the new album.

"I've forgotten how much fun it is," he says. "There's no set list. I can do anything in any order I want — grab a different guitar, sit down at the piano and go wherever it takes me. It's very liberating and also I think most people find it's very audience-friendly and intimate. I think it makes the audience feel really comfortable to know that they're likely to hear any song from my whole career."

The evening before our conversation, with Souther nursing a "full-on travel cold" with tea and honey in the Ritz-Carlton in Dallas, KQED-TV in the Bay Area screened the 1988 special "Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night," for which Souther played guitar, sang and organized and arranged the backup vocal section of k.d. lang (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2008/11/13/derk.DTL), Bonnie Raitt and Jennifer Warnes. "It must be pledge drive time again," Souther commented with a laugh. "It's the number one fundraiser for PBS stations."

DR: How are the songs from the new album being received on tour?
JDS: Perfectly. It couldn't be better — sometimes with greater attention than the older ones. It's really gratifying. I didn't really have any misgivings about it. I'm a lifer. I've been playing music since I was 10, so it's all just one long curve to me.

When did you decide to make a new record?
I suppose the simplest answer is, when the material was there. Not that I wasn't writing all that time in between, because I was, but I hadn't stumbled upon the right set of circumstances to feel like I had a lot of material that I wanted to sing. Meeting these musicians had a lot to do with it. As the band came together, four or five of the songs that weren't finished came together, because I knew exactly how we were going to play them.

Was there a pivotal song in the making of the new album?
Probably "Rain," which I started in Havana in 1998. I was in Cuba for a week. Actually, "The Border Guard" might have been a little earlier, but starting that song "Rain" was what really set this bunch in motion.

Do songs come to you all at once or do you have to work on them for a while?
I don't have any particular methodology, to tell you the truth. "Silver Blue" took exactly the amount of time to write that it takes to sing it, and "Prisoner in Disguise" took about a year and a half. So you just never know. I'm always writing something. There's always some structure sitting around someplace. There's always things on the computer, things scratched on score paper, legal tablets full of lyrics. It's never not buzzing around me all the time. I'm always doing it. But I think about three years ago I just got fascinated with the idea of being a bandleader again. I had a couple of really great guitar bands, but I've never had a band like the bands I grew up playing in. I was sax player and a drummer when I was a kid. I was a jazz drummer most of my life. I just got lonesome to hear those sounds, that timbre, to try to write in those keys that guitar players don't write in — E flat and B flat. I don't know why it presented itself. Poetry comes up when it can.

The album's live feel — its spaciousness and warmth — sounds like it was recorded very differently from the pop of the 1970s and '80s.
It's quite different, yeah. There's a lot of space in the middle. For one thing, if you take the incessant sawing of rhythm guitars out of the middle of record, it leaves quite a sonic gap. At first, for some people, it's a little discomfiting to have this sort of convex shape in there. But I frankly love it. Only three songs, I think, even have the snares of the snare drums turned on. So there's quite a big amount of sonic noise that's taken out of the middle, and I just love the sound of it. The template for it was the shape of the sonic curve of those '58,'59 to '61,'62 Miles Davis albums (http://www.milesdavis.com/music_kind_of_blue.asp). I thought, well, no one's really done that with a vocalist's record, and I thought these are the songs to do it with.

Although I've read one reference to Tim Hardin (http://www.zipcon.com/%7Ehighroad/hardin.htm) in reviews of "If the World Was You," I'm reminded even more of Fred Neil (http://www.fredneil.com/).

Well, out of Fred Neil sort of comes Tim Hardin, and those guys, particularly Timmy, were really an important linkage between jazz and acoustic guitarist/songwriters. He played pretty simply. It's not like he was a man of a lot of chords or intricate voicings, but he had a very beautiful, relaxed, back-of-the-beat feel, and a beautiful way of sliding in and out of notes. Tim Hardin was big influence on me.

When did you become a singer as well as a songwriter?
When I started writing songs. I never even held a guitar until I was 22. I was a drummer and a sax player. I think that's just a serendipitous confluence of events and personnel. There was a lot of acoustic music going around. I had just moved to California, and I didn't know any jazz guys, and I wasn't getting any work as a drummer, and there were acoustic guitars all around, and somebody carelessly left one unattended in my apartment for a few weeks, and I found I could do something with it.
I grew up with singers. My father's mother sang opera. My dad was a big band singer. I can't remember a time there wasn't music in the house, so I grew up listening to great songwriters — George Gershwin, Cole Porter — and my grandma was playing opera for me before I was 3. I don't think I ever thought of growing up to be anything other than a musician. There really wasn't a plan B. Well, a kind of a distant plan B was to be a Formula One driver, but there really wasn't an entry point.

When you moved to L.A. and fell in with Glenn Frey (http://www.glennfreyonline.com/) and Jackson Browne (http://www.jacksonbrowne.com/), what was the shared musical aesthetic?
We were all fascinated with this sort of interface of traditional country music and whatever you want to call it — our generation's hippie rock 'n' roll. The year before we began to make albums, we spent most of the year at the Troubadour (http://www.troubadour.com/history.php) doing open mic nights and really low-paying opening gigs. We were broke, so we were in the bar all the time. That year of 1969, almost every singer-songwriter passed through there. I saw Joni Mitchell (http://jonimitchell.com/) and Laura Nyro (http://www.lauranyro.com/) and Tim Hardin and James Taylor and Kris Kristofferson, Elton John, Carole King, the [Flying] Burrito Brothers (http://ebni.com/byrds/spfbb1.html). Then at the end of the summer, CSNY (http://www.csny.com/) played their first gig at the Greek Theatre, so it was a university of songwriting.

When did you write "How Long" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtCmIYpfUHY)?
I wrote "How Long" probably in 1972, when we were in Vietnam and I was very unhappy about that, and now country radio's playing it and we're in two wars again.

How is it that it came to the fore 35 years later?
Actually, Glenn's wife Cindy liked it. I think the story is that she and Deacon, Glenn's son, were watching YouTube and were looking at an old Eagles' concert from Holland and "How Long" was part of the set. And she said, "Glenn, what is this?" and he said, "That's an old song that JD and I wrote." And she said, "I think that's a classic Eagles hit." So that means I owe Cindy one. She was right.

What's your perspective on the music business, which has changed so much since what one might call the heyday of Southern California country-rock and singer-songwriter folk in the 1970s?
Well, I didn't do bad last year. I've never done badly as a writer, really. The Dixie Chicks (http://www.dixiechicks.com/) album was a pretty big record too, the same year I was in Cuba — '98.

Maybe being a writer whose songs get recorded by others insulates you a bit from the fickleness of the industry.
I don't know about that. I think it's absolutely unpredictable. I think probably if you've got it down to some sort of predictable science, it's just at that point that it ceases to be art. I guess a couple of times I've known things were hits even when I writing them, but for the most part I'm just scuttling along in the dark trying to make things sound good.

When did you leave L.A. for Nashville?
I've never really left L.A. I moved to Nashville in 2003, and I lived there for a while, and I went to Ireland for a month and ended up living there for six months, and I met the woman who's my wife now and we moved to Nashville. But I tell you, there's a small part of me that feels a little tingle anytime any part of the West Coast is mentioned. Part of me is just at home anywhere between Mexico and, god, all the way up to Mendocino. I know California really well, and I love it. One of my best friends has a ranch between Petaluma and Point Reyes, and that's just some of my favorite countryside anywhere in the world. And there's that ocean, man. There's just nothing like that ocean. Don't get me wrong, Nashville's a nice town, it's a great place to be; we live out in the country and we have a beautiful place, but I do miss that ocean.

JD Souther performs Sat., Dec. 13, in the Noe Valley Music Series at the Noe Valley Ministry, 1021 Sanchez St., S.F., 8:15 p.m., $25. April Smith (http://www.myspace.com/aprilsmithmusic) opens. For more information, call (415) 454-5238 or click here (http://www.noevalleymusicseries.com/). For JD Souther's itinerary, click here (http://www.jdsouther.net/index.htm).

TimothyBFan
12-12-2008, 10:04 AM
Nice read.

Thank you Cindy Frey!! Glad she found that old clip!

Ive always been a dreamer
12-12-2008, 12:12 PM
So true, TBF - and thank you Soda for putting that clip up on YouTube for Cindy to find. :wink:

Freypower
12-14-2008, 07:42 PM
But Glenn did not co-write How Long. Why has J.D. stated that Glenn told Cindy 'that's an old song that J.D. and I co-wrote'?

sodascouts
01-15-2009, 03:18 AM
Finally got a photo of that signed LP:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/glennfreyonline/misc/LPSig.jpg

TimothyBFan
01-15-2009, 08:14 AM
That is an amazing treasure!!

Prettymaid
01-15-2009, 08:20 AM
So true, TBF - and thank you Soda for putting that clip up on YouTube for Cindy to find. :wink:

Wow Soda, maybe this belongs in the 6 degrees thread! And thanks for posting the pic of the autographed album - fantastic! I wonder how many of those are around?

Ive always been a dreamer
01-15-2009, 11:52 AM
I was thinking the same thing. Good grief Nanc, you have what must be a very rare piece of memorabilia. The only other ones around are probably owned my Glenn and J.D.'s mothers. :wink: Well, on second thought, Irving probably has one locked away in a vault somewhere! :thumbsup:

Brooke
01-15-2009, 11:58 AM
Soda, that is just way too cool! :thumbsup:

I didn't know you went to see JD. Did I miss your review somewhere?

sodascouts
01-15-2009, 12:37 PM
Just check out Page 3 of this thread, Brooke!

And yes, it must be pretty rare - the LP itself isn't too common, JD hasn't toured in years prior to this and was thus hard to get, and while Glenn is very accessible at Pebble Beach it is not easy to get his autograph elsewhere.

I definitely treasure it and am thrilled to have both signatures!

TimothyBFan
01-15-2009, 01:03 PM
Have you thought about getting this appraised by a rock and roll appraiser and getting it insured? Just a thought by someone who obsesses about such things as I do.

Brooke
01-15-2009, 03:27 PM
Oh man, I just read your review. (That was a very bad week for me and I missed a lot here.) I am completely in awe of you Soda! :bow:

So, where was that 'intimate irish pub' that you saw JD in?

Getting that album signed is just awesome. Now, how about that pic with him?

sodascouts
01-15-2009, 03:57 PM
Getting it appraised and insured? No, I hadn't thought about that! It sounds expensive, though. lol

Brooke - the pub where I saw JD is called the Abbey Pub (http://www.abbeypub.com/), on Grace Street in Chicago.

Brooke
01-15-2009, 04:34 PM
Just got this from JD: "Closing Time"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGsNCBJ8RrU

He's heading your way soon, ticky!

2/3 - The Rogue Theater
Grants Pass, OR

2/5 - Lola's
Portland, OR

2/6 - The Triple Door
Seattle, WA

2/8 - Cultural Center Theater
Charleston, WV

2/9 - Charlottesville, VA
Gravity Lounge

2/10 - The Boot
Norfolk, VA

2/12 - The Arts Center
Carrboro, NC

2/14 - The Stage Door Theater
Charlotte, NC

2/15 - Eddie's Attic
Atlanta, GA

2/17 - City Limits
Delray Beach, FL

2/18 - State Theater
St. Petersburg, FL

2/20 - The Rhythm Room
Phoenix, AZ

ticky
01-15-2009, 04:56 PM
*G* He's coming to Lola's!! I know Lola's!! I can go!!!!! YEA!!

Brooke
01-15-2009, 05:36 PM
:yay: for you ticky!

Is it a small place like the one Soda went to?

ticky
01-15-2009, 05:44 PM
It is!! Lola's is pretty cool. Old, historic, right below the Crystal Ballroom down town. It's got a lot of small tables and even a sitting area with sofas and over stuffed chairs and a HUGE mahogany bar at one end.. looks like something out of Cheers. Very cool venue! YEA!

Lola's (http://www.mcmenamins.com/galleryb.php?loc=3&id=5084)

Wildthyme
01-15-2009, 07:48 PM
He is headed my way too. Grants Pass is only 25 minutes away from me... :partytime:

Brooke
01-16-2009, 02:19 PM
:cool: guys!

I guess I missed him in my area. :-(

More news from JohnDavidSouther.com

JD featured on World Cafe Live...

JD's recent taping of World Cafe Live will be broadcast on February 10th.

National Public Radio's World Cafe with host David Dye can be heard on nearly 200 stations nationwide. Fans can find their local station by clicking here (http://e2ma.net/go/1645856852/1493366/54868215/goto:http://www.npr.org/templates/stations/schedule/?prgId=39). Scroll to the bottom to choose your state under "Find a Program Broadcast Time".

Worldwide fans can listen online to the WXPN/Philadelphia stream Monday through Friday, 2pm to 4pm Eastern Standard Time by going to: http://www.xpn.org/listen-live/listen-live (http://e2ma.net/go/1645856852/1493366/54868214/goto:http://www.xpn.org/listen-live/listen-live)

eaglesvet
01-16-2009, 11:27 PM
Thanks, I'm definitely going to try to catch that!

ticky
02-06-2009, 03:07 AM
Hey ya'll, Im home and Im PUMPED! MORE MORE MORE!! It's late tonight and I need time to collect all my recollections (does that make sense??) I'll just say this. JD Is a Sweetheart and a really nice man and SMELLS GREAT!! *G* The Music was wonderful, I have an autographed Album (Vinyl spankyouverymuch) and poster and a few stories about Glenn and Jackson Browne! Ok, whew.. more tomorrow :)
Gnite :)

TimothyBFan
02-06-2009, 09:25 AM
She got close enough to smell him, get autographs and stories!!! :yay::yay::yay: Can't wait to hear about it!!

ticky
02-06-2009, 01:28 PM
I took the max train down town at about 4:30 to meet my Cousin Susan at McCormick and Schmicks (and let me just say this about riding public transportation at commuter hours, PEOPLE REALLY NEED TO WATCH WHAT THEY EAT FOR LUNCH!! Stinky!) I got to M&S’s about 10 minutes early and grabbed us a great table. M&S’s is a beautiful old fashioned oak fish house with incredible seafood. Cliffy won tow gift certificates for it several months ago as a door prize at a seminar he went to. SO, we ate cr4ab and oysters and clams and it was GUUUD! Then Susan drove us up about 12 blocks to Lola’s. It’s a small venue upstairs from Crystal Ballroom on Burnside in Portland (Like ya’ll have any idea.. but still) I LOVE the people who work at these places. They’re all really nice but tattooed and pierced in ever visible spot available. They’d moved all the tables and COMFORTABLE seating back and moved in chairs for concert seating. Most all the best seats were taken so I searched all the available seating and, with the help of a very nice man, found two that weren’t too blocked by an HUGE pillar in the middle of the room (yeesh) and set my coat down to save the seats and walked quickly to concessions. I purchased a vinyl album (YEA JD!! Thanks for the Vinyl!!) and it came with a poster. The young lady selling the concessions was April Smith, JD’s opening act and an AMAZING voice! Wow! She just blew me away when she sang, sooo…. I bought her CD. I had a small opportunity to speak with her and the nice man who helped me find two decent seats and she’s been touring with JD through the entire tour. (I also noticed in Soda’s review she performed there as well.) I was really impressed with her.

We took our seats and April did about half a dozen songs and blew every one away with her pipes! The JD took the stage. He had his tech set up three guitars he said were specially made for him by a Gibson in Tennessee, where he currently lives. He also said this was his 4th trip to Portland in the last 10 years and he’d been thinking about moving here (YEA JD!! COME LIVE WITH US!! Or next door..) I can’t give you a precise set list as I was too busy enjoying the music! But Ill try and tell what he DID play.
Off the new album:
I’ll Be There at Closing Time
Journey Down the Nile
A Chorus of your Own
The Border Guard

Eagles tunes:
How Long ~ he told the story about this song, Ill tell it later.
New Kid In Town
Tequila Sunrise

His old stuff:
Only the Lonely
Talking to the Moon
White Rhythm and Blues (I loooove this song!)
Ill Take Care Of You
Simple Man, Simple Dream


He did some others that I cant think of right now, but he also told some stories I want to relay.
First off, I’m not sure if he’d had a few drinks or wasn’t feeling well or was just tired, but he forgot the lyrics 4 or 5 times and had to restart a few times. SO he stopped at one point and told THIS story.
He was on tour with The Eagles in the 70’s (I think he said 77?) and Glenn was on stage singing Lyin’ Eyes. He said Glenn started singing “She gets up and pours herself a cold one….” Paused, kept playing…”She get’s up and pours herself a cold one…” pause…..keeps playing…. “She get’s up and pours herself a cold one…” He said finally Henley threw a drumstick at the back of his head or something. (I thought that was pretty cute)

Next he was playing a song for a lady named Patrice and her dog named Rosie who has been following him on tour all over the west coast. (I didn’t see her or the dog, but I could hear the dog) And he said that Jackson Browne, when he’s touring (especially this tour) has a set list for the first three songs then takes requests from the audience. He said he’s so great about this, he’ll play whatever they say, whether they’re his songs or not. He said at one concert someone called out Peaceful Easy Feeling, JB Shrugged and said “Okay” and played it. He said people would yell out other artists and JB’d play em, like Warren Zevon, and he played Lawyer’s, Guns and Money.
Ok, my one really embarrassing moment was when I took out my camera. Lots of people had them and were taking pictures. I had borrowed Cliff’s and I don’t know it very well, but I had preset it so it was ready. I took it out, zoomed in and clicked, it was set for redeye reductions and FLASHED LIKE 6 TIMES!! OH man.. I was SOoooooo embarrassed. BUT I think that’s when JD saw Susan cuz he kept looking over our way all night. (see later story)

He told the story of How Long. It was written about a man who was drafted into the Vietnam war and did not want to go, but went anyway. While there, he was on leave and got drunk. He came back to the base AWOL but just a few hours, but he got into a scrap with one of the MP’s who got killed. He was then thrown in jail where he would stay for the rest of his life. JD said he did want to make it up beat though, because why dwell.

He did one encore and left the stage. I was first in line at concessions to get everything signed and April was there so she signed my CD and we chatted a little about her music and JD. It wasn’t long till a long line formed behind me so I stepped aside to wait for JD.
Now I gotta saw my cousin Susan is pretty terrific. She and I had planned this concert a while back. She bought the tickets (her treat) and was pretty excited about doing this. She was diagnosed on Wednesday with walking pneumonia and is currently on antibiotics, but refused to stay home. She left her 10 yr old daughter home alone for the first time to come to the concert (neighbors were checking in on her so she wasn’t in any danger). So Susan would periodically excuse herself to call Jessie (her daughter at home). Susan was waiting for me in the hall way as I was waiting for JD. Pretty soon she poked her head around the corner and beckoned to me. She said JD had left. She saw him leave! SO I started down the hall and here comes JD! I asked if he’d sign my Album. He turned and smiled at Susan and said Hi. Then he said, “OH sure. I was going to do that. I forgot and was on my way home (haha)” I showed him where the concession stand was and he signed my album. We chatted about the benefits of vinyl over CDs and he said he had about 7000 vinyls and three digital turn tables. I told him I had an old one but had fixed it so it worked on my computer. We talked about tech stuff a little and I told him I’d been a fan since my best friend in 6th grade introduced me to Longbranch Pennywhistle. We laughed about that. I was going to ask about a picture, but, like I said, there was a long line of pissy looking people behind and Susan was not feeling great, SO I said thanks and good bye.

On the way out I found out WHY JD had said Hi to Susan and smiled at her. As she was in the hall waiting for me and JD passed by, Susan didn’t recognize him at first. She saw a good looking well dressed man and being a very attractive single woman she smiled and said Hi. He stopped and said Hi back. She then recognized him and got scared. LOL! He was FLIRTING with her!!!! And she said “ Thanks for the show” He smiled and she turned and WALKED AWAY!!! LOL. She wasn’t trying to be rude, she just got flustered and kind of freaked out.

SO that was our big adventure. We have decided to try and do this at least once a month. I have to start looking for next months!!

sodascouts
02-06-2009, 01:58 PM
Thanks for the reviews. Despite JD's flubs, sounds like a good show! The "Lyin' Eyes" story made me laugh!

Ive always been a dreamer
02-06-2009, 02:01 PM
Wow ticky. Thanks for such a great review. I'm glad you had a great time and got some 'face' time with J.D. After reading yours and Soda's reviews, you have both convinced me that I really need to try to make to Norfolk this Tuesday night to see him. He will be in Charlottesville on Monday night, which is actually a bit closer, but I know can't make it to that show.

ticky
02-06-2009, 02:05 PM
Definitely worth it Dreamer! it's a great small intimate show and he's a very nice man and April Smith has a great voice (Im listening to her right now *G*)

TimothyBFan
02-06-2009, 02:14 PM
Cool review Ticky! Did your cousin get his number? ;)

Brooke
02-06-2009, 03:19 PM
Fantastic review ticky! I'm so glad you got to meet JD and got his autograph. The whole night was just way too cool! :spin:

Man, I wish he would come to my area!

Wildthyme
02-06-2009, 03:40 PM
Ok... so now I am kicking myself in the butt for not blowing off the stupid budget deadline and going to see him when he was here on Tuesday... :scowl:

Ive always been a dreamer
02-06-2009, 04:03 PM
Budget, WT???? Budget??? What the hell are you doing using such language on this message board??? It ain't Eaglese, that's for sure!!! ;) ;)

Wildthyme
02-06-2009, 05:12 PM
I will never use such filthy language on here again :blush:*hanging head in shame*:blush:

ticky
02-06-2009, 11:33 PM
Ok, here's the goods ~

this is the poster, free with the Album
http://tickypages.com/picturebin/jdposter.jpg

This is the Album ~ He signed it,
http://tickypages.com/picturebin/jdalbum.jpg

but, can anyone tell me what it says?
http://tickypages.com/picturebin/jdsig.jpg

Thanks for ??? Thats for???? .. I've been looking at it for hours, I cant read it!! If you figure it out, please let me know... Im stumped.

eaglesvet
02-07-2009, 12:10 AM
Thanks for listening?

eaglesvet
02-07-2009, 12:10 AM
Great story, BTW! I wish he would come out East!

Brooke
02-07-2009, 03:03 PM
....liking?

listening, liking, either way, very cool Rhonda! :nod:

Prettymaid
02-09-2009, 10:34 PM
Uhhhh, thanks for biking, yeah that's it...or is it hiking?...

Prettymaid
02-09-2009, 10:36 PM
After getting out my magnifyer it clearly reads 'Thanks for bringing Susan'.

ticky
02-09-2009, 11:59 PM
Damn.. of course it does... Im Myspacing him her number as we speak..uhh type.. well after I type..

Troubadour
02-10-2009, 01:10 PM
I've just caught up with this, but - wow! It sounds like a fantastic night. Lucky you. (And lucky Susan!) I'm none the wiser as to what he wrote on the photo, but I'm still extremely :jealous:!

Glad you had such a great time.

Ive always been a dreamer
02-10-2009, 01:43 PM
I'm so bombed. I was planning to go see J.D. tonight in Norfolk, and just found out that my 'date' for the evening can't go with me. I really wanted to go because J.D. may not ever come this close to me again. But, I'm not jazzed about going to such a small venue by myself, so I guess I won't be going. :(

sodascouts
02-10-2009, 03:08 PM
If I were you, I'd go alone, Dreamer. This may be your only chance!

EagleLady
02-10-2009, 03:12 PM
Dreamer, You'd probably have more fun going by yourself

Troubadour
02-10-2009, 03:22 PM
On the basis that it's sadly unlikely I'll have a windfall and be able to jump on a flight sharpish... I say GO! I know exactly how you feel, but I can guarantee you won't regret it once you're there.

(Now if only he would come to Norfolk, England...)

ticky
02-10-2009, 04:42 PM
you definitely should go. It's a great show and he's such a great guy! Get a chance to talk to him a little and check out April Smith! She's incredible!! and tell both Hi from me *G*

Ive always been a dreamer
02-10-2009, 05:08 PM
Thanks everyone for the encouragement. Normally, I don't hesitate about going places by myself, but I decided not to go tonight. :( As much as I'd like to see J.D., I'm not up to going to such a small venue alone, particularly since it doesn't seem to be in the best area of the town, and I am not familiar with the area. Looking on the bright side, I have a very full day tomorrow that will begin at 5:30 a.m., so if I don't go to Norfolk, I can get more than 3 hours sleep tonight.

ticky
02-16-2009, 02:02 PM
Got this from a bulletin on Myspace ~ JD does Simple Man - Simple Dream (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100519922)

sodascouts
02-20-2009, 08:00 PM
Another article:

JD Souther: "Music Is In Every Heart, Every Throat" (http://www.johndavidsouther.com/index.htm?inc=5&news_id=15334)

Troubadour
02-20-2009, 08:09 PM
Aw, thanks so much for posting that, Soda!

Ive always been a dreamer
02-21-2009, 01:00 PM
Wow, thanks Soda - that was a really interesting interview. How refreshing - the interviewer asked some good, thoughtful questions. :)

DonFan
02-22-2009, 05:43 PM
What a great interview--thanks! J.D. has many of the qualities that attract me to Don, including intelligence, a sharp sense of humor, and a thought-provoking way of expressing himself. No wonder J.D., Don and Glenn have remained such good friends and have collaborated so well together through all these years.

Troubadour
02-22-2009, 06:44 PM
J.D. has many of the qualities that attract me to Don, including intelligence, a sharp sense of humor, and a thought-provoking way of expressing himself.

I completely agree, DF.

ticky
03-09-2009, 07:44 PM
Found these with the eagles pictures on Backstage.. they deserve some recognition...

http://tickypages.com/picturebin/backstage/jdbackstage1.jpg
http://tickypages.com/picturebin/backstage/jdbackstage2.jpg

Troubadour
03-09-2009, 07:51 PM
Wow. Now I really have to raid this website! Great, rare shots. I especially love the second one :heart:

ticky
03-16-2009, 02:43 PM
This was just posted on JD's Myspace. Interesting read!


*************************************************

Monday, March 16, 2009

J.D. takes Souther-ly route back to stage


J.D. takes Souther-ly route back to stage



by Larry Rodgers - Mar. 15, 2009

The Arizona Republic



J.D. Souther, who wrote some of the Eagles' biggest hits, as well as
several songs for Linda Ronstadt, is considered one of the architects
of the Southern California country-rock sound of the '70s.



He played with the Byrds' Chris Hillman and Poco's Richie Furay in the
Souther Hillman Furay Band and has recorded five solo albums.



But, starting in 1985, Souther disappeared for 23 years as a performer.
He says the hiatus - which ended late last year with a solo CD, "If the
World Was You" - was a way to become a better musician and songwriter.



"I wanted to just stay home, practice, read and write," says Souther, 63, who called Tuesday from his farm near Nashville.



The new CD, which comes after recent songwriting collaborations with
Dixie Chicks, Bonnie Raitt, George Strait, Brian Wilson, Jimmy Buffett
and Glen Campbell, is a satisfying mix of rootsy rock, folk, jazz,
Latin and funk. Souther performs Friday in Phoenix.



Question: You lived in Japan, Ireland, New York, California and
Colorado over the past few decades. What made you settle in Nashville?



Answer: We're never permanently relocated to anyplace. As much as I
love LA, I had wanted a change, and the traffic was killing me. I had
some friends here (Tennessee) and wanted to live in the country for a
while.



Q: You mentioned reading during your hiatus. Did any particular books or poetry help you evolve as a songwriter?



A: Some of the American authors I have liked to read most for the past
20 years are friends of mine: Jim Harrison, Tom McGuane and Lawrence
Ferlinghetti, who is the father of American Beat poetry.



Tom has been an influence as far as economy and wit, and Harrison has
such facility with words. . . . Ferlinghetti has been writing great
poetry since before I was in high school.



Q: What types of music helped your songwriting evolve?



A: Oddly enough, I was listening to a lot of the same records before I
did this album that I was listening to before I cut my first
(self-titled) album in '72, which was a lot of late-'50s, early-'60s
Miles Davis Quintet and a lot of (country singer) George Jones.
George's voice reminds me a lot of Miles' trumpet tone.



Q: You recorded the new CD "live," with a five-piece ensemble including horns. Was there room for improvisation?



A: Of course. There's no point in hiring this kind of players if you're not going to let them play.



Q: You've recently played in concert with that ensemble, as well as
solo, as you will be in Phoenix. Do you enjoy the solo setting?



A: The great thing about playing alone is that it doesn't spook people.
They're pretty sure that they are going to hear some of their favorite
songs. I just wander around and play whatever comes into my head. It's
much more relaxed, and I get to chat with the audience and tell some
stories.



Q: Your album-closing song, "The Secret Handshake of Fate," tops 12 minutes and seems quite philosophical.



A: Almost all these songs end with something about personal
responsibility, because that's the rough bit about, not just American
civics and social life, but probably all of Western civilization now.
We seem to have abandoned the idea that the social responsibility of
one or even a small group of people can make a tremendous difference
and that your conscience is a valuable aspect of your character that
has to be nurtured.



"The Secret Handshake of Faith" is about trying to be cautious about
being so sure you're right. That's what most wars are predicated on -
two groups of people who are absolutely sure they're right.



Q: Is it intriguing to watch the country-rock sound you helped create make its way into Nashville in such a big way?



A: I'm not sure what "modern country" is. It certainly isn't very
rural. It has some accent, so I suppose it's just suburban music that,
a lot of it, originates in the South.



Q: It's interesting that when the Eagles decided to try to break into
modern-country radio in 2007, they released "How Long," a song you
wrote.



A: I wrote it in 1972, so I don't know if I do (have an ear for newer
country). It seemed to work. Those guys always make great records of my
songs.



Q: It seems you've stayed in touch with the Eagles' Don Henley, playing on some of his solo albums.



A: None of us sees each other much anymore. We all live in different
towns and have very different lives. We have families. Don and I
probably (stay in touch) more so because we e-mail each other. We still
have the same sick sense of humor.



Q: You've done some acting in such films as "Postcards From the Edge"
and "To Cross the Rubicon" and on the TV series "thirtysomething." Are
you still pursuing it?



A: It's kind of hard to do from a farm in Tennessee. But if somebody
called me with an interesting part and I had time, I would certainly do
it. As hard work as it is . . . I like doing it. It's a great way to
lose yourself and experience some other facet of your personality and
your connection with humanity.

ticky
04-01-2009, 11:06 PM
Another J.D. Interview from Myspace. He talks a lot about writing with Glenn and Don in this one! Great Read!!

Acoustic Storm Feature:

The Return of J.D. Souther

By Larry Coffman

While J.D. Souther may not be the face of rock and roll, he certainly has formed part of its backbone.

Though he has found moderate success as a vocalist, songwriting has been his forte, starting in the early 1970s. He has written or co-written songs for the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt and other major artists. Included on his resume are mega-hits like “Best Of My Love,” “New Kid In Town,” “Heartache Tonight” and "Heart of the Matter."

Currently Souther, 63, is in the midst of a tour to promote his CD “If The World Was You,” which was released in October and is his first vocal effort in 25 years.

Souther moved from the Los Angeles area to a farm in Tennessee in 2001. The Acoustic Storm recently spoke with him via telephone from Nashville.


ACOUSTIC STORM: What was the inspiration for “Best of My Love?”

J.D. SOUTHER: Glenn found the tune; the tune I think came from a Fred Neil record. I don’t know who wrote the first lines; we wrote it in London. We were working on that album ("On the Border") and came to London. The three of us were writing it and were on deadline to get it finished. I don’t know where we got the inspiration. I can rarely tell you where I get inspiration. I’ve been making music since I was 9. When I’m writing music it’s something that’s swirling around in my head or happens to live on scraps of paper or a score paper that’s sitting on my piano. Sometimes it’s something new. Sometimes it’s something that triggers an investigative search into something that’s a little bit old. There’s something on this new album that actually started in 1972. That’s a long non-answer. I have no idea where the inspiration for that song came from.

A.S.: You have written songs with Don Henley and Glenn Frey. How does the dynamic change when three songwriters are working together, as opposed to a solo effort?

JDS: Usually all three of us are writing all lyrics and music. "New Kid in Town" is probably a bit different because I had the chorus done for almost a year before I showed it to Glenn and Don. I don’t know that we had the first line, but I think we had the bridge changed. Glenn was a real proponent and great student of Motown Records and the Philadelphia sound – Gamble and Huff records. So Glenn always had the beat. So, that was mine and Don and Glenn and I sat up a lot of nights and banged on the lyrics. They were at Criteria Studios in Florida and they called me up and said there were still a few holes in the lyrics. So I came down and we finished that and “Victim Of Love.” It’s always a joint effort. I can’t speak for them, but as much music as I had in my background, it was mostly jazz and orchestral music. I wasn’t exposed to country music until I was almost grown. I’m a much better song writer today for having written with Glenn and Don, Jackson Browne and Warren Zevon. That group of people in southern California in the early ‘70s—we were working as hard as we could to become good writers.

A.S.: Where do you get your inspiration for song writing?

JDS: (Writing as a team) speeds things up a lot. When you’re writing with good writers like Jackson or Warren Zevon or Don and Glenn you’re so critical of each other that you don’t let anything pass that doesn’t feel like it’s A+. I like writing in a group. I don’t do it very often, there aren’t many groups I feel comfortable with. But with that bunch of guys, and that song that James Taylor and Waddy Wachtel and I wrote -- there have been a few others. It’s pretty rare that we’re bringing out the best in each other. We were all trying very hard to impress each other in a way, like young guys do. And also we had some pretty phenomenal women around like Joni Mitchell. Linda Ronstadt and I were together and she had the best ear for songs I’ve ever heard. She just was absolutely dead-on when she picked a song. She knew what was good and what wasn’t. And (the late) Judy Sill was a great writer who was pretty far ahead of us at the time. I think she was the first act that David Geffen signed to Asylum Records actually. Jackson was incredibly patient. We used to live in houses across the street from one another, and I would hear him banging on the same phrase for hours, just trying different stuff and making sure it really said what he wanted it to say. And it was inspirational because I’m much more of a – not slipshod – but one who kind of opens up and lets things pour through and kind of goes back later and revises. All those people were an inspiration to me, as well as all of the people ahead of us – kind of the graduating class ahead of us.

A.S.: How did “Heart Of The Matter” come about?

JDS: “Heart Of The Matter” began with Mike Campbell, Tom Petty’s guitar player. He’s an extraordinary writer, and he was also the writer on “Boys Of Summer,” and a lot of other stuff , as well, for Petty’s band. The first I heard of that song was Mike Campbell’s demo that Don played for me. And it was perfect. Don and I just banged on it for a long time and Don came up with that “forgiveness” thing. It’s not only the hook but the essential theme of the song. But we were looking for something to tie it together. We kept asking each other, “What’s it about, what’s the point of the song, what’s the central theme, what’s the heart of the matter?” And that was it. That song is very much inhabited by Don. I think it’s one of his greatest vocals. He did stuff in the vocal booth that I had never heard before.

A.S.: How did you get involved as a singer as well as the writer of Ronstadt’s ballad “Prisoner In Disguise?”

JDS: It’s hard to say, it took so long to write. It took about a year because it’s really what they call “through composed,” meaning I never went beyond the next part that was written. I had the first verse and two lines of the second verse for about five months. And I just carried it around and played it for people. I think I finished the second verse, and there was a line in it that I didn’t think was done. I played it for Joni Mitchell, and she said, “That’s great!” And I said, “I know but if I could just get something to go in that spot where it says ‘my my.’” I couldn’t think of anything else to say. And she said, “No, that’s a great part.” So I got myself to the bridge, and that sort of worked its way to the next part. I was looking for a particular chord – something unpredictable that would take it some place. I don’t remember if I was thinking about Linda and I singing it together because I don’t remember singing it without her. She was in the studio making a record, and I had cut it with the Souther (Hillman) Furay Band. I think we missed it and hadn’t got the essence of it. It wasn’t a great band song. Linda and I just sat across from each other in the studio and sang it live. It just worked great – it was just as easy as breathing.

A.S.: Have any of your songs contained autobiographical material?

JDS: Well, Faulkner said all fiction is autobiographical. But I wouldn’t tell you what. I don’t talk about my personal life anyway. There’s a very thin line between my life and fiction, but I’m not going to be one to say where it is.

A.S.: What has the success of the Eagles’ recording of your 1972 song “How Long” done to spark a rebirth of your career?

JDS: Absolutely nothing. My record was done eight months before I knew they had cut it.

A.S.: Is there anything that ties together the songs on “If The World Was You?”

JDS: The simplest answer is the material was there. There was a lot of stuff that sounded like it went together. And I had been sort of lonesome for some horns and piano, which I hadn’t utilized very much on records. I wanted to make a quintet or sextet record that was intimate enough and also that was sonically human enough that it would have that effect that those late ‘50s and early ‘60s Miles Davis records had. They’re quiet enough in the middle sonically that when someone speaks or when there’s a horn, oboe or my voice – there’s room for that musical moment to happen. And there’s enough support for it that everyone’s playing with conviction. There are some really skilled players in this band, so it works as an ensemble. It’s a powerful team. It came together because I was lonesome for that kind of music. I was going out to clubs and listening to jazz trios and quartets and sort of accumulating this little team of exceptional players because I hadn’t really played in these combinations since I was in high school. I just wanted to hear that kind of music, and I wanted to be a good band leader. We did
exactly what I intended to do.

A.S.: Was the album designed to be an all-acoustic production?

JDS: Oh, I have no idea. If it is, it was mostly subconscious. There are a couple of songs on there that are pure flights of romantic fantasy. I like every song to have humanity. It’s a point in my life when I wanted to make what to me was a soul album. In all the tracks everybody’s telling the truth. I’m just trying to make it sound good. I don’t have any thoughts about carving out new territory. It’s an unusual sounding record for a songwriter, but I really just wanted to make it sound good.

A.S.: What is working for you in Nashville that wasn’t working in Los Angeles?

JDS: Everything worked fine for me in southern California, there just got to be too many cars. There was too much time spent in the car. I still have a place in California, but I want to live somewhere else for a while. Although, that said, the fact is I really like Nashville. It’s a very friendly town and it’s very easy to live in. There’s lot of musicians here, and we’ve got a gorgeous place in the country. I miss that ocean – I miss the West Coast.

A.S.: What’s on tap after this tour is over?

JDS: Another tour. We’ve got an album to sell. It’s a big world, we’ve got to get around it. I’ve already done most of America and Japan. We’ve still got to go around half of America again. We’ve gotta go to U.K. and Ireland and do some dates in northern Europe, then come back and do the West again, go back to Europe and tour some more. And that’s without having gone around the East Coast twice, Australia and New Zealand or southern Europe. We’ve got a lot left to do, plus there’s the show we did at the Belcourt Theatre in Nashville with the whole band, all six of us. It was just a great show. We shot it in HD to be made for DVD. So I have to take a month off to do that at some point. It’s going to be a busy year.

A.S.: Do you have a favorite song on the new album?

JDS: It’s very hard for me to choose. It would probably have to be “House Of Pride.” It’s got a little Aaron Copeland and Dave Brubeck, a little “Turkey In The Straw.” It’s got a little of everything in it, and it’s kind of an apocalyptic story. But, actually, the one I like listening to the best is “The Secret Handshake Of Fate,” which is the last song. It’s where the album leads to. But it’s very long –12 minutes or something. Of the songs that are normal length I think I like “Journey Down The Nile” best.

A.S.: Of all the songs you’ve written, do you have a favorite?

JDS: It also would be hard to pick. You mentioned “Prisoner In Disguise” – of all the songs I’ve written, I thought that musically was the most complete. It had more in it, I thought, than a lot. It’s a big, long looping circle that doesn’t feel like a circle until it gets back to where it started. But, that said, I usually say my favorite is “Simple Man, Simple Dreams.”

A.S.: If you hadn’t been successful as a songwriter or gotten burned out on it, what might you have tried?

JDS: I’ll never get burned out on songwriting. It never occurred to me to be burned out on it. I never stopped doing it. I stopped making records for a while because I didn’t hear what I thought was a really interesting full studio record of new things. I had done enough guitar band records to last a while, even though I had the best of guitar guys like Waddy Wachtel, Danny Kortchmar, Lowell George played on one, (Joe) Walsh played on one. I took some time off because I wanted to. I make an album every 20 years or so whether I need to or not.

A.S.: You have had acting roles in movies and TV shows. Could that been a viable career alternative?

JDS: The acting stuff came because someone asked me. I acted when I was a kid. I was an actor when I was in high school and college. I never thought of it much in L.A., although anybody who likes movies fantasizes about being in them. But great people asked me to be in their movies.

Steven Spielberg asked me to be in a movie, Ed Zwick asked me to do this arc of episodes on “thirtysomething” and Mike Nichols asked me to be in “Postcards From The Edge.” There’s absolutely no reason to say no to people of that quality when they ask you to be in their films. I had an agent, but I don’t know that I really read for any of those roles. I may have read for the one in “thirtysomething,” although I think Ed just wanted me to do it. I think I read a page or two. I left and then my agent called and she asked me how I did. I said, “I sucked, it was terrible.” She said, “That’s funny, because just you got the part.” So much for self-evaluation.

A.S.: Since you had a songwriting relationship with Frey and Henley early in
your career, did you ever have a chance to join the Eagles?

JDS: Yeah, I had a moment. I think I was in the band for one day. David Geffen thought it that would be “four songwriters, good; five songwriters better.” So we put together a set and played it at the Troubadour in the afternoon for the management team. I just remember them looking down the front line and seeing four of us bashing away at stringed instruments. And, to be frank, they didn’t need me. They were a perfectly well-rounded, self-contained band. I figured we were going to keep writing together anyway, so I think we all got the best of that situation, the best possible outcome. Frankly, when I said, “No, I don’t think I really want to be in the band,” I’ve never seen four guys more relieved. I think they were more delighted than I was.

eaglesvet
04-01-2009, 11:47 PM
Hey Rhonda, those were really interesting interviews...thanks for posting. I see that he will be coming out East eventually, so hopefully I will be able to catch him on tour. Those of you who have seen him made it seem worthwhile!

sodascouts
04-01-2009, 11:58 PM
Thanks for posting that. Interesting to hear how songs like Best Of My Love and New Kid in Town came about, even in generalized terms.

TimothyBFan
04-02-2009, 07:53 AM
I finally read these interviews and checked out the pics. Great stuff--Thanks Rhonda!!!

Ive always been a dreamer
04-02-2009, 12:25 PM
That was a very interesting read - thanks ticky.

Troubadour
04-02-2009, 12:30 PM
We’ve gotta go to U.K. and Ireland and do some dates in northern Europe, then come back and do the West again, go back to Europe and tour some more.

Yippeeee!!!

Brooke
04-02-2009, 01:48 PM
I enjoyed that, too. Thanks ticky.

sodascouts
05-02-2009, 04:28 PM
According to JD's site (http://www.jdsouther.net/) and Pollstar (http://www.pollstar.com/blogs/news/archive/2009/05/01/664936.aspx), he's scheduled a few more dates in America:

May 27 Londonderry, NH at Tupelo Music Hall.
May 28 New York City at the City Winery
May 29 Natik, Massachusetts at the Center For The Arts

June 4 Kansas City, MO at Knuckleheads Saloon
June 6 Dallas, TX at the Sons of Hermann Hall
June 7 Austin, TX at Threadgill’s World HQ
June 10 San Diego, CA
June 11 San Juan Capistrano, CA
June 13 Los Angeles, CA
June 14 Santa Barbara, CA

June 15 San Francisco, CA

June 17 Denver, CO

eaglesvet
05-03-2009, 03:05 AM
OOH, have to look into the City Winery...haven't heard of that spot yet.

teamsouther
05-07-2009, 10:17 PM
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ticky
05-21-2009, 11:39 PM
JD's on twitter now!!

http://twitter.com/JDSouther

and HE's following ME! how cool is that? *G*

TimothyBFan
05-22-2009, 09:32 AM
WOW --Rhonda how cool is that?? I love that! How'd that happen?

ticky
05-22-2009, 12:50 PM
I guess when I posted the free download for his song that he had posted on Myspace, somehow it got back to him or whoever does his Twitter, and he added me to thank me! *G* pretty cool! *happy happy*

Troubadour
05-22-2009, 12:57 PM
So cool! I wouldn't mind him stalk... er, following me.

MikeA
05-22-2009, 01:43 PM
You are One of only Four he's following! Pretty elite company! But then, you are a pretty elite gal!

ticky
05-22-2009, 03:36 PM
Awe gawrsh, Thanks Mikey!

Here's his latest interview he posted on twitter
The Newtown Bee- Click on Features (http://www.newtownbee.com/default.aspx)

there's also an audio interview!

Prettymaid
05-22-2009, 03:44 PM
Ticky, I still say he's just after your cousin! :nahnah:

Koala
06-08-2009, 01:24 AM
Today I found this article

Rocker is right back on song after all these years

http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/features/display.var.2512938.0.Rocker_is_right_back_on_song _after_all_these_years.php

He hasn't made an album for a quarter of a century and, like a schoolboy desperately trying to account for his tardy homework, he's toying with a variety of explanations. "I'm making up different answers for everybody," says J D Souther, whose last record was the somewhat overcooked Home by Dawn, released in 1984. "I think it was probably a psychotic break from the reality of being a recording artist." Really? "I don't know, it sounds as good as any reason."
Well, just how do you explain an absence of 25 years? A protracted move from Los Angeles to Nashville and a smattering of acting and soundtrack work doesn't quite fill in the gaps. Largely, it's been a matter of professional priorities. With only five solo albums to his name, Souther has always been a songwriter first and a recording artist second. Not only has he written with and for Warren Zevon, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt et al, he also composed songs such as New Kid in Town, Best of My Love and Heartache Tonight with the Eagles, while turning down a place in the band.
"My report cards from school always said, Does not work well with others'," he laughs. "I don't want to hang on to anybody's coat-tails." His subsequent spell in country-rock "supergroup", the Souther- Hillman-Furay Band, also proved unsatisfactory. He describes the experience as "six guys going in different directions. You couldn't have had more disparate personalities. We were set up, like an arranged marriage, and I was a hothead. I didn't know how to be in a band."
Clearly not one of life's joiners, Souther will nevertheless forever be associated with the astonishingly febrile southern California scene that sprang up in the early 1970s, spawning not only the Eagles but also the likes of Joni Mitchell, Browne and Taylor. Despite gently mocking their collective output as "precious, oh-my-God-my-sensitive-heart s***", Souther seems content enough to have been an integral part of it all.
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"They're great writers and friends, and it's a time I've really not seen repeated by any group," he says. "I can't say that life was hard for us, but work was hard because we were all obsessed with doing it better than anyone else. There was a very competitive edge."
Souther was able to immerse himself in the mainstream (as well as the Eagles, he wrote, recorded and duetted with Ronstadt throughout the seventies, when she, too, was selling millions of records), and yet instinctively he seems to gravitate towards the margins. He formed an intense alliance with cult singer-songwriter Judee Sill, who wrote her classic song Jesus Was a Cross Maker after Souther left her - "She came around, played it to me and said, It's about you, you ******!'" - and then later died from a drug overdose.
"We were a couple of odd ducks," he says. "We were madly in love, but I thought she was more highly evolved as a songwriter than any of us, by far."
He's still in contact with many of his peers. "I see Glenn Frey hardly ever, but Don Henley and I e-mail, and I was with Jackson Browne recently in Norway at Bergenfest," but, at 63, Souther is living very much in the present.
His new record, If the World Was You, is a considerable achievement. Although nothing on it suggests he's spent the past quarter-century radically rehoning his country-rock modus operandi, the addition of horns adds a breath of Gil Evans's cool jazz to the conventional band format, while elsewhere there are Cuban rhythms, wah-wah trumpets, blues riffs, tales of bruised love and several songs that already sound like standards. And he's still moving forward, describing the semi-improvised "word jazz" of the 13-minute closer, The Secret Handshake of Fate, as "the favourite of all my songs - it's where I'm going next".
The album is the sound of one of America's most accomplished yet understated songwriters once again hitting his stride. His voice, too, has never sounded better. With hindsight, Souther felt Home by Dawn was muddied by the production values of the era, and this time he was determined to make an ensemble record that didn't rely on technical trickery. "I'm happy with this album, I like what it does," he says. "I really wanted to make a record where we go into the studio and play it the way we wanted to hear it. I just wanted to give everybody a chance to have some input. It has dynamics. It doesn't come at you all at once like a rock'n'roll record."
Part of the reason the album took so long is that the writing process has always involved a lot of time spent "in a room just groping around". Some of the songs date back to a visit to Cuba in the late 1990s where Souther wrote the song, Rain, which became a springboard for planning a new album. But it was slow work.
"I have so many pieces lying about waiting for the next thread to fall into place, and now and again I get on a roll, look up and see the pattern," he says. "Then I can whittle out the rest of the piece. It's always in the back of my mind that I need to get it finished, but at what cost to the song?
"It's meandering in a sort of pleasurable way, like walking at night."
It's obvious that Souther isn't a typical ageing rocker. He's "addicted to papers and books"; while in the UK his idea of a perfect day out is to visit the British Museum and gaze longingly at the Bach manuscripts. "They're works of art, and the music is fabulous. It's inspiring to see what can be done with just a pen, a piece of paper and a harpsichord."
A classicist by nature, his high water-line for what can be achieved as a songwriter has remained constant for nearly four decades. "Before I made this album I was listening to exactly the same music I was listening to before I made my first album in 1971: Miles Davis, Hank Williams and George Jones. Just for clarity."
Clarity isn't something he lacks. A question about the state of the music industry gets short shrift - "what industry?" - and he can be entertainingly irascible. Like many Americans, however, Scotland is his soft spot. His mother's family are Finlays from Invercauld, and he has "happy memories of Kippen and Fintry. At Loch Lomond, I dropped to my knees and wept".
It may be the closest he has ever felt to truly belonging. Born in Detroit but raised in Texas, Souther relocated to Los Angeles in the late 1960s but eventually found he was "beat to death with the traffic". Home is currently a farm outside Nashville, but he doesn't seem to be settled, contemplating another move to the wide, open spaces of northern California or Montana. Even now, it seems, he has little desire to follow the herd. "I always feel I'm homesick for a place I've never seen," he sighs. "There's some gipsy in me that I can't quite shake."
Sounds like the cue for a song.

If The World was You (Rhino) is released today.

ticky
06-11-2009, 12:49 PM
hehehe PM.. I wouldnt doubt it *G* THATS why he keeps asking me "Where's Susan?"

*G* this was on twitter today.. nice live interview video
NBC San Diego.com Interview with J.D. Souther (http://www.webcastr.com/videos/news/talking-with-jd-souther.html) it's a pretty good interview.

sodascouts
06-15-2009, 03:39 PM
Another interesting article:

JD Souther Goes It Alone in O.C. (http://www.ocregister.com/articles/souther-songs-album-2452069-love-new)
Writer of several of Eagles' big hits plays solo acoustic show.

Troubadour
06-15-2009, 04:09 PM
Thanks for that, Soda. I would so love to see JD live. The last couple of sentences made me wistful!

sodascouts
06-26-2009, 07:04 PM
Somehow missed this article from the Daily Sound (http://www.thedailysound.com/061209sl):

J.D. Souther interview

By STEVE LIBOWITZ — June 12, 2009

J.D. Souther’s last solo album before “If the World Was You,” which was released last winter, came out 25 years ago. But such pedestrian things as time and money don’t hold the same level of import for the Texas-raised singer-songwriter who helped fashion the El Lay country-rock sound back in the early 1970s.

Souther, who plays Soho on Sunday night in a double-bill with quirky, topical singer-songwriter Jill Sobule, hobnobbed with the likes of future Eagle Glenn Frey (they shared an apartment together in Echo Park) and Jackson Browne (who lived downstairs), eventually collaborating on some of the Eagles’ biggest hits, including “Best of My Love,” “Victim of Love," "Heartache Tonight," and "New Kid in Town."

But he turned down joining the supergroup in order to pursue the Souther-Hillman-Furay band (with former Byrd Chris Hillman and Poco’s Richie Furay) as well as a solo career.

Now back on the road for a second leg of a national tour promoting the “If the World Was You,” Souther talked about he new record and his career over the telephone earlier this week.


Q. OK, you know I have to ask: why 25 years between albums? How does somebody go that long without needing to make a record?

A. Oh, I played music during that time. I just didn’t make any studio albums. I made a lot of music. But let’s ask the question I’d be willing to answer, since you’re not a trained professional psychiatrist: Why now? And the answer is, because the material is there. I started writing in earnest along these lines in 1998 on a trip to Cuba and the end result is this album.


Q. So is there a thematic link for you?

A. Mechanically I tend to write song in sets of three, like novellas. But I couldn’t tell you what prompts them. It takes that many songs in one vein to get what I want out of it, to get the subject covered. Like on my first solo album, that was true, there were groups of three songs that were related to each other. And on “Black Rose” period, there was “Faithless Love” and “Doors Swing Open” and “Prisoner of Love” – which Linda (ronstadt) and I did on her album – were a sort of gloomy novella.


Q. But you were a lot more prolific back in the early days.

A. No I never was. You’ve probably heard most of the songs I’ve finished. I have hundreds of songs in pieces on legal pads and scratched on score paper, or in the computer or old cassettes. There are always things sitting unfinished on the piano. I’ve got more yellow legal pads than staples.


Q. Why didn’t you finish them?

A. I can’t really say. It’s like when you have a big studio of canvasses. Some you walk away from right away, others at different times, when you think the timing is right. Some times you’re tapped on shoulder and just know it’s done. Other times you abandon it, it’s just not there. With any work of art, it’s never really finished, it’s just abandoned.


Q. does it feel different with the new songs under your belt?

A. It’s always different. But I’m not a particularly nostalgic person. I always like what I’m doing at the moment best… This part of the tour was supposed to be with a trio, but the timing was off. But it turned out better, just me and a bunch of Gibson guitars and grand piano. Just doing it alone makes it more audience friendly. They don’t have to have any doubts that they’re going to hear songs from throughout your career.


Q. Do you still enjoy playing your old songs?

A. Usually yes. With very rare exceptions. Except the fast songs, which are harder to play. I don’t play them all the same every night, anyway. I’ve always like the way Bob Dylan runs his tours, and Van Morrison’s the same – you’re never sure what you’re going to hear. It’s just what that artist is going to do that night. There’s a little risk involved. I like that element. It works for me. I think people are delighted to see things that are happening spontaneously. For me it needs to be fresh every night. I’m just trying to do the best I can do with each song.


Q. Do you still like to sing your classic songs people know from the Eagles? I mean, do you have to take yourself back to relate to what you were thinking and feeling when you wrote them?

A. Look, I’m a lifer. I’ve been playing music since I was 9. I grew up in the school orchestra. And English lit classes. It’s not mechanical, but it’s what I do. I can’t fake it. If I feel like singing something that night, there are all sorts of reason. I like the chemistry of what happens when you put yourself into it. A little bit of anxiety before you go on is good. And being present in the middle of each song is the key….. There’s a million ways to get pulled off the cushion, but only one way to stay on it.


Q. You’re described as one of the architects of California country-rock. Does that seem accurate to you? How did the scene develop?

A. There were some powerful musicians who also happened to be working in similar circumstances at same place and same time and we had enormous effects on each other. Particularly with my writing, it was (the late singer-songwriter) Judee Sill and Jackson Browne. Although I would not be as good a writer as I am without having spent hours and hours thrashing things over with Henley & Frey. We just spent so much time working things out together.


Q. Did you guys have any idea at the time that what you were creating would be as influential and popular as it was?

A. I’m going to tell you what Thelonius Monk was said to an interviewer who was asking him about his influence on pianists: We were just trying to make it sound good. You can get a sense a song has resonance, and that people might relate. I think we did know about “New Kid in Town” and “Best of My Love” after they were done. But it really was just about trying to make good music. It didn’t really matter to me who was gong to sing them. It was just about trying to write songs that would last.


Q. Of course the Eagles got filthy rich and hugely popular. You turned down joining the band. Why? Any regrets?

A. I just didn’t want to do it. The day that I told David Geffen that I didn’t want to be an Eagle, I think they were more relieved than I was. They had a perfect band with those four guys and Don and Glen had a vision for that band from Day One which was different from the vision of what I wanted to do to.


Q. Does it mean something special for you now when you tour through Southern California?

A. I love it here. You can take the guy out of LA but you can’t take LA out of the guy. The first thing I always want to do when I get here is get my feet into the ocean. There’s nothing like the big Pacific.


Q. So will it be another 25 years before we have the next new JD Souther album?

A. No. The songs are all done, and I’m already working on the one after that.

Troubadour
06-26-2009, 07:33 PM
Thanks for posting, Soda. I always love reading these interviews.

MikeA
07-07-2009, 08:15 AM
JULY 7, 2009


Here's a copy of the eMail I received this morning. I'll be in a meeting unfortunately, but some of you may be able to listen in!

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Greetings Friends and Fans,

Tune Nashville's WPLN (90.1) Live In Studio C this Tuesday 7/7 (11am/cst) to hear a special in-studio performance from JD Souther, featuring special guest Chris Walters.

For those of you who are not in the middle Tennessee area, you can listen online by clicking here (http://e2ma.net/go/2177789412/1985133/73426602/25288/goto:http://wpln.org/home.php). Also, visit the Live In Studio C website (http://e2ma.net/go/2177789412/1985133/73426603/25288/goto:http://wpln.org/?cat=5) prior to the broadcast to stream or see pictures from the performance.

Pictures and streaming will only be available for the week following the broadcast.

Thanks for your support,
Team Souther




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Troubadour
08-24-2009, 08:51 PM
No fresh news, just some shameless gawking. I came across this while I was searching for... er, JD Souther... and can I just say - yum! Something very Don-ish about this, don't you think? :drool:

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c374/Lulabelle_/jdsoutherdogs2.jpg

TimothyBFan
08-25-2009, 07:48 AM
Now that is one very gorgeous picture!!! Wonder how old it is. Great find Lou!

Ive always been a dreamer
08-25-2009, 11:29 AM
Willie, according to Wikipedia, JD was born November 2, 1945 so he'll be 64 years young in a few months. See I even did the math for ya! :wink: That means he and Glenn were both born in Detroit almost exactly 3 years apart.

And thanks for posting that Troub.

TimothyBFan
08-25-2009, 01:11 PM
Thanks Dreamer but I was actually wondering how old the picture is, not JD. :hilarious:

Ive always been a dreamer
08-25-2009, 01:16 PM
Oh :doh: Willie - upon further review, you did say "it", didn't you? Oh well, I learned something here even if I didn't help you out one little bit. :lol:

ticky
09-22-2009, 12:39 PM
Just got an announcement in my email. JD's got a new Live Album coming on October 6th called Rain! YAY!!! also he's receiving the Golden Note Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers at the ASCAP Country Music Awards on October 19th.

Congrats JD!

sodascouts
09-22-2009, 01:08 PM
Excellent! I wonder which songs he'll include? Can't wait to hear more!

GlennLover
09-22-2009, 01:25 PM
Congrats to him! Glad that he is getting the recognition.

ticky
09-24-2009, 11:59 AM
this was posted on his web site this morning...

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JD Souther releases first live recording - 10/6

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On October 6th, JD Souther will be releasing his first ever live recording, 'Rain'.

The digital only release will be available on itunes, and feature songs from JD's past and present including, You're Only Lonely, House Of Pride, and New Kid In Town.

The live concert, recorded at the historic Belcourt Theatre in Nashville, TN will include solo performances as well as feature many of the great artists that helped create the sound for JD's most recent album 'If The World Was You'.

**********************

Cool!!! I wonder who all the special guest artists will be!!

sodascouts
09-24-2009, 12:20 PM
Thanks for posting! I can't wait to see what the track list will be!

bernie's bender
09-27-2009, 04:33 PM
I think my favorite JD song is "Go Ahead and Rain"....

kind of the Beach Boys meet the Eagles at Roy Orbison....

super lush... we used to do it in our band... but a change in membership messed up the harmonies... his voice has such a wonderful character....

his duet with LR on Prisoner in Disguise is spellbinding.

sodascouts
09-28-2009, 01:24 AM
I think I've said elsewhere that my favorite track of Souther's is "Last in Love." Love the emotion in the vocal - plus, it's a beautiful melody.

ticky
09-30-2009, 11:56 AM
Okay you guys.. this is seriously cool!!! got this from JD's mailing list...
(no, it's not an invitation for me... its a contest!!!!! YAY!!!)

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Be our guest at the 47th annual ASCAP Country Music Awards, Monday, October 19, at Nashville's legendary Ryman Auditorium.

Come join Team Souther, as JD will be honored with the prestigious ASCAP Golden Note Award. The ASCAP Country Music Awards is an invitation-only gala, and we would like to show our appreciation for your support by giving the fans a chance to share this special night with us.

The event will be a star-studded affair, and feature appearances and performances by the some of the top artists in country music.

If you're interested, here's what you do. Share with us your favorite memory associated with JD's music, and why you should attend. You can send audio, video, letter, or whatever way that you feel best expresses your story. Submissions should be sent to - teamsouther@projectdaybreak.com

The contest will begin today, Tuesday (9/29), and the deadline for submissions will end the following week (10/6). The winner will be notified on Wednesday, (10/7). At that point, you will have 24 hours to confirm.

The winner will receive 2 tickets to the award show and will enter the Ryman by walking down the red carpet. The winner will also get a meet and greet with JD before the show.

With the winner's permission, the winning entry will be posted on JD's website, and pictures from the award show and meet and great will be featured as well.

*winner will be responsible for all travel and lodging.

sodascouts
09-30-2009, 12:43 PM
I already gave him a fan letter saying just that. Guess I'm out of the running!

sodascouts
10-07-2009, 10:44 AM
Just got an alert that the live album release date will be pushed back to the 20th. Looks like its distribution will be primarily digital.

ticky
10-20-2009, 09:29 PM
First of all, JD's new CD, Rain, is available for download from Amazon and soon from I-tunes. I just got it and the version of New Kid is incredible! I love it.

Second, the ASCAP Awards were the 19th and Jackson Browne presented JD with the Golden Note Award.
Here's the CMT (http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1624276/alan-jackson-ashley-gorley-jd-souther-triumphant-at-ascap-country-awards.jhtml) Coverage. There are some great pictures here (http://twitpic.com/m8zy8) as well.

Troubadour
01-03-2010, 01:44 PM
Thought I'd post these shots of JD in October. I think they're awesome (and gorgeous.) I'm dying to see this man!

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c374/Lulabelle_/JDSoutherCMJ.jpg

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ticky
01-03-2010, 03:15 PM
Wow.. JD looks fantastic.. I cant wait till he comes back to Portland

eaglesvet
01-08-2010, 08:58 PM
I just received an email that JD will be performing some East Coast shows during the month of January...a couple in CT, one on Long Island, one in Mass., and one in NJ!! If anyone is interested in seeing him on Friday Jan. 15 in Montclair, NJ, let me know...Stars? Dreamer? Anyone else "close?" The show starts at 8 pm. The venue is known at 'Outpost in the 'Burbs,' and it's a non-profit folk music community that utilizes 3 different sites (2 churches and the high school). They have JD booked in a church that holds 250 people, and the tix are $27.50 in advance and $33 at the door. I have no idea if a sell-out is likely...certainly possible in the town of Montclair...it's very artsy.

I'm excited to have learned about this folk music community center just now! The next weekend, they are featuring the Gin Blossoms, a group I really liked back in the late 80's/early 90's. I'm going to get myself on their email list...you never know who else might show up on their concert list in the future!

ticky
01-08-2010, 11:09 PM
OH by all means go!! its well worth it.. if you get a chance to talk to him, give him my regards *G*

eaglesvet
01-10-2010, 02:12 PM
Will do! Will he remember you by name? And wasn't it someone named Susan you were with? Or am I hallucinating about a different story you told?

Ive always been a dreamer
01-10-2010, 09:16 PM
Oh wow, ev. I would love to see JD. I really wish I could make the trip, but, sadly, I've got a little too much on my plate right now. :-x

Susan
01-11-2010, 04:46 AM
I'm attending the JD Souther concert in CT this Thursday, Jan 14th. If anyone is interested in hearing about it, I'll write a posting after the show. Any other "Eagles on Line Central Members" going to be in attendance?
Susan

Stars
01-11-2010, 09:28 AM
EV, I would have loved to have seen JD too! However, we are already seeing another singer that night-a friend of ours who comes around here to play every now and then.
Enjoy the JD concert!:partytime:

Prettymaid
01-11-2010, 09:32 AM
I'm attending the JD Souther concert in CT this Thursday, Jan 14th. If anyone is interested in hearing about it, I'll write a posting after the show. Any other "Eagles on Line Central Members" going to be in attendance?
Susan

Please write a review and have a great time!

Brooke
01-11-2010, 04:47 PM
Susan, I'd love to hear all about it! Details, please! :)

Troubadour
01-11-2010, 04:53 PM
JD had better be playing some dates this spring, when I'm (hopefully) over in the States! Until then, I'll have to live vicariously through you guys. Can't wait to hear all the details.

sodascouts
01-11-2010, 07:08 PM
Have fun, Susan!

I sure wish he would come back to Chicago. He promised us he would last year! So far nothing, though.

eaglesvet
01-13-2010, 09:31 AM
Since I don't know many of his songs (other than the obvious Eagles ones), are most of the ones he does in the show from his "new " album from '08? I have to see if I can make it out to Borders (and if they have it) in time to buy it, and play it enough so I can at least be familiar with the songs. I find it so much more enjoyable that way. Unless those of you that know tell me he does a high proportion of songs from his old albums, of course. I don't think I would buy all of them!

eaglesvet
01-15-2010, 02:46 PM
Well, it looks like I can make tonight's show, though I never did make it to a Borders in time to get the CD. Hopefully I'll recognize enough of the songs, and like the ones I don't recognize! A friend of mine from work and I are going, right after work. She's not an Eagles fanatic, but I do think she'll enjoy the show!

GlennLover
01-15-2010, 03:16 PM
Hope you enjoy the show, Eva!

Brooke
01-15-2010, 04:57 PM
I wish you could have gotten the cd and taken it with you. Sometimes, he signs autographs.

Have fun. I bet you will. :thumbsup:

sodascouts
01-15-2010, 05:02 PM
They'll probably be selling the CD there - I bet he'll sign it for you.

Susan
01-15-2010, 05:22 PM
Well, went to the JD Souther concert last night. I did enjoy it, really glad I went, he's a phenomenal songwriter and has quite the repertoire (as you all know), but I must say, the show wasn't really exciting (for lack of a better word). It just seemed like he really didn't want to be there and was just going through the motions. This theater is very small (holds only about 125 people). That's always been the plus for concerts here. It's such an intimite venue, it feels like your in your own home with a large group of friends having a private concert. I guess the downside for the performer is that if you're not really happy to be there, you can't hide it! Everyone has an off night I know, so at first I just chalked it up to the fact that maybe he wasn't feeling well; however, about five songs into the show, he stated how he didn't have his band with him because he was supposed to be on hiatus for Jan and Feb. He had just found out a few weeks ago that his "old" manager had booked this tour, so well, here he was solo because his band was busy. Made the comment that he didn't expect to be on the road right after the holidays. He said he took his Christmas tree down only three days ago and didn't expect to be on the road so soon. At that point, my husband and I just looked at each other with a knowing look, of "he doesn't want to be here and guess we know why it's his "Old" manager"! With that being said, however, I am happy we were there. He is indeed a very talented man. I didn't mind the fact that he was solo, in fact rather enjoyed that aspect. He played both accoustic guitar and piano. He sang a mixture of old favorites and songs from his new CD "If the World Was You". He sang two Eagles songs (highlight of the evening!) "New Kid in Town" and "Best of My Love". He also sang his hit "Only Lonely". It was great hearing all three! He included two songs that he wrote for Linda Ronstadt, "Prisoner in Disguise" and "Simple Man, Simple Dream". From his new CD, he sang "I'll Be Here at Closing Time", "Journey Down the Nile", "In My Arms Tonight", "Border Guard", "Rain", and "House of Pride". (He may have sang others, but that's all I can remember right now!) Other songs included "Jesus in 3/4 Time" and "Silver Blue". He also sang a song that he didn't write but said was an old favorite of his, "Bye, Bye Blackbird". He did sing many more, but I don't remember the names. Sorry! One song he sang and played piano to was really nice. I had never heard it before. After he finished, he said, I'm glad you like it! I wrote that with a buddy of mine, Don Henley! We sat down at the piano at my house and cranked out this song in one day. It was nice but I don't remember the name! If he had mentioned Don Henley first, I would have paid extra close attention! (Unfortunately, my husband couldn't remember the name either!) He did talk a little about himself and told a few stories, which was great, but even then, he wasn't too animated. He had everyone laughing over a story about his tree trimming party and the Bob Dylan Christmas album. He said he bought it in vinyl and had just gotten a new turntable. This was the first album he put on it, and when Dylan came out with "Joy to the World" he didn't know if his turntable was broken or it was just Dylan! He did a really good imitation of Dylan singing the song! He closed the show with a song he didn't write, but said was his mother's favorite song. (OOOhhhhhh!) It was a pretty, mellow song and about half way into the intro you could hear this ringing and a tune playing. At that point he cracked up and pulled his cell phone out of his pocket. It was ringing. He and the audience were all laughing! Some one yelled out answer it, and he did with " Is this important, I'm a little busy right now!". We were all in hysterics. He then held the phone out so the person could hear the audience and hung up with a quick, "call you later!" So, that was the concert in a nutshell. As I said, glad I went, but a little disappointing. I'll be anxious to hear what Eaglesvet has to say about his New Jersey concert tonight. Hopefully, he's cheered up a bit by tonight and has decided to make the best of it even though he didn't want to be on the road right now. (We were the first stop, so maybe he'll warm up as the mini tour goes on) BTW, not just my impression, but what most people seemed to think, by the remarks that were made on the way out after the concert.

sodascouts
01-15-2010, 06:59 PM
I'm sorry it seems JD wasn't into the spirit of the evening, Susan! At least you enjoyed the music.

I'm pretty sure the Henley song he did was "Talking to the Moon" - at least, that's the one he did when I saw him last year. Magnificent song - one of Henley's best. Amazing that they wrote it in an afternoon!

The cell phone story, though, is HILARIOUS!!!!

eaglesvet
01-16-2010, 09:54 AM
Just some quick comments, as I have a long day of work ahead of me. It seems as if JD did indeed Get Over It, as he was in good spirits and made no mention of his old manager nor of the tour being a "surprise" (to him). He did mention one other reason for his sour mood last night, Susan...apparently the piano at your venue was pretty out of tune! He said this as soon as he sat down and played a few keys at the baby grand at ours (when I just melted...again.) He was so thrilled by its sound, and commented additionally on the wonderful acoustics of this particular church (more on this later). He then contrasted it with the piano the previous night, and proceeded to deliberately pound out a few bars of "tin cans being hit together" to give us an idea of what it sounded like in Connecticut. Sorry!

Some news for the rest of you fans...he said that he will continue the solo tour until March, when his TRIO will join him. Then, come September, he will have his entire 6-PIECE BAND along! Patience, my friends, patience! Since last night was my virgin voyage into all things JD, I only know the songs I heard and enjoyed last night as solo songs (and some of them I actually don't even know the names of yet, since I haven't played my autographed copy of If the World was You yet... :smile:) However, I can already think of a couple that will sound absolutely awesome with some backing instruments and vocals!:nod:

BTW, my non-Eagles friend loved the show as well. So funny, while we were waiting in line afterward for JD to come out to sign, she asked, "So what was his name again?" :roll::spin:

Ive always been a dreamer
01-16-2010, 01:00 PM
Thank you so much for the reviews, Susan and ev! I would have loved to have been with you last night, ev. Maybe there is hope that we can get to another one of these shows yet with his announcement. It was also good that he shed some light on his 'less than enthusiastic' mood at Susan's show. And congrats on your autographed CD, ev. Awesome!

sodascouts
01-16-2010, 01:38 PM
Thanks for the review, ev! Glad you had a great time. Sounds like JD has himself a new fan in your friend!

When I saw JD, it was a one-man show. I loved it but I'm interested to see him with a band as well. Hopefully he'll come back around here in this next tour he speaks of!

Brooke
01-16-2010, 04:07 PM
Thanks for the reviews ladies! I'm glad you both enjoyed the shows and Ev, wonderful that you got that autographed cd! :yay:

Hilarious about the phone call!

I'm hoping he will venture to the interior US sometime soon.

eaglesvet
01-16-2010, 07:39 PM
I do plan to write more, maybe later tonight, but if not, then in the next couple of days. One thing I literally just realized, though...there was a couple I noticed in the packed audience (if it wasn't a sell-out crowd, it almost was...in a church that seats 250)---Dreamer, it was the couple who sold us our Timmy tix at The Bitter End!! I had tried to place the faces throughout the night, and just couldn't do it. It wasn't like they even recognized me at all. And it just hit me now, out of the blue, who they were. Funny, huh? :hilarious: I guess all good Eagles fans flock together!

Susan
01-16-2010, 09:27 PM
Really glad to hear that JD was in better spirits at your NJ concert!! Especiallly since you brought a friend who wasn't familiar with his work!! He did mention the piano was a little out of tune, especially the "A" key. He played that note for us and even I could tell it was bad! Which means it really was since I wasn't blessed with a musician's ear! He did say to bear with him, that he was going to transpose a song into a different key to avoid that note. We (the audience) was fine with that. The song was beautiful! It ended up being the one he co-wrote with Don Henley! I guess that explains why he only used the piano (a baby grand too) for about four songs and played guitar with the rest. Although, he wasn't happy with his guitar either. Said that's why he usually travels with three or four guitars but the others were "in the shop" since yes, he said it again, he hadn't planned on being in CT that night! Oh well, what are you going to do? Although it would have been nice if he just would have grinned and beared it for the sake of his fans gathered there. This venue, as I said in my earlier post, is a small little theater. It's actually a non-profit organization and they look to local people like us to support them with membership since they don't have many sponsors and ticket sales alone don't cover expenses. You'd think though that they'd keep the piano tuned. He performed here two years ago, and from what I heard from people who attended that show, it was great and all went welll. (Now I'm really sorry I had to miss that one!)
Eaglesvet, did he wear a black suit at your concert too? My husband and I laughed when he came out in the black suit and tie, saying he definitely looked like the "fifth Eagle" just coming off the LROOE tour! He did offer to sign CD's, but since we weren't happy with his demeanor at the show, we skipped on that offer. I think most people felt the same way. By the time we got done chatting with friends and left, there were only a handful of people in the CD autograph line (I want to say less than ten?)
Sodascouts, thanks for identifying the Henley/Souther song for me and yes, the cell phone call was hysterical!

eaglesvet
01-16-2010, 10:42 PM
Well, he called it a gray suit, invoking the late Warren Zevon ("in his honor") for some reason...did Warren like to wear gray suits? I called it black (including the shirt)--at least it looked that way when he was up on stage. And his hair had a blondish cast from the lighting--made him look much younger (and hotter) than I anticipated. I kept thinking of how much Lou would've loved the look, because he definitely had a 'Don-like' quality to his appearance with the hair color and facial stubble. However, at the CD-signing afterward, under normal lighting...the suit/shirt became dark gray and his hair gray as well. Aged just by walking off the stage, unfortunately.:sigh: There were about 50 people waiting in line to sign...many brought multiple items, including older albums. Many also had photos taken with him. I unfortunately didn't even think to bring my camera, as I was coming straight from work rather than home--and that's just not something I pack on my way to work in the morning. I would've had some good shots. Oh well.

Actually, he only played about 3 or 4 songs on our good piano as well! He had 2 good guitars by us, with a comment that his blonde one was in the shop getting worked on. At least he sticks by his story!

MikeA
01-19-2010, 01:05 PM
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sodascouts
01-20-2010, 09:39 PM
Listening to this interview right now. It's only 5 min long - boo!

- Talks about living with Glenn and Jackson Browne, tons of other songwriters
- "Music has many roots and many branches"
- Ronstadt got him into bluegrass
- Played R&B in high school
- Doesn't care about genre; "It's all just music to me"
- Talks about making When the World Was You, the trip to Cuba that inspired him to write the songs
- Talks about going to jazz clubs and listening to bands in order to find the musicians to play on the album
- Album not overdubbed - they rehearsed and played gigs live for a few months, then recorded it live
- Talks about reception of new music by audiences when he plays live; says nobody seems to notice the difference between the old and new songs
- Promotes new live album; says he's doing another studio album in the spring!

He's going to be on later in the hour, playing live for about 30 minutes.

ticky
01-29-2010, 08:07 PM
just got this from JD's News letter..

If you can't make it to tomorrow night's show (1/30) at the Narrow Center in Fall River, MA - then, don't miss a unique opportunity to hear the show live from your computer.

Visit mvyradio.com (http://www.mvyradio.com/valentines_day.php) to tune in. Show begins streaming at 7:45 est.

sodascouts
01-30-2010, 09:59 PM
Listening to the concert now. Good stuff.

He just mentioned his iPhone going off at Susan's show! lol!

sodascouts
05-10-2010, 05:22 PM
Ohio folks - just got this from JD's listserv:
"Just wanted to let you know that JD will be coming to Nighttown in Cleveland on Friday 5/14, then on to Columbus for an evening at BoMA on Saturday 5/15.

Joining JD this time around will be pianist, Chris Walters (http://e2ma.net/go/8255758620/2794362/94464779/25288/goto:http://www.myspace.com/coolblu2007). We're really excited to have Chris join us and we promise you will not be disappointed.

5/14 Nighttown - Cleveland, OH buy tickets (http://e2ma.net/go/8255758620/2794362/94464780/25288/goto:http://www.jwpjazz.com/nighttown/nighttown_special_events.html)
5/15 BoMA - Columbus, OH buy tickets (http://e2ma.net/go/8255758620/2794362/94464781/25288/goto:http://fla.vor.us/171344-JD-Souther-tickets/JD-Souther-Columbus-BoMA-Columbus-Premiere-Event-Venue-May-15-2010.html)

If you're not from Ohio, then let all your Ohio friends know. We look forward to seeing the rest of you soon!"

sodascouts
06-29-2010, 06:48 PM
Finally, his magnificent version of this is on YouTube (previously you could only find George Strait's cover), with a link to where you can download it off of iTunes if you go the YouTube page:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzyYeg3YuFY

sodascouts
06-29-2010, 06:51 PM
BTW he has some new dates in August and Sept:


Hugh's Room
August 06, 2010
Toronto, ON
http://www.hughsroom.com/ (http://www.hughsroom.com/)


Ann Arbor, MI
August 07, 2010
The Ark
Click here (http://theark.org/2467.html) for more info


The Sanctuary
September 25, 2010
Chatham, NJ
http://www.sanctuaryconcerts.org/

sodascouts
07-01-2010, 12:35 PM
JD posted this on Facebook:
"If any of you are on twitter, please note: Tweet #iftheworldwasyou and get a free download and enter a chance to win an autographed 180 gram vinyl copy of the record."

eaglesvet
07-05-2010, 02:31 PM
I heard about this Chatham, NJ show the other day. The Sanctuary is the venue very close to where I work that is a church by day, and "intimate concert hall" by night. I've posted before on seeing Poco there about a year and a half ago, as well as Karla Bonoff and others. It's a unique setting because it is so intimate...I bet they can only seat 250 people there or so. And the other advantage is the tickets rarely go above $25. I'll have to consider seeing JD again this fall!

There's a Borderer from the UK, I think maybe GlennsAllNighter, who has family in Chatham...I remember 'talking' to you about that. Am I right? Is it you, GAN?

timfan
08-05-2010, 06:34 PM
Guess what I just found out!! JD Souther is playing in my old neighbourhood tommorow night and I'm GOING! He's playing in a small venue in Toronto just blocks from where I grew up! It's gonna be amazing!

Troubadour
08-05-2010, 07:23 PM
I'm envious, Kath! Have a fabulous time and be sure to tell us all about it!

GlennLover
08-06-2010, 04:03 PM
That's wonderful! I would love to see JD in concert!

Brooke
08-07-2010, 09:24 AM
tf, how was it? We need to know! lol

timfan
08-07-2010, 12:41 PM
LOL It was great!

I went down at about noon time to get my ticket ( as there was no way for me to purchase it online and I wanted to be sure to get a ticket) . So once I had purchased it I went for lunch and then wandered around my old neighbourhood (checked out my old apartment, went and sat in the church yard of the church I had attended). By 5pm I was bored so I sat at a nearby coffee shop and waited. The doors opened at 6:30 but I had been told since I was not eating there was no point in my coming til 7ish.. well I was there at 6:30! Good thing too, cause I ended up with a GREAT seat! I was right by the stage diagianol to JD (the piano player Chris Walter's back was in front of me)with just one small table between myself and the stage. I was probably 12 feet from JD, an AWESOME view! I could actually hear JD speaking to the Chris Walters.

I did not keep track of the set list but in terms of Eagles songs he played Heartache Tonight Victim of love and New kid in town.

JD mentioned that he had a cold but other than the fact that he was wiping his nose you never woulda noticed, he sounded GREAT! He kept asking Chris between songs which key each song was in... and after one song Chris commented that he (JD) had done that song in a key that they never used before and that it had been an adventure! hehehe

JD told the story of he and Glenn and Don were writing Heartache Tonight and were stuck and that Glenn apparently played it over the phone for Bob Seger and thats how the chorus came about!

One funny/scary moment in the evening... It was nearing the end of the night and a lady after watching JD wipe his nose with his hand... stands up takes a napkin from her table, steps up on stage ( there was no blockade on the stage and the stage was only elevated slightly) walks over and gives it to him. He looked absouletly TERRIFIED! He actually said that he was concerned that she was giving him a note!

After the show I was able to meet JD for a few seconds and get the poster they had for sale there autographed. I also bought my dad JD's new CD and got that autographed (personalised to my father). I wanted to do this for my dad because he was the one who found out about JD playing at the last minute AND was kind enought to buy me the ticket. I was dissapointed that Dad couldn't share this with me as his health is not the best right now.. though it is improving!. So I ask JD to autographed the CD for my father!

It was neat meeting JD though it was very rushed, I got the feeling the wanted to get it done and get home as he was not feeling well and I can certainly understand that! He and I did speak briefly about Glenn and how JD is playing in Glenn's home town in the next few days... I was teasing him would Glenn be joining him, etc...

Anyway it was a great evening and I could not have asked for better seats ( some reviews of the venue had said that if you don't order dinner you get crappy seats, not the case for me at all!)

sodascouts
08-07-2010, 05:13 PM
Thanks for the review, Kath! Hope your dad feels better soon.


JD told the story of he and Glenn and Don were writing Heartache Tonight and were stuck and that Glenn apparently played it over the phone for Bob Seger and thats how the chorus came about!

I've never heard this story before - cool!

MikeA
08-30-2010, 11:23 AM
Greetings Friends -

Just wanted to let you know that JD will be performing at Music City Roots this Wednesday (9/1) at the Loveless Barn in Nashville, TN. You can stream live video and audio by clicking here.

JD will be joined by Chris Walter's on piano, and Viktor Krauss on bass, and there will also be an interview segment, so be sure to tune in!

Later this month, JD will be heading back to the NE for a few shows in NJ and NY. Click the links below for more info, and to buy tickets.

9.24: The Stephen Talkhouse - Amagansett, NY (w/ Amy Speace)
9:25: The Sanctuary - Chatham, NJ (w/ Amy Speace)
9.26: The Turning Point - Piermont, NY (w/ Amy Speace)

Thanks for your continued support!
© JD Souther

eaglesvet
09-15-2010, 08:41 AM
I am all set to see the Chatham show this Saturday after work with my friend, who also saw JD last time with me. She had no idea who he was the first go 'round, but obviously liked him well enough to see him again! It will be interesting to see if he changes the show up a lot or a little. I'm especially curious to see if those little seemingly off-the-cuff jokes are actually carefully scripted (they really don't seem to be, but you never know!)

Ive always been a dreamer
09-15-2010, 09:34 AM
Can't wait to hear all about it, EV. And, BTW, good to hear from you - we've missed ya around here. I was just thinking about you a couple of days ago. :thumbsup:

eaglesvet
09-15-2010, 09:42 AM
I know...I have to get back into my Border groove. I think about you all a LOT. It's just time is rarer these days. I think you might remember Chatham as the town you drove in through right before reaching Madison. If I'm not mistaken, you might have stopped in their brand-new Dunkin Donuts!

Ive always been a dreamer
09-15-2010, 09:49 AM
That's right - I don't think I could have made that long drive back to my hotel without that caffeine. :wink: And trust me, I know what you mean about real life taking up so much time.

GlennLover
09-15-2010, 12:56 PM
Glad to hear from you, EV! enjoy the show!

sodascouts
09-15-2010, 09:52 PM
Have fun and then tell us all about it! I'm determined to see him again sometime, especially now that I live closer to his home turf.

MikeA
04-30-2011, 12:56 AM
Souther has announced his Summer Tour Dates and locations:

Tickets are on sale now!

June 12 – Carrboro, NC – The Art Center
June 13 – Charlotte ,NC– The Blumenthal PAC
June 16 – New York, NY – Joe’s Pub
June 17 – Sellersville, PA – Sellersville Theatre
June 18 – Montclair, NJ – Outpost in the Burbs
June 21 – Philly, PA – The World Café Live
June 23 – Norfolk, CT – Nancy Marine Studio Theatre
June 24 – Boston, MA – Johnny D’s
June 27 – Ann Arbor, MI – The Ark
June 28 – Cleveland, OH– Night Town
June 29 – Cleveland, OH – Night Town

WalshFan88
04-30-2011, 05:36 AM
Very cool Mike! I bet that would be a great show.

Troubadour
04-30-2011, 05:03 PM
I'd love to see JD live one day!

MikeA
04-30-2011, 07:13 PM
Me too Lou....I've heard he really chats it up in his concerts. A lot more laid back that most concerts that are put on. I'd really like to catch him!

sodascouts
06-08-2011, 09:56 PM
JD was recently interviewed by the Huffington Post - it's posted on his site:

http://www.jdsouther.net/index.htm?inc=5&news_id=19692

Glenn and the Eagles get a lot of ink as well.

BTW, on his new album, Natural History, he's recorded three Eagles songs that he co-wrote: New Kid in Town, The Sad Cafe, and Best of My Love.

Troubadour
06-25-2011, 03:44 PM
I received this email from JD Souther's website earlier today. I really hope he is okay. Sending lots of positive thoughts his way...

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Hey Team Souther -

Unfortunately the next few shows have been canceled due to a medical emergency. JD is returning to Nashville for urgent medical treatment and is expected to make a full recovery. All canceled dates will be rescheduled for the fall.

Please email mgmt with any questions or concerns.

JD would like to express how important this tour and his fans are to him and he looks forward to seeing them soon!

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Troubadour
06-25-2011, 05:22 PM
Just got another email entitled "A Personal Note From JD!" I guess it's painful, but not too serious, thankfully!

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ATTACK OF THE GIANT KIDNEY STONES

All
So here I am loving life, the nice words and good news about the record today, music, Boston, everything and ......a slow motion explosion. Two big kidney stones sent me wincing and groaning into Tufts Medical Center ER where they medicated me, CTscanned me, cared for me beautifully, and sent me, papers and pictures in hand, to Nashville to have these dealt with at home. They are big stones, both in one kidney and they've gotta go. I'm back at the Ritz/Carlton trying for some zzzz's before we fly, as I've been up all night in the ER.The excellent concierge here whose name will follow later, sent us to Tufts Medical Center, only a few blocks away where Dr.Sunil Shroff and ER nurses Kristin Brosius, Donna Crane, and especially the wonderful Trish Lloyd cared for me like family and told me to go home and have them dealt with immediately. In Nashville Dr. David
Forbes talked me through the symptoms and coaxed me to the hospital long distance. Imagine, a twenty first century doctor who takes your call anytime and many times on a Friday night. I don't have to imagine because I have one.
Jason Zito, the Tour Manager from beyond the call of duty did everything right and more.
There's my big night off in Boston. And there goes a show I was really looking forward to playing. Naturally, it's the bus you don't see coming that hits you.
I'm sore and tired and lucky to know great people.


More details later,
JD

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And a little pic attached to the email... bless him!

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c374/Lulabelle_/Continued/JDsick.jpg

sodascouts
06-25-2011, 08:12 PM
Poor guy - but thank goodness it's nothing more serious!

Brooke
06-28-2011, 02:09 PM
Poor JD! Get well soon! :sad:

Prettymaid
06-28-2011, 02:27 PM
I love that he wrote that himself! What a sweet guy!

tequila girl
06-28-2011, 02:45 PM
Awww Hope JD is feeling better soon.....Kidney Stones....NOT Nice!!!
and he felt well/humerous enough to post a pic....Bless Him! :)

Troubadour
06-29-2011, 03:18 AM
I love that he wrote that himself! What a sweet guy!

I agree. It reminds me of Tim's message to his fans after all that worry we had a while back when he was rushed to hospital. The way he explains how the pain just came out of nowhere. Cancelling shows must be so disappointing for these guys, but I hope they all know that we want them healthy and happy more than anything else!

Anyway - it looks like JD is doing well. Another email today said that he should be back on the road in a couple of weeks. :thumbsup:

Molly
06-30-2011, 05:30 PM
Ouch, poor guy. Kidney stones are miserable.

Speaking of JD, stumbled onto him on GAC's (Great American Country) show "On the Streets". He does a wonderful interview and closes the show with a song.

I think you can still catch this particular episode tomorrow (7-1) at 9:30 pm CST and Saturday (7-2) at 1:30 am (CTS) and 12:00 pm (CTS).

Worth catching if you can!

Troubadour
06-30-2011, 05:39 PM
That sounds great, Molly. Is GAC the channel?

I'm not sure I'll be able to get it, but hopefully it will show up online at some point.

Molly
06-30-2011, 10:22 PM
That sounds great, Molly. Is GAC the channel?

I'm not sure I'll be able to get it, but hopefully it will show up online at some point.

Yes the channel is called GAC -Great American Country

Troubadour
07-06-2011, 08:58 PM
You'll be pleased to hear that JD has made a speedy recovery and his West coast tour is starting this Saturday in Portland, Oregon!

sodascouts
09-22-2011, 11:18 PM
Oh my gosh - JD is playing a FREE show near me!

Grimey's New & Preloved Music (http://www.grimeys.com/index.html)
1604 8th Avenue South, Nashville, TN (United States) - Map (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1604%208th%20Avenue%20South,+Nashville,+TN, +,+US)
615-254-4801

I'll be there!!!

Prettymaid
09-23-2011, 08:26 PM
Wow! Nothing better than free!

ETA: When is it Soda? I don't see him.

sodascouts
10-11-2011, 05:40 PM
The free Nashville show is tonight, but sadly, it seems I won't be able to make it. It's general admission in a small store and I would have had to leave here at about 1:00pm in order to get to Nashville in time to get in line and be assured a spot (the place only holds like 120). Unfortunately, things sprung up at work which kept me busy and now it's too late to go. :(

Ive always been a dreamer
10-11-2011, 06:43 PM
Aww - that's too bad, Nanc. Stupid work!!! But, since JD lives in Nashville, maybe you'll get more opportunities to see him again.

kym
10-11-2011, 10:58 PM
Aww - that's too bad, Nanc. Stupid work!!! But, since JD lives in Nashville, maybe you'll get more opportunities to see him again.

The show tonight was absolutely awesome!!! Pueblo and I were maybe 10 feet away from JD and the band.... It was a great playlist and such a fun time!!!! Loved the smallness of the shop and being able to chat with JD and the band and get an autograph after the show.....

pueblo47
10-11-2011, 11:38 PM
He wore a blue flannel shirt over a black t-shirt with jeans. There was no real set list so this is what he did:

Let It Rain
Faithless Love
New Kid In Town
Sad Cafe
Short interlude of jamming followed by Banging My Head Against The Moon
Silver Blue
Bye Bye Blackbird
Prisoner in Disguise
Ain't Misbehavin'
You're Only Lonely
Band intro
Heartache Tonight
I'll Be Here Till Closing Time

He talked to the audience and did autographs after the show.

Annabel
10-12-2011, 03:26 AM
Sounds like the 2 of you had great fun. Chatting and autographs after too eh! :thumbsup: Awesome. :partytime:

Shame you couldn't make it Nancy. Flipping work has a habit of getting in the way of the important things. :brickwall:

Brooke
10-12-2011, 10:02 AM
Soda, sorry you didn't get to go. Bummer.

Pueblo and Kym, glad you had a good time. Did you get autographs?

pueblo47
10-12-2011, 02:20 PM
Got an album cover signed for a friend.

EaglesFanatic
10-12-2011, 02:25 PM
Got an album cover signed for a friend.

Cool! Sounds like it was a good concert :nod:

TimothyBFan
10-12-2011, 02:48 PM
Glad you guys were able to make it and meet him afterward. Thanks for the playlist Pueb!!! What a riveting review you gave! :hilarious: You know I'm just kidding!!! I seriously am happy you were able to get those autographs tho.
:thumbsup:

Troubadour
10-17-2011, 01:17 PM
That is so cool! I would LOVE to see JD live. Wish I'd been there on Saturday night when he was playing at Levon Helm's Ramble. :sigh:

Troubadour
01-31-2012, 09:19 PM
JD's latest FB post:

By the way, and this is to all who have not been clear about this. My name is John David Souther and it is one of which I am justly proud. I began to sign my copyrights J D Souther after seeing Bach's handwritten scores and notations in The British Museum, which are signed J S Bach. I never dreamed it would morph into a permanent nickname for me, but it has and I can live with it quite comfortably. However, JD has NO punctuation marks between it.....it is simply that, a nickname, not an abbreviation of the name my family so lovingly and intelligently bestowed on me. Please everyone (special note to those in the trade) it is simply (and more efficiently now) JD Souther. no space-no punctuation required. Thank you. JD

Looks like us Borderers had it right all along! :thumbsup:

sodascouts
02-01-2012, 01:38 AM
We did but... shoot! He sure seems bothered by something that doesn't seem to be that big a deal. Frankly, it's rather unusual to get agitated when one's initials are punctuated.

TimothyBFan
02-01-2012, 09:28 AM
I thought the same thing when I saw this yesterday, Soda. Wonder what brought that on.

Troubadour
02-01-2012, 10:23 AM
I agree that it seems a bit finicky, but I guess it matters to him. The "special note to those in the trade" part makes me think that is his main reason behind writing the post.

sodascouts
02-01-2012, 03:38 PM
I replied and told him that to ensure he never gets punctuated, he should start calling himself Jaydee. ;)

Troubadour
02-01-2012, 04:46 PM
LOL! Very trendee. ;)

sodascouts
03-15-2012, 12:45 AM
Looks like JD may be returning to acting! According to his Facebook, he's part of the cast of a show called Nashville (http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/03/06/connie-britton-nashville/).

Troubadour
03-15-2012, 08:39 PM
Cool!

Troubadour
04-26-2012, 08:43 AM
Just fancied posting this again because... yum!

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c374/Lulabelle_/jdsoutherdogs2.jpg