Well, now I know what they mean by a New York minute. No time to write home—this might be the shortest music newsletter ever – just letting you know that I’m alive and well, getting a whole lot done here in the Big Apple, having many adventures and escapades that seem to involve subways and the East Village, and going to be on an alt-country radio show tonight (Monday, August 9) somewhere between 8-9:30 p.m. EST with host, Thom Wodock. I hope that you’ll tune in if you’re near a computer: http://www.wdvrfm.org/index2.htm
And I’ll be doing two more on Saturday afternoon (August 14) from 1-4 and 4-7 EST. The Perfectly Legal pre-release party with Big Kev will spill over into the Free Form show with Ralph Drake. We’ll be spinning tracks from Perfectly Legal, talking about the making of the album, and I'll play a song or two live on the air. Sounds like fun. You can also listen to these shows online at http://www.wxlvradio.com/station/
All of the details are on the calendar page of my Web site at http://www.glennabell.com
And I’ve also posted the second song from Perfectly Legal, so when you visit glennabell.com the first thing that you’ll see is the gorgeous cover art by Theo Anderson and Natali Leduc, and the first thing that you’ll hear is my bare-bones a cappella rendering of the 1963 Sam Cooke hit, Lost and Lookin,’ which he recorded with the minimal backing of only a standup bass. Go to the music page, click on the song title, and while the song is playing you can read my impressions of Lost and Lookin’ and why I wanted to record it. Keep listening, and you will hear Frankie and Johnny, which was the first installment in the song series that I’m posting from Perfectly Legal. Click on the song title on the music page, and you can listen while you read why I decided to record this American folk classic “out at the ranch” in Stafford, Texas.
Y’all come!