Report from the 'zone
The delightful Stooges will be going to New York City in the middle of February to round off recording plans for their second album, which they’ll start immediately thereafter. They haven’t yet settled on a producer to replace John Cale, but they’ve narrowed the field to three.
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Report from the 'zone
The delightful Stooges will be going to New York City in the middle of February to round off recording plans for their second album, which they’ll start immediately thereafter. They haven’t yet settled on a producer to replace John Cale, but they’ve narrowed the field to three. First, and the current favorite of Stooge management is Jim Peterman, formerly keyboard player with Steve Miller, and now a staff producer with Elektra. If Peterman produces, the band will probably record in Cincinnati, using the studio from which Lonnie Mack launched his possible resurgance. However, Danny Fields, currently neo-promotion man (East Coast) for Atlantic, the guy that turned Elektra on to both the Stooges and the MC5, is suggesting Eddie Kramer, who worked as engineer for the Stones, Traffic, and Led Zeppelin. It has been suggested that it was Kramer who did most of the actual production for the Zep. Of course, it has also been suggested that Jimmy Page played guitar on the early Kink$ hits. On the other hand, it has also been suggested that Paul McCartney has been dead for three years.
The third candidate is our own sentimental favorite. He is John Madeira, Jac Holzman’s choice. Madeira was responsible for such all time favorites as Danny and the Juniors’ At The Hop Len Berry’s 1-2-$ Chubby Checker’s Let’s Twist, all of the immortal Lesley Gore’s early triumphs :(It’s My Party, for one) (is it true Lesley Gore is making a comeback?) (did Lesley Gore ever come in the first place?) (never mind), and most recently, Keem-o-sabe, by the wonderful electric indian you’ve all heard so much about. Jimmy Silver, Stooges’ custodian, describes Madeira as “a real genuine successful top 40 producer”. Whether fortune will tap him for what may well jbe his greatest test yet, however, is yet to be seen.
In other Stooges newses, our boys have recently returned from Chicago (which in itself is something), where they and the MC5 ripped it up, as they say, at a gala day-long rockfest thrown by good ol’ Mike Quatro. This is the first of ten such shows Quatro is planning to put on all around the country (including Madison Square Garden in Sin City and Boston Gardens in San Francisco), (to be built around the Stooges, the MC5, PG&E, Howlin’ Wolf (who is apparently all better now) and Alice Cooper, plus whatever local bands he can recruit in the various cities the troupe visits. Incidentally, the Chicago bash was filmed in 16 mm sound by a group of underground Chicago filmmakers. And according to Jimmy Silver it was a killer well-run presentation. Mighty Mike (or Mite) may still have a chance, but I don’t know what to say about that.
Deday LaRene
