Press and Discussion about Glenn's new album "After Hours"

[VAisForEagleLovers]

Got an email from the author asking me to post this link to his article:

http://www.uberrock.co.uk/interviews...exclusive.html

He obviously didn't take the time to look...I swiped it from Twitter within minutes of him tweeting it on Sunday. I put it on GlennFreyOnline, too, but there's been so many other things since then it's fallen off the bottom of the page.

[sodascouts]

Sorry - I should have known you'd already posted it!

[VAisForEagleLovers]

Sorry - I should have know you'd already posted it!

No, it was good that you did, so if he does look, he'll see it instead of not going back four pages and missing it (this thread has a lot of activity!)

[Freypower]

A couple of other observations about the Tavis Smiley interview:

Glenn doesn't use an iPod; the most he does is text.

He said he wanted to record Rainy Night In Georgia, a favourite of mine, but realised it was a song for a baritone, and he's a tenor.

I loved the story of the Wiltern after party ('the crowning achievement' he said the show was, or something like that) & how at 1.30 a.m. he wanted to stay another half hour to avoid going back to garbage & dishwashing & dog do! He also said some lovely things about Cindy.

His take on songwriting, which is that you should paint pictures & entertain people because nobody wants to know how you feel, is interesting. He has never been a 'confessional' songwriter in the way someone like Jackson Browne can be.

[Glennsallnighter]

From RTE (Our national broadcasting station)

http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=htt...E2YZ9xFKZnUx7g

[sodascouts]

His kids probably got him to start texting. That's the only reason my mom learned to do it. The first time I got a text from my mom using a text abbreviation - "luv u" - my jaw hit the floor.

I love my iPod; it allows me to listen to a huge variety of music no matter where I am. What could be better? Does Glenn still use an old-school Walkman?

You know, it's funny. On the one hand, Glenn talks about how no one cares what the songwriter is feeling, but on the other hand, he recognizes that good music makes YOU feel something. Many times, the reason we feel it is because the artist pours his/her own feelings into it. In other words, I don't think it's so much that no one cares how the artist feels - it's that no one cares how the artist feels UNLESS they feel it, too.

[Freypower]

My guess is that Glenn has never used a device such as a Walkman.

[VAisForEagleLovers]

My guess is that Glenn has never used a device such as a Walkman.

I haven't either, but then most of you know I'm far from technophobic. Since I make my living by being a software geek, I try to stay up to date on things.

I like what he said about handwritten letters. I have a cousin who was away for a few years and he got pretty homesick. At first I typed letters in and printed them. One day I had a fight with both printers and lost and had to sit and write it out by hand. The letter I got back? He was so very happy I'd written it. Said that unlike an impersonal typed page it was like I was there with him when he read it. So of course, that meant I had to write out all the ones after that! He's back in the area now and we're back to communicating via texting.

[Brooke]

I finally got time to watch the 2nd part of the TS show. Loved it! I so wish Glenn would write that book!

Fabulous interviews! Glenn but we still need some solo dates here in the midwest! Please think about it!

[RebeccaLovesEagles]

I loved the new album and I have become addicted to the song "After Hours"

I might need an intervention