It is a little strange, really. They scored two Top 20 hits on the U.S. I
probably just like to set off right to the South Seas and have a look! "...And these new days drag on
Jeb: You still have a lot to give as an artist. actuality, he still thinks of himself as an underground artist ("I never really went mainstream") and he confesses that
We just packed it full of people for two nights and recorded the show. We did that on Rough & Tumble, as we were on the road for about eight months. I didn’t want to add songs on to just pad the album; I liked it the way it was. more evident offstage. Jeb: You have fans that will steal the new album instead of buying it on iTunes. the ultimate destination. Moreover, despite his oft-austere press photos, there's a certain vitality to him that is even
sent from NY, and finally aquatint himself with modern gadgets like a computer. ", And it might also be inferred that Waite practices what he preaches about
I had said that before, but it really hit me at that time that I needed to start writing some new songs. On the edge of 2018/2019 a great show with Ann Wilson Of Haert end Styx. When you have bad gig, or something, and you get in the van to go back to the hotel and you feel bad, then someone will make a dry line to try to be funny. The next day I came in and put the “Hey babe, I’m back on my feet again. Not surprisingly, Waite does allow that his life is "very" different
First off, his
Ditch what you think of “best of” albums right now. real - has also been a dominant lyrical theme. Nobody's gonna
uses artfully placed seasonal references in his songs, too.) Jeb: The first album worked well with Bad English. It ended up being a full album and it is not what one might think, or expect. Yes, yes! These are the best songs that we played and recorded. for strongest cut on the album, and - even before I can spit the thought out
And, with "Figure in a Landscape" (a guitar-driven, lyrically and
If nine tenths of the record is really hardcore rock, then you have to have something to balance it. With a career as long as mine, I just don’t care to go back that far and depend on yesterday over what is happening today and tomorrow. Hmmm. Jeb: The track listing is surprising as some of the huge hits are not on this release. March 25, 2018 Mark Diggins. There is a song called “Restless Heart” that they would not do, so it had to be on a solo album. From that point on, from that first year, which was probably the happiest year, it just became a fight between the record company and the band. There was a song that the record company insisted on us doing called “Yesterday’s Heroes.” It was really a song about being a failure. How are things going these days? potential hits on the record (and there are many) most definitely should turn a new generation on to the distinctive, often
After Head First there were two choices; we could go back to England and call it a day, or we could just have a ball playing live for a year and see what happens. But for me it is more of an organic exchange, and it is kind of exciting, and it is more of an adventure. - and going, 'How the Hell did I get here?!' those babys at Borders a year or so back!) intensity - in the rock'n'roll limelight his entire adult life, as we sit chatting
John: Once you record a song and put it out, it is kind of like anybody can copy it. How can you sell music? absolutely determined that I wouldn't just cop out and be a rocker. John: It is a complete thing. Certainly, that song, above all the other effervescent and atmospheric
I tend to scribble down notes, lyrics or just random thoughts on pieces of paper, backs of cigarette packs, sometimes on my shirt cuff. myself - he chimes in, "I actually mention the Flintstones in that one!" An interview with John Waite John Waite began his career in 1975 with the band The Baby’s, followed by his solo career that spawned the timeless hit Missing You (as later recorded alongside songstress Alison Krauss in 2006). And at some point I was
I mean, you know, I have mutual respect with the band. The chorus was great, but the rest of it was really pretty much like one of those things that come out of Nashville, where someone writes a verse, and one person writes a chorus, and everyone writes a different part. kind of experience these days: "I don't even drink! I saw a friend of mine playing guitar in Starbucks. that ..."
with The Babys, extended through his solo heyday in the '80s, and then on past his stint with Bad English. expected, and yet it was me a thousand percent. In the 1970s John Waite was the front man for British rockers, The Babys. I was thrilled beyond words, to say the least, to have the opportunity to interview … A lot of people are very professional and travel separately, and don’t really talk to each other, and they do their hits and go home. work" the tape recorder that tour manager Jeff Van Duyn recently bought him for songwriting, either.) But it also becomes obvious that such Amazing Kreskin-like conversational
"Heart of Darkness. choice!'" Jeb: Last one: I loved The Babys and I love Union Jacks. John Waite may be best known for soft rock classics “Missing You” as a solo artist and “When I See You Smile” with super group Bad English, but going back to when he was just a Baby, Waite has another side to him. separate, and they're all different." two-fer type CD compilations by one of his former record companies. It was like putting together a jigsaw. After all, whatever its benefits, that artistic angst should only have to go so
It is really a great experience. Find out more about John Waite at http://www.johnwaite.com/. John: Unless we sell tons of downloads, then we will never recoup the money it took to make the record, so it all comes back to touring. It is really expensive to stay out on the road. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live-all-access/id660924348.
are the kind of utterly beautiful, "sweet sorrow" vignettes that may still hit the most universal
By Shawn Perry. he has "always been very, very uncomfortable with very successful, nouveau rich
We played “Whole Lotta Love” and the place came unglued. when I wake up in the morning; I'm not sort of like ... with a hangover. Meanwhile, Ralph Waite, had been divorced for six years before the start of the show. It was
On one hand he says if he ever walks away from the music business, he "fully
It’s been the higher voice in my life and it’s never let me down." enthuses the mercurial John
John Waite I first saw in the late '70s at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago while he was fronting The Babys in the middle of a
From that point on, everyone thinks of you as the guy who did “Missing You.” That song just didn’t fit the record. Jeb: At the same time a professional musician had to be paid. Everyone in the band was so fucking good at what they did that we made it into a hit. guts - to express it so personally or poetically ourselves. Any chance you could release the John Waite/Bad English demos from the 80's one of these days? loose in his songwriting also extends to his career perseverance and resilience, especially in light of the more
There is a real reward in just putting it out there and you just hope people get it. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with Isn't It Time and Every Time I Think Of You, and released five studio albums from 1976 to 1980. 2138. of those times have been just as much fun - it truly has! I would hope that sometime in the next five years I would arrive somewhere that I would not have expected to arrive. Exactly! One listen to “Back on My Feet Again,” “Head First” or “Rough & Tumble” and you will discover that that sweet voiced crooner can crank it up to 11 with best of them. Part of that philosophy is the age old (but too often forgotten) axiom
John: Once you get something as big as “Missing You,” it is a blessing and a curse. It was really emotional. I along with the rest of the world, followed John Waite throughout the years, and reveled at each new turn his career took. I was doing Rockline the other day and they played “Forget Me Not” and it really brought it back to me how strong of a band that was. You have a great new guitarist in Keri Kelli. I really paid some serious dues. One in Philly, at Philly Sound, which is a half church, half recording studio. Through the long afternoon
recovers quickly enough to say, "Well, thank you! How did you end up with him in the band? John: I am up for any kind of gig. He’s one of the artists I’ve always wanted to see but have rarely been in the right continent at the right time. It's got snow and stuff, doesn't it ...?" you ever read Conrad? Like Zen and Judo. reserved. "It only took ten minutes to write that one!" A few years back, John Waite revisited a former No. playing!" furniture." Jeb: I will be honest I thought this would be much different. So, fine for me, really. A place for fans to chat about memories, give ideas, laugh, and get to know each other as John Waite's USA fan base. career highs, including the classic rock ballad (and international chart-topper) "Missing You," as well as numerous other
Kyle’s publisher took it to them and told them they should have a go at it and they jumped on it. you do get the distinct feeling that even John Waite can't predict what he'll do next himself, either artistically or
what it's actually like... "Being drunk in the afternoon?" But, it's like, 'Thanks for the compliment, but there's no
It is always what I wanted to do. Still, when I truthfully blurt out that
"Don't Let Doubt And Suspicion Bar Your Progress." Although, at 49, he has been living - with varying degrees of
When you’ve been on the road for three days straight, and you haven’t had any sleep, and you’re in the back of a van and somebody cracks a joke, and everyone starts laughing, then that is worth a million. and he enthuses that since one of his "dearest friends in the world," Rob
What intrigues me is how it ratchets up when we are on a big stage. There was this guy called Roger who worked in the A&R department and he was saying, “This is a great song and you need to cut it.” I kept saying ‘no’. 8. It took about four, or five, gigs for him to really find his feet, because that is a lot to give a guitar player. new album's final cut, "Masterpiece of Loneliness." Well, if you’re AC/DC and you’re making the album Powerage, then that isn’t the case, and that turned out great. these days: "I've been run over a few times, but you just can't let the world come at you without dodging or moving or ducking,
It takes balls to leave off “Missing You” on a John Waite live album. pay me for those" when I mention certain past albums that are now released as
I know when it is real and when someone is pretending. God bless
What is the story behind the song “Back on My Feet Again”? He was 85. You play the music and it makes people feel good, or it makes people feel less alone if they are going through a bad time. emotion, especially with reference to his career "blue highway," is something Waite himself has
When we walk out there, the four of us, we know what our job is, but we are looking forward to it like a very thirsty person looks at a glass of lemonade. affect you. 1 on the Hot 100 Singles chart in 1984.) In the interview that follows, John discusses how he has mutual respect for his band mates and how he still loves life on the road. John: We are still grooving on playing stuff from Rough & Tumble. of his ongoing search for a deeper truth and meaning in life in general - a quest which touches the
You couldn’t go anywhere in America without hearing either song, but we still didn’t have a hit because the records were not in the stores. releases. ABOUT JOHN WAITE: "Songs, and songwriting keeps me inspired, moving forward. After a false start a couple of years back now John Waite is finally headed down-under for the very first time. And they're a great band, you know? But then you might expect that
1,723 talking about this. We really like to play a lot of gigs. There were thousands of people there and this band did great on that big stage. They're all
Jeb: But you have to be the boss as it’s your name on the line. Pinterest. I can't listen to that, you know. BS he's witnessed firsthand during his 25 year career that first began in the US
John pulls out all the stops on his new iTunes live album Live All Access, featuring hard rocking guitarist Keri Kelli. Kelli kicks things up a notch, adding a hard rocking edge to the songs on the live album. John: All of the decisions that I’ve made have been my own. Rock n’ roll is closest thing I’ve got to a spiritual power. with his ardent, long-standing core fan base earlier in the evening.) real - I don't want to say poetry - but it's a real sense of using the language without having to
some respects that he was when he painted yet another fearless, introspective self-portrait with the
And that mindset, in particular, is often subtly or overtly
Ricky Phillips his former bandmate from The Babys and ad English !! I had more fun doing that than flying first class and playing in huge places. 17 minutes interview with John Waite ( Filmed) Just click on the picture! @johnwaiteisgreat Interview with John Waite by MisplacedStraws.com ! This is a whole different style for him to play. By Ken Sharp One would be hard pressed to come up with a vocalist that sprung out of the ‘70s or ‘80s that is better than ever in 2018. often terminally perceived as major female "heartthrob" material since his Babys
It had a strange beauty to it as there was something about being really great and having fate hold you back. compelling talents of this enduring Lancaster (England) native who more recently has shone even
Waite's spectacular voice – versatile and vulnerable, gritty and refined – has served as his passport to global success. Copyright © 2001 by R. Scott Bolton. You get lumped in as a ballad guy, and I think people can forget you are a rocker, too. he wants to know, as I crack it open and scan the message. We told Keri to learn fifteen songs and that we would see him at the airport, as we had a gig coming up in Detroit. I wasn't like somebody who had a million dollars and lost
from a guy who makes sure you remember to bring some of his shrimp home to treat your cat, and
We got together one afternoon and we went through some songs and it sounded great. This song is not for you---
While I can still do it, then that is the level I want to be on. a fundamental respect for life in general. It seems that the attention span of a new generation just isn’t as long as it used to be. admits, "I don't even know how to switch one on," and claims he still "can't really
I thought, “How great is that?”. I looked in the mirror - I must have been shaving one morning
air concerning the new album and forthcoming solo tour - is that, whether up or down, for Waite things such as career and
melodically powerful, must-have chunk of soul food in the vein of Henley's
was dealing with, you know? We really enjoy
I mean, everyone sounds the same
Then as a solo artist, John hit… John Waite is one of those singers. Conversely, he says that he and his new
He also enjoyed … at a certain level; they're desperately trying to play the same lick. eloquence, especially when examining such modern life vulnerabilities as alienation, a search for deeper meaning in life, reckoning with all manner of
I mean I
Jeb: You are more interested in being a musician than a rock star. or whatever ... or you will get run over. I would like to go back and review that and do something like that next, but I don’t think you will ever hear me singing with banjos. It has put the record companies on their back foot, which is kind of cool. “If You Ever Get Lonely” is also an emotional performance, but two ballads is enough for a live record. The album was meant to motivate a tour. I am responsible for what I have done. It's funny! summer evening, is also one not to take anything about himself too seriously. Google+. Though he has experienced his fair share of
We are just trying to play music. All rights
The singing is good; I know I sang pretty well on this one. We had the number one single on classic rock with “Rough & Tumble.” It cost a lot of money to do it that way. people - just the bullshit of it, you know?" With Tommy Shaw and . We didn’t have an official rehearsal, we just hung out for two hours and played and then shook hands. To have a hit like that and to go on tour like that and to do what we did…if someone is not easy to get along with, or if someone is not having a good time, then it really reflects on what is going on. Really, it was my instinct to record this band as soon as I possibly could even though I didn’t know what I was going to do with it at the time. era, still momentarily startles and blushes. numero uno litmus test for character when I observed his personal, affectionate touch in interacting
abilities are really part and parcel of Waite's highly attuned sensibilities in general, not to mention his incisive and literate
It really pulls you back in. too ... it's too ... it's too me." To think of it in terms of dollars and cents is kind of absurd. If I am somewhere I haven’t been before, then that is where I am meant to be. I just wanted to get this out to people as I wanted them to hear it. other life stuff authentically seem to be much more about the adventure and the journey, than about
musicians who have chemistry onstage as well as an au currant energy and visual appeal), he
It's just a wonderful thing! But Waite, by turns deeply reflective and lightheartedly witty this late
albums (from an artistic, singer/songwriter perspective), the stark and utterly self-revelatory
Jeb: Are you happier doing this then when you were playing stadiums? Live and learn. I wasn’t going to put on “Missing You” because it was expected. In the interview that follows, John discusses how he has mutual respect for his band mates and how he still loves life on the road. The highway…you get to visit Jack Kerouac’s grave and you get to go visit the great recording studios and you get to see America from the ground up. Jeb: Are you going to tour the live album? Because it is a cop out. Maybe it was an accidental phone call, or maybe she was out with the girls and had that extra glass of wine and decided to look him up. How did those two experiences differ and what are your thoughts on working with John? you move through these things, and you can coexist with these things, and they don't
I was right. You have a lot to take into consideration. completing many of my questions and comments with dead-on accuracy. JOHN WAITE INTERVIEW: WOODEN HEART VOL 2. News 2021; And many would say that the rare and commendable risk-taking that he lets
and out of everyday life) in poignant lyrical freeze frames. January 1, 2019. Oh, did I forget frustration? A friend of ours, who is a deejay called Jacky Bam Bam, knew Keri. News. concept when you consider some of his lyrics, and the fact that after 15 years of living in and around New York City,
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