Chris Wells: Three songs in the key of hope and joy
INTERVIEW/MUSIC
Pressenza interviewed Chris Wells, one of the singer-songwriters and producer, featured in the album, Songs for Sala, released and available on bandcamp: https://salasongs.bandcamp.com/releases
Chris Wells is a songwriter, actor, teacher and Siloist based in New York City.
Karina L. Santillan: Could you tell us a bit more about yourself? As a teacher, musician and Siloist living in New York?
Chris Wells: I live in NY with my wife Julie. We met in the early 90s when we were participating in neighborhood projects as part of the Humanist Movement, an all-volunteer international movement launched by Silo working for deep social and personal change through the methodology of active non-violence. I have two children. My son is 23 and my daughter is 20. I was a professional actor for many years and I teach acting at a wonderful artistic community and professional school in NYC called The Barrow Group. I’ve bee
Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young released their first live album, the double-disc chart-topper,
4 Way Street. The collection was recorded in June and July 1970, during the group s tour in support of its massive second album,
Déjà Vu, and was taped at New York s Fillmore East, The Forum in L.A., and the Chicago Auditorium.
The album featured numerous tunes that were not officially part of the group s catalogue including
David Crosby s
Déjà Vu castoff The Lee Shore ;
Graham Nash s Right Between The Eyes, the yet-to-be
Songs For Beginners standout Chicago ; along with a preview of
Neil Young s then-upcoming
Among the highlights on the set was
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1959 - As the snow melts in Mason City, Iowa, Buddy Holly s glasses are found from the plane crash that killed him two months earlier. They are turned in to police, where they stay until 1980, when a sheriff finds them and returns them to Holly s widow.
1969 - John and Yoko recorded Give Peace A Chance in their Toronto hotel room during one of their bed-ins for peace.
1978 - The Police released Roxanne as the first single from their debut album Outlandos d Amour. The song was written from the point of view of a man who falls in love with a prostitute. The title came from the name of the character in the play Cyrano de Bergerac, which Sting saw on an old poster which was hanging in a hotel foyer in Paris, France where the group had been staying.
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Ronald Isley of The Isley Brothers performs onstage during the Summertime in the LBC music festival on July 7, 2018 in Long Beach, Calif.
With entire generations worth of hits between them, a pair of ageless soul-funk outfits shared the Verzuz stage on Sunday night (Apr. 4), in a battle and mutual celebration of their respective catalogues of classics.
Sunday s matchup between The Isley Brothers and Earth, Wind & Fire was matched in Verzuz history perhaps only by the September lovefest between Patti LaBelle and Gladys Knight in terms of decade-spanning ranges of smashes with Earth, Wind & Fire s hitmaking career dating back to the early 70s, and the Isleys dating all the way back to the late 50s for their Shout breakthrough. Listening through their dozens of gems alongside one another was almost like a tour through funk, soul, pop and rock history, with countless trends both reflected and forecasted by the hits played.
Hear Unreleased Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young Song ‘Ivory Tower’
Deja Vu but not made public until now.
It later took form as Stephen Stills solo track “Little Miss Bright Eyes,” but the original version appears on the upcoming deluxe edition of
Deja Vu.
You can hear the song below and see some onscreen details about how the LP came together.
“Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s
Deja Vu was the most-anticipated new album in America in 1970,” Rhino Records said in a statement. ”More than 50 years later, it’s one of the most famous albums in rock history with legendary songs, including ‘Carry On’ and ‘Teach Your Children,’ that still resonate today.”