{"id":14054,"date":"2012-06-22T01:22:08","date_gmt":"2012-06-22T05:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=14054"},"modified":"2012-06-25T20:53:35","modified_gmt":"2012-06-26T00:53:35","slug":"a-dazzling-display-rock-town-hall-interviews-steve-wynn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/a-dazzling-display-rock-town-hall-interviews-steve-wynn\/","title":{"rendered":"A Dazzling Display: Rock Town Hall Interviews Steve Wynn"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Steve Wynn and the Miracle 3<\/p><\/div>\nhttp:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/A_Dazzling_Display.flv<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n

That I am a co-producer of this blog-thing that led to some dude emailing me to ask if I wanted to interview Steve Wynn<\/strong> actually and truly is one of my proudest accomplishments. The music of Dream Syndicate founder and solo artist extrodinaire, Steve Wynn has played an important part in my musical and creative evolution. All of us here likely have at least one artist or band that has made a big personal difference. Well Steve is one of my top few and I’m still giddy that he actually answered my questions. Living proof that the 18 year-old rock nerd in me is alive and thriving. <\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em> Steve Wynn & The Miracle 3 are going to be playing Saturday night in Philadelphia at the North Star Bar with The Fleshtones (see Peter Zaremba interview here<\/a>), Palmyra Delran, and Stupidity. You can go here, http:\/\/northstarbar.com<\/a> for more info and to buy tickets. <\/em><\/p>\n

The only band that I’ve seen live more than Steve Wynn is Meat Puppets<\/strong>, mostly ’cause of time in Arizona. Wynn puts on a great, fun, tight, energetic and engaging show. Honestly, some of the best live shows that I have ever seen. And I’ve seen Foghat<\/strong>! True, unfortunately.<\/em><\/p>\n

So without further ado…<\/em><\/p>\n

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Rock Town Hall:<\/strong> Hi Steve. Thanks for agreeing to do an email interview for our rock-talk blog. What started 5 years ago as a way for an old college friend and me to keep the late-night-rock-discussions <\/em> going years after we graduated, 1986, has become bigger than we ever hoped it would. That someone would email me and and ask if I wanted to interview Steve Wynn, and actually be able to make it happen, is a bit bitchin\u2019.<\/p>\n

I was going to delve into some web-research on you in preparation, and did a bit, but decided that I really wanted to just ask you questions as the fan I am and not try to impress you, or anyone with my in-depth knowledge of your favorite toothpaste and stuff. Do you have a favorite toothpaste? I don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

So I\u2019ll give you a bit of my introduction to your work and then I\u2019ll just ask you a handful of questions that I\u2019d like to know the answers to and hope that our readers do too.<\/p>\n

I grew up in Arizona during a time when if you weren\u2019t over 55, drank something brown on the rocks, and listened to Sinatra there wasn\u2019t much to do or to listen to. MTV came along around my senior year in high school but…I went to college north of Chicago and met my now partner in this rock blog scheme. He turned me onto The Velvet Underground<\/span><\/em><\/strong> as well as The Stooges<\/span><\/strong><\/em>, XTC<\/strong><\/em><\/span>, The Undertones<\/em><\/strong><\/span>, Big Star<\/strong><\/em><\/span>, and loads more.<\/p>\n

He also turned me onto this record store in Chicago called Wax Trax<\/strong>, I think. It was the kind of place where music-dudes that worked there would give you music advice and all of the album tray cards were scribbled with \u201cknowledge\u201d and suggestions. On the tray card for <\/span>Lou Reed\u2019s<\/span><\/strong><\/em> album Berlin<\/span><\/em><\/strong> was \u201cLou\u2019s best?\u201d I don\u2019t think so myself but that\u2019s subjective. On The Velvet Underground<\/strong><\/em><\/span> tray card was, and I\u2019m paraphrasing, \u201cIf you like VU then check out the modern VU, The Dream Syndicate<\/strong><\/em><\/span>.” So that is how I ended up purchasing The Days of Wine and Roses<\/span><\/strong><\/em>. It\u2019s possibly the first time that I bought an album based on a written suggestion rather than a rec from a friend or hearing a track on the radio…<\/p>\n

Steve Wynn: <\/strong>Great story–that store was always very supportive as was Chicago in general. \u00a0Okay, let’s go…<\/span><\/p>\n