A Conversation with Jim Lauderdale (continued)

PM: There's a new manager, right?

JL: Yeah. A guy named David Macias.

PM: Yeah, a buddy of mine. A real sharp character.

JL: Yeah, a good guy.

PM: How is that going?

JL: Fine, fine. We've been working good for a few months now, and I think he's doing a really good job. He's really working hard. Nancy Quinn is working with us, too.

PM: Oh, good. So you got the both of them on your case.

JL: Yeah, yeah.

PM: So yeah, I was just interviewing Anne McCue. Of course, she's working with them as well.

JL: Oh, that's right. Yeah, Anne's great. I sang a harmony with her on her record.

PM: Yeah, we talked about that, for sure. Yeah, Anne is an old buddy of mine, and we really like her a lot. So yeah, you'll be on the cover with her. And, if I can corral him in, Tony Joe White, as well.

JL: Oh, wow. Boy, that'd be nice.

PM: So what's the touring scheme for this coming year? Any plans coming together for that with Macias?

JL: Oh, man, yeah. Tell the folks to check the website. It's got the most intense tour schedule I think I've ever had, starting next week, a week from this Friday.

PM: Will you be going out with somebody, or solo, or with a band?

JL: I'm going to take Bucky Baxter on pedal steel and Ollie on fiddle and mandolin.

PM: Fantastic. Yeah, I don't see enough of Bucky Baxter anymore. [Bucky played in Dylan’s band for many years. In any Lauderdale videos of the new country band in this or next issue, Bucky’s playing steel.]

JL: Yeah. And a really talented singer/songwriter is going to open up the first leg of the tour for me. His name is Jimmy Barrett.

PM: Is he from Nashville? Where's he from?

JL: Yeah. He's from Florida originally, but he lives in Nashville now.

PM: Have you scored a film for anybody yet? You could do the hell out of that.

JL: No, I haven't. I'd really like to. I hope someday that'll happen.

PM: Yeah. That's got to come your way. You're a natural. So last question:  You're all over this Americana Convention this week, right?

JL: Oh, yeah.

PM: I didn't get a ticket for the awards show this year, but you're hosting that, no doubt.

JL: Right, yeah.

PM: And how many shows you doing around that whole week?

JL: Well, I've got the record release party tomorrow night at the Station Inn. And I'm playing Friday at the Cannery. And well, and there's a bunch of little things like--

PM: Isn't there a Basement show in there somewhere.

JL: Yeah, that's 6:00 to 8:00. I'm going to do a few songs. That's the Yep Roc show. And I think it's Thursday afternoon, it might be Wednesday--I'm not exactly sure. I'm doing something for SESAC with Kevin Welch and Ray Wylie Hubbard. [There are clips of that great show in this issue.]

PM: Oh, that'll be fun.

JL: Yeah. And Saturday I'm in Ashland City doing a show, a festival.

PM: Oh, yeah, The Riverbluff Festival. [Rained out, unfortunately--we were there.]

JL: Yeah.

PM: I'm going to go out to that, too.

JL: Good.

PM: So if it's okay with you, I'm going to show up at these various places with a little movie camera and put up some clips with this interview--so people can get the whole Lauderdalian vibe going on.

JL: Sure. Oh, that'd be great.

PM: Well, thanks for taking my call, Jim, so late.

JL: Hey, thank you, Frank. I'm sorry I'm so fried. And I hope that I have given some coherent answers to your questions. I really appreciate it. Thanks for doing what you're doing.

PM: You bet. And I'll see you at the shows in the next couple of days.

Here are two Video Clips of Jim from The Cannery, Americana Music Conference 2006.  Clip 1  &  Clip 2   And you'll also find clips of him here among those from the SESAC Guitar Pull at the conference. 

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