A Conversation with Thad Cockrell (continued)

PM: And I love that you got a lot of my favorite Nashville guys on there, Pete Finney and Pat Buchanan, and Kimbrough got on a couple tunes, and Brad at the helm. I mean, it's like you picked some of the best things that Nashville has to offer.

TC: Yeah. Well, I became so obsessed with Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline, that made a big impression on me. I think if there's an influence on me that is very easily traced it would be Willie Nelson's Phases and Stages and Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline. And to me, at least with Bob Dylan, there was a group of really cool players in Nashville at that time. They got together, and they went in there and they played those songs live, the batch of songs that Bob had around at that time.

PM: Right.

TC: And all these songs were recorded live.

PM: And Caitlin was saying that Pete Finney was so glad to be tracking live, instead of like he usually does, sitting in a booth with his cup of coffee after everybody has gone home.

TC: Yeah, right. Well so was Pat Buchanan, he felt the same way.

PM: Have you read anything that turned you on lately? Are you much of book guy?

TC: Yeah, I love reading. I've been reading this book by Marilynne Robinson called Gilead. It's incredibly beautiful.

PM: Well I'm going to check into that, Gilead. Okay. Thanks. I think everybody enjoys hearing what people whose music they enjoy are reading. Are you listening to anybody in particular?

TC: Yeah, I am. Who would I say that I'm listening to pretty nonstop? There's this band called Roman Candle, listening a lot to them.

PM: And [drummer] Logan is from that band, right?

TC: Yeah, yeah. And I've listened to Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson. And as for newer stuff, there's this guy named Seth Kauffman, he's from Raleigh. His record is called Ting, and it's coming out on Hightone. It's really fantastic.

PM: That's very interesting, because ting means "listen" in Chinese. I just spent some time in Shanghai.

TC: Oh, wow. Well, it's really crazy and very cool music. I love listening to it.

PM: Well, great. We'll get on it.

TC: Yeah.

PM: Are you what you'd call a spiritual person?

TC: Oh, sure, yeah.

PM: Any particular orientation or--

TC: Well, I would definitely consider myself a Christian.

PM: And you're a preacher's son, right?

TC: Yep. My dad's a preacher, and both of my brothers are. It's a family business, man.

PM: Wow, it's a family business. Well, jeez, you've been very kind with your time today, Thad. It's really nice to talk to you. I'm in New York at the moment, but I'll be back in Nashville for your Opry Plaza show on the 30th, and I'm looking forward to it.

TC: I look forward to seeing you, too. Come by and say hi. I'd like to put a face to the name.

PM: Will do. All right, Thad. Take care.

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