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A CONVERSATION WITH THE CASH BROTHERS (cont.)
PM: Is the next record already being written?
PC: Well, we never stop writing.
AC: If we had our way, we'd go in the studio now and put out another record in Spring. But, along the way, we realized that that time line was not going to work.
PC: And then trips like this come up. [opening up two weeks of shows for The Jayhawks]
PM: It is a great opportunity, they're a popular act.
AC: Last night in Atlanta, there were 900 people. For us, that's fabulous. This is just our second show with them, we met them last night. They're very nice guys, it should be a fun two weeks.
PM: What would you say about the Toronto music scene?
PC: There's always been a lot of bands coming through and out of Toronto, though not quite as many now as when we were playing our first gigs. There used to be even more clubs of every size.
AC: To me, the scene in Toronto is a lot like the club scene here in Nashville. It's a songwriter-focused scene, and a lot of rootsy pop going on. We've hung out a bit in Nashville over the last two years, played out and recorded a little. We saw Amy Rigby play, for instance, she's a good kind of act you might see in Toronto.
PM: Oh yeah, we like her. [see the Puremusic review of Amy Rigby's Sugar Tree]
AC: And Josh Rouse, he's the kind of act you might find represented in the Toronto scene as well. [see our review of Home and our interview with him in this issue] The kind of music that's going on here is also going on there.
PM: Are you guys friends of Ron Sexsmith, then?
PC: Oh yeah, sure.
PM: Have you known him a long time, come up through the scene together?
AC: Yes, definitely. Known him for ages, and played together in Toronto many times.
PM: Who's playing upstairs, is that roadies or the band?
AC: That's The Jayhawks.
PC: What's this song...?
PM: "Baby, Hold On to Me."
AC: Yeah, Eddie Money. Great song. [laughter]
PM: If you had your choice, where would you like to go on vacation?
PC: I would always like to go to Vegas. [laughter] That's where I get my best ideas. It's a place where you can really think. At least I can.
AC: I'd like to go to Ireland, and check out Eastern Europe, too. I'd like to go play some music over there, who knows what's going on over there.
[one of the Jayhawks passes by: "You guys still talking about yourselves?"]
PM: Any books or records turning you on lately?
PC: I like that new one by Jay Farrar, Sebastopol -- although I just lost it. [see our review] I've been reading easy fun stuff, like Elmore Leonard.
PM: What's on the horizon, what lies ahead?
PC: Pushing that potential day job more into the past than the future. Keep working this record, gear up for the next.
AC: We're really just getting started. We were over in the UK over the holidays, we'd like to keep working on that market. We have a new single over there now, "Take a Little Time."
PM: I like that song. Thanks, and have a good show.
AC: Thanks, Frank. See you in the lobby afterward.
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