A Conversation with Kim Richey (continued)

PM: So where's it going now, do you think? Is this a one-shot affair with these guys, or do you think you'll make a record with Bottrell again?

KR: Well, I'm going to still work with Bill, yeah. I'm planning to go back out there in December and hang out and work, go and stay with--it's so funny, with me not wanting to stay at a house with a bunch of people I don't know, and then, when I left, I had to leave really abruptly because I was starting to cry. By the time I got to my car I was like, "Goodbye everyone." And they're on the porch waving goodbye.

And I've gone back to hang out with them and see them. And it's just a wonderful group of people up there, with Bill. And he's turned into a really good friend.

PM: I've heard that that's an amazing joint he's got going on in Caspar, the studio and stuff.

KR: Yeah, the studio, it's right on the headlands there, where you'd sit out on the loading dock. And you can hear the seals. We would sit out there and work on songs.

PM: Wow... Oh, man, I guess I got to go out west. I can't believe how homesick this interview made me.

KR: I love it out there. Yeah, I'm trying to figure out how to break it to my parents that I'm trying to angle for Christmas in California.

PM: You're still living in Nashville, though, at the moment, right?

KR: No, I've moved to Austin now.

PM: Oh, you're residing in Austin.

KR: Yeah, I've rented a house here. I still have to get rid of my house in Nashville. I've got too many things on the stress list, and I was kind of losing it for a second, going, "What was I thinking?" You know, the new record is coming out, so that's starting to go. And I'm trying to put a band together in a town where I don't know anybody. So it was nuts there for a while. But in the last couple weeks, it's just really settled in. And I'm having a great time with guys that I managed to get together for the band.

PM: So not only did you find the right recording situation and the right producer, you seemed to have found the right band. And you found what is probably the right town to be living in.

KR: I like it here.

PM: And I think Lost Highway seems like the best fit of all the labels so far. Is that not so?

KR: Yes. It's a really, really great place to be.

PM: I mean, it's a very different personality than Mercury or Polygram were, in their respective time slots. Who's heading it up now? Isn't Luke Lewis head of the whole joint now?

KR: Yeah. Luke is just in charge of everything. [laughs]

PM: Well, thanks for your time today.

KR: Sure. It's nice talking to you.

PM: Yeah. We've bumped into each other here and there, usually at coffee joints. If you saw me, you'd go, "Oh, yeah, you. I know you."

KR: That guy! [laughs]

PM: [laughs] I hope to come catch your show somewhere on this tour.

KR: Yeah. We'll be in Nashville like the twenty-something of November.

PM: Oh, really? Where will you play?

KR: We're playing at the Belcourt, I believe.

PM: Well, I'll be there.

KR: In the second half of the month, Jay Bennett is going to come out with us and open shows. So that will be a really fun show, I think.

PM: That's great. I really look forward to seeing you here in town. And I really think Rise is your very best work to date and wish you a lot of luck with it.

KR: Thank you very much.

PM: All right, Kim. Take care.

KR: Okay. You too.

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