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A Conversation with Pieta Brown (continued)
PM: What are you listening to lately?
PB: Oh, let's see, just in the last couple days I've been listening to B. B. King's early blues. Got a little gift recently.
PM: Yeah, I knew you were listening to blues.
PB: And now, Rubber Soul.
[laughter]
PB: Those are the records I've listened to in the last couple of days.
PM: What are you reading?
PB: What have I been reading? I'm a big fan of Larry Brown. And there's one book of his that--I'm just kind of saving it. It's the only book by him I haven't read, a book called Joe.
PM: It's bizarre that you say that. I've just been sequestered, as I mentioned, for nine days with my brother Jon. We were writing two business plans, and one of them was to pitch the screenplay of Joe.
PB: Wow.
[At this point I rambled on about the whole story connected with this coincidence, but it's not appropriate here.]
PB: I'm a big fan of Larry Brown's writing.
PM: Yeah, I'm going to go back and check out his stuff now. It would be a great Billy Bob role, it's that southern gothic thing. Sounds cliche, but--
PB: Yeah, some cliches work.
PM: Are you a spiritual person?
PB: The short answer is yes.
PM: Right. Suppose I wasn't looking for a short answer?
PB: Well, both of my grandfathers were preachers, so both of my parents are preacher's kids, so there's no way for me to escape it completely, that's for sure.
PM: Are you spiritual in your own particular specific way, or just--
PB: I think so. I didn't grow up going to church regularly, but I grew up listening to lots of spiritual music from my dad's side of the family when I was a kid. So the music is all part of that. I like communicating on those levels.
PM: What's the plan from here? What would you like to see happen?
PB: I'd like to be able to make a living playing music.
PM: Is it happening yet? Is it close to happening?
PB: Yeah, it's happening. My expenses are very low right now, so that helps.
PM: How are you guys traveling?
PB: I have a little red truck.
PM: Like a pickup, you mean?
PB: Yeah, a little red pickup truck. So all the gear goes in back.
PM: Oh, so you're like both in the cab.
PB: Yeah.
PM: Wow, that's really doing it. You guys are really the shit. That reminds me, I meant to ask you: What made you put this one out by yourself instead of looking for a label or going with Trailer Records or something else? continue
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