Re: surfer b’s post, ‘Eagles Songwriter JACK TEMPCHIN with I SEE HAWKS IN L.A.’ on No Depression!

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This is a “Show of the Week” pick, with a complete description, in the current edition of the Acoustic Americana Music Guide. It’s available as a click-through from the “Tied to the Tracks” page on No Depression, or directly, at http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com

There are a great many things there. Here’s the write-up for this show:

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Fri, Jul 31; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm Legendary songwriter JACK TEMPCHIN (The Eagles) plus I SEE HAWKS IN L.A., at the venue named in FolkWorks as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue – The Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena; reserv 626-398-7917; info www.coffeegallery.com. JACK TEMPCHIN is the composer of the Eagles hits, “Peaceful Easy Feeling” and “Already Gone.” The legendary Americana songwriter began his career playing in San Diego coffeehouses alongside The Eagles, Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther and Tom Waits. He soon became a principal co-architect of the genre-defining 1970s country rock genre known as The Southern California Sound. Tempchin penned two massive hits for The Eagles, and both are on “The Eagles: Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975,” which, according to RIAA, is now at 29 times platinum, making it the best selling individual album of all time.
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In the 1970s, Jack Tempchin wrote “Slow Dancing,” a huge comeback single for Johnny Rivers. In the ‘80s, Tempchin co-wrote another dozen hit songs with Eagle Glenn Frey for Frey’s solo career, including “You Belong To The City,” “Smuggler’s Blues,” “The One You Love,” “Sexy Girl,” “I Found Somebody,” “Party Town,” and “True Love.” In 1994, he and Frey co-wrote a track for The Eagles “Hell Freezes Over” reunion CD, a song heard frequently on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks,” “The Girl From Yesterday.”
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In 2007, Tempchin landed two more co-writes on the The Eagles “Long Road Out Of Eden” CD, “Somebody,” and “It’s Your World Now.” On his new 2009 CD, “Songs,” Tempchin has included his own version of the hit “Smuggler’s Blues,” popularized on the 1980s “Miami Vice” TV Show.
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Over his 40 year career, Tempchin has penned tunes with and for many career artists, including Tom Waits, George Jones, Emmylou Harris, Glen Campbell, Tanya Tucker, Trisha Yearwood, The Paladins, Chris Hillman, Patty Loveless, Randy Meisner, Steve Wariner, John Brannen, Richie Havens, Sammy Kershaw, The New Riders Of The Purple Sage and others.
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“Actually the first real songwriter I saw and really got enthused about was Jack Tempchin…” -Tom Waits.
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In addition, Jack Tempchin’s hourlong performance-interview with Roz Larman just aired on radio’s “FolkScene” on KPFK, where it is available for listening in the archive for this week.
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I SEE HAWKS IN L.A. are a local favorite and they’ve developed a huge following in the British Isles. They’re performed live on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks.” One reviewer wrote, “These freewheeling lords of California psych country approach their music as if it were a portal, an unseen threshold that, once crossed, promises a wholly unpredictable experience. The Hawks’ singular style operates on an epic scale, exploring weird panoramas of hallucinatory metaphor with a sound as much traditional hillbilly as it is acceleratedlysergic-rock spontaneity. Any flight taken with I See Hawks In L.A. assures a view to startling new perspectives. Up, up and away.”
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What more could anyone want? What a double bill. Reservations strongly recommended at 626-398-7917. Tix, $18.
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Best,
Larry
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Larry Wines, programmer-producer-host, “Tied to the Tracks” acoustic Americana radio, syndicated from Los Angeles, with live in-studio performance-interviews, included in “The Best of L.A. 2006” radio lineup by Los Angeles Magazine; editor, “Acoustic Americana Music Guide & News” at http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com and
www.nodepression.com/profile/TiedtotheTracks and additional “TttT” news is on the No Depression page and at www.myspace.com/laacoustic; Larry is a consultant to artists, musicians, songwriters, festivals, and the music biz, and a feature writer and columnist for FolkWorks (www.folkworks.org).
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Check-out Larry’s latest column for FolkWorks, published July 4, available online at www.folkworks.org/content/viewcategorycur/89 – and you can still read the extensive “BEST OF 2008 / TOP TEN” feature for FolkWorks, available online at www.folkworks.org/content/view/35788/166
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PS – No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a substantial number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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