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by njbp
Thu Jun 08, 2023 6:47 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis & The Imposters with Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, Canada, June 7, 2023
Replies: 22
Views: 12902

Re: Elvis & The Imposters with Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, Canada, June 7, 2023

I say this with a heavy heart as a 1977 vintage fan, but his voice is shot, and it’s hard to ignore it. I’ve tried to for a number of years/gigs, but it’s unavoidable now. Someone who he listens to has to step in now and say we’ve got to find another way to make a living/make this work. As I say, th...
by njbp
Sun Nov 06, 2022 6:25 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis collaborates with Tommy McLain
Replies: 14
Views: 7946

Re: Elvis collaborates with Tommy McLain

EC is now roughly the same age as Burt B when he (EC) collaborated with BB on PFM. Where are the collaborators for EC who are mid-career/famous/successful who can bring EC to a new /younger demographic? Are they not calling EC? Is he not answering those calls? No disrespect to TM, but this (along wi...
by njbp
Tue Apr 12, 2022 7:33 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022
Replies: 495
Views: 696869

Re: The Boy Named If, new album by Elvis & The Imposters, January 14, 2022

May I offer a contrarian opinion. I am a 1977 vintage EC fan. My bona fides are that I’ve seen Elvis over 150 times (even taking my elderly Mother to the original Brodsky shows) in the UK (where I used to live) and the US (where I now live). I have bought every record and book and TV show and curio ...
by njbp
Sat Aug 29, 2015 12:53 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: New book from Bruce Thomas , March 2017
Replies: 71
Views: 118135

Re: New autobiography from Bruce Thomas , July 2015

I really enjoyed the book Bruce (assuming you're a frequent "lurker" here!). In the early '90's you were good enough to play on a couple of my demos for a nominal fee (you asked for 1000 pounds; I gulped and said I can stretch to about 100! And you agreed, because we were acquaintances of ...
by njbp
Sun Aug 23, 2015 12:46 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time" list
Replies: 8
Views: 14742

Re: Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time" list

The comments around this accolade have been rather muted. I think it's worth pausing to appreciate quite what this means, and quite how extraordinary this is. To be in the Top 25 is amazing. To be the second youngest in the list is incredible. As a Brit to have only Lennon & McCartney and Jagger...