Stalking Pete Thomas

And No Coffee Table · Post by **And No Coffee Table** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:26 pm

I was rather startled to walk past Pete Thomas at Amoeba Music in Hollywood this morning. Unable to think of anything brilliant to say, I thought I'd leave him alone. But when I saw him browsing the Elvis Costello CDs, I couldn't resist approaching him.

He seemed happy to chat for a few minutes. It turned out he was looking to see if they had My Flame Burns Blue yet. (He's heard "bits of it" but not the whole CD.) He said he expects about 20 shows for the River in Reverse tour this summer, but they'll be mostly festival-type gigs. Allen Toussaint is, in Pete's opinion, "fucking amazing."

I also asked him about the Wendy James demos (he said Elvis hasn't put them out "because he can't find them," but I'm pretty sure he was joking) and recording the actual album with Wendy James. One thing I didn't know was that when he signed on to do that album, he thought Clive Langer would be producing it, but Wendy James hired a different producer at the last minute.

migdd · Post by **migdd** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:39 pm

How cool is that!!! Hope one of those festivals is within driving distance. These are bound to be great performances!

Thanks for stalking and posting this!

Goody2Shoes · Post by **Goody2Shoes** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:47 pm

Good work staying conscious long enough to approach him! I'd have passed out or burst into flames or something.

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:56 pm

you let him go???

wardo68 · Post by **wardo68** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 9:50 pm

Pretty cool, ANCT. Was this your first encounter with him?

Poor Deportee · Post by **Poor Deportee** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:12 am

Hang on...you mean he has to PAY for Elvis Costello CDs????

I knew EC was cheap but THAT'S ridiculous.

And No Coffee Table · Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:20 am

wardo68 wrote:Pretty cool, ANCT. Was this your first encounter with him?

No, I've talked to him briefly a few times after concerts.

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 7:48 am

Poor Deportee wrote:Hang on...you mean he has to PAY for Elvis Costello CDs????

He probably has to pay to play with Elvis too. Actually Pete would have played the "Do you know who I am?" card, demanded free CDs and kicked up a fuss because he's like that

Pete would definitely have been joking about Elvis losing the Wendy James stuff but if not ask him to get Elvis to give me a call. I can probably help him with a couple of tracks he's missing from previous sessions too

And No Coffee Table · Post by **And No Coffee Table** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 1:39 pm

I spotted Pete again at the same store this morning. He was with his daughter Tennessee. I managed to leave them alone this time.

johnfoyle · Post by **johnfoyle** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:42 pm

If you had been following the Like's Myspace page -

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ... =296438221

Monday, August 06, 2007

(extract)

tennessee bought a tiny white bunny rabbit she named mr. lambykins. he died 2 days later, on the morning of my birthday, which is notoriously cursed. nothing like waking up to the smell of death in the morning.

- you could have sympathised with her - not that would have been really freaky.