GROSS: So I want to play another track from your new CD, "Midnight Souvenirs," and this is a duet you do with Shelby Lynne that's co-written with Angelo, who's Angelo the producer of Kings of Leon. So it wasn't as segregated musically as it sort of seems to be today. So you could have Buck Owens being played right next to a Motown song right next to a Rolling Stones song or whatever. And also, it was in the era when radio had such a sort of smorgasbord, may I say, of music. And it was through that that got me into country music. WOLF: And, you know, I thought they were women or something. And he would play this bluegrass and these guys called The Stanley Brothers, and they would sing songs. And radio provided me with a great outlet, and I would learn so much about music through radio.īut on a certain day, on Thursdays and Fridays, you can get from WWVA, from Wheeling, West Virginia, in The Bronx, you can get that radio station, and there was a coffee-drinking DJ named Lee Moore.
It was my mother, father, sister, myself, two cats and a parakeet and a dog.
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And in my little three-room apartment, which looked very much like the apartment in "The Honeymooners" TV show with Jackie Gleason. When I was growing up in The Bronx, in New York, I was addicted to radio. When did you start listening to country music? GROSS: You're so associated with the blues. And Merle Haggard embodies much of Lefty's work in many ways, and so Merle seemed to be a natural person to maybe ask if he would choose to participate. And I just thought, you know, there's just something so classic and so simple, it reminded me of the songs of that great honkytonk era, and there was a certain sadness about it.Īnd there was a Lefty Frizzell quality. We were both in that sort of time and place. And Will and I sat down, and this song came out. And Will is a very special friend of mine, and he's quite an accomplished songwriter. WOLF: No, I wrote this song with a gentleman whose name is Will Jennings. Did you write this song knowing that you'd be doing it as a duet with Merle Haggard? Bravo, that is a great song and a great track and a brilliant idea to get Merle Haggard to sing with you. I thought I still could see how good life used to be, and I know that it's too late for me. MERLE HAGGARD (Musician): It seems so long ago when someone loved me so, and we were both, both so young and so free. But as they pass me by, it makes me want to cry 'cause I know it's too late for me. PETER WOLF (Musician): (Singing) The lovers two by two along the avenue are such a beautiful sight to see. Let's hear a track on which Wolf sings a duet with Merle Haggard. Wolf's new album, "Midnight Souvenirs," reflects his love of country music. He hosted a show called "The All-Night House Party." When he was in his teens, he got to meet and befriend some of the blues musicians who were his heroes, like Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker. The band had the hits "Centerfold," "Freeze Frame" and "Love Stinks."īefore he was in a hit band, Peter Wolf was one of the first DJs on WBCN radio in Boston when it started its progressive rock format. Geils Band, and his electrifying performances led many people to assume he was J. From the late '60s to 1983, Wolf was the front man of the J. My guest today is Peter Wolf, who has just released his seventh solo album. Thanks to Dave Davies for hosting while I was gone.
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