In Search of a Song: Will Kimbrough Part 2

WILL KIMBROUGH Part 2: BROADCAST  5 / 5 / 2012
IN SEARCH OF A SONG originates in BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA and is sponsored by: THE BLUEBIRD NIGHTCLUB,  AIRTIME RECORDING STUDIO,  and VISIT BLOOMINGTON.COM
Host  Jason Wilber interviews singer/songwriter Will Kimbrough. Will Kimbrough was born and raised in the deep south of the Alabama Gulf Coast, and currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee. WIll's songs have been recorded by Jimmy Buffett, Little Feat, Jack Ingram, Todd Snider and others. His multidisciplinary approach has led to many desirable collaborations in the studio and on-stage with well-known artists, including Rosanne Cash, Guy Clark, Rodney Crowell, Steve Earle, Gomez, Emmylou Harris, the Jayhawks, Mark Knopfler, Buddy Miller, John Prine, Toumani Diabate, Kim Richey, Josh Rouse, Matthew Ryan, Billy Joe Shaver, Todd Snider, Mavis Staples, Garrison Starr, Adrienne Young, and others.

Topics discussed include:  Will moving from his band "Will and The Bushmen" to accepting a gig as Todd Snider's guitarist, which lasted four years, the beginnings of his solo career and advice he got about how to describe himself as a working artist that wears many hats, labeling yourself as a songwriter or your music, and writing for certain genres, the songwriting process for film and TV, or different genres as compared to his own songs, songwriters and performers he's worked with, and how it's influenced him and broadened his art, Will's record "Wings",  m usicians looking out for their own interests while keeping their artistic freedom, and having a career as a musician, the process of writing songs for that record, including how Jimmy Buffet contributed, and ended up recording the title track, his song Three Angels, and how the tri tone, or Devils note shows up in this song of gratitude for the three women in his life, his wife and two daughters.



Musical selections include: I Don't Like It, Conservative Christian, Right-Wing Republican, Straight White American Males, Hey Big Sister, A Couple Hundred Miracles, Love To Spare, Wings, Three Angels.

This program is "Evergreen" and not date specific.

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