Sage of Quay® - Lou Calabrese - Tales from the Music Business (July 2024)

[@daviddryden8088]

My first memory as a toddler was hearing the Beatles, I Wanna Hold Your Hand (pre Mandela title) on the radio of my dads '57 Buick. I was left alone in the car while my father was in the County Courthouse on, I assume, some sort of legal matter. It was a different era back then, kids could be left in cars. My second memory is seeing the Beatles on Ed Sullivan and listening to my slightly older cousins screaming at the TV. I knew then, being a musician was the job for me. It's the same story as recounted by...how many people? The spell was cast perfectly. Great story from Lou. Highly entertaining. (Ya just don't see enough of Doug Lewhellen these days. :) )

[@louiscalabrese9945]

Thank you Mike for the opportunity to share some of my best lifetime moments in the music recording studio biz! Very much appreciated Sir! But I have" so many more" real experiences to tell like when I met George Harrison and Tom Petty at Westlake studio in 1988 while all of them were in to record their hit song Handle With Care in one night. The ONLY time in my entire life when I was honestly STAR STRUCK the moment I became face to face with George. I was totally speechless and I'll never forget the expression on Georges face!

[@VeganFlatEarth]

Fascinating name "traveling Wilburys", said to be from a phrase of george harrisons related to a studio sound recording technique, "we'll bury it in the mix". Cute story but unbelievable. For one thing no one would name their band after such a frivolous turn of phrase and for another, considering Billy (Bill/Will), the whole "I BURIED Paul/cranBERRY sauce" thing from StrawBERRY Fields Forever, and the close association of several members of the supergroup to Billy Shears/William Shepherd or Will", it seems possible that "WilBURYS" is a wordplay on the idea of burying Paul (i.e. Will/Bill/Billy) as well as a reference to cranBERRIES/strawBERRIES. To make matters worse, one anecdote (origin not confirmed) has it that "John Lennon admitted to saying “I buried Paul,” but insisted that he did not mean that he literally buried Paul as some thought during the “Paul is dead” hype. John claims he merely meant that he was too loud and that Paul couldn’t be heard. To use the word “bury” is very common when one player drowns out another". In other words, the exact same meaning as George Harrison's "We'll bury it in the mix". Thus both Lennon and Harrison here appear to be speaking as one with respect to "burying" Paul (or "Will") - musically and/or literally - 20 odd years apart.

[@VeganFlatEarth]

...moreover, if this theory is correct then they achieved their goals as mccartneys albums from 1986's press play onwards did virtually no business at all commercially or critically whilst traveling wilburys vol 1 sold 3 millioncopies in the united states alone and won the grammy for best record by a vocal rock group so in terms of their respective professional careers, harrison figuratively speaking did indeed "bury Will" (or "Paul") with the project. So he could quite truthfully claim that he (and Jeff Lynne whose own involvement with and contribution to the Beatles is probably very different and more significant than what anyone but a select few - hardly any of whom are still alive - know for sure) like Lennon before him, "buried Paul". All of which makes the band name "Traveling Wilburys" very interesting.

[@showard64]

What a great interview, Mike! You're the next Professor of Rock! It's nice to take a break from PID. We love your work, man!

[@MikeWilliamsPaulIsDeadChannel]

I appreciate that!

[@keithwilliams5018]

Hi Mike, thanks for your time and commitment to the project and giving us a understanding of the music BUSINESS Christopher is on 6 weeks summer holidays and we are enjoying every minute of the time we are sharing it goes by so quick when your a parent thanks again Keith and Christopher Carrot🥕🥕🥕🥕 eating scous ers

[@WaileaGurl]

Loved this, Lou is a great story teller 👍🏻

[@MikeWilliamsPaulIsDeadChannel]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@louiscalabrese9945]

Thanks very kind of you! Thank you. I would have told more stories but our time was very limited. Tell Mike you would enjoy having me back for a 2nd podcast? ha ha,...but seriously you'd love to hear my experience meeting george Harrison and Tom Petty while they were at Westlake recording handle with care in one night. One of my westlake buddies engineered that session and he told me some funny things GH said during that night including who REALLY played the harmonica track at the end of the song.. NO,..it wasn't Bob Dylan like everyone would assume.

[@garyhillman4993]

That was great Mike !

[@DanielRodriguez-tm8ir]

I am reminded of home recording with buddy back in the day with a 8 track..good times..

[@louiscalabrese9945]

Well said! Back in my NJ home studio days (before my musical partner turned into Mr. Dick Hyde,..) he was quite normal anc charming with a quirky sense of humor. Anyways,..yes those were THE days,..we were just having fun using the opportunity to team together to record and produce original music for almost 4 years. We took our craft VERY seriously while making sure we were having fun doing it.

[@pjones9088]

Mike this ‘behind the scenes’ interview is fantastic. Keep them coming. Best from Wales (UK).

[@louiscalabrese9945]

👍Thank you ! Tell MIke you want to have me back to hear more of my memories. I only scratched the surface.

[@richardsnow]

Great video Mike. Lou is a great story teller. Enjoyed listening and reminding me of my days working in studios in the 90s👍👍

[@MikeWilliamsPaulIsDeadChannel]

Thanks for listening

[@aprilsky8474]

A man with integrity 🙌

[@louiscalabrese9945]

👍

[@k.aliazad4388]

What A Treat 🎁 Thank You, Mike 👍🏻👌🏻🎉

[@MikeWilliamsPaulIsDeadChannel]

Enjoy!

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

👍 love your interviews , great stuff Mike ☝️ cool guy

[@debbieguzzardo3316]

AWESOME Mike Thankyou for everything you do !

[@MikeWilliamsPaulIsDeadChannel]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@Rockstardust69]

Awesome interview Pete very inspiring Story thanks for posting.

[@MikeWilliamsPaulIsDeadChannel]

Thanks for listening

[@rodmac8358]

Awesome interview, I've loved it!

[@MikeWilliamsPaulIsDeadChannel]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@robertcoll7297]

Loud genius

[@fortunatomartino8549]

I don't miss any of your posts

[@jethrox827]

On top of my must listen list 👍

[@MikeWilliamsPaulIsDeadChannel]

Enjoy!

[@anotherblonde]

Great show. TY

[@Hatchification]

That was super enjoyable…lots of good learning that could apply to anyone whether in the music business or not. Where does he live now?

[@louiscalabrese9945]

NW Arkansas. And loving it!

[@robertcoll7297]

Lou

[@robertcoll7297]

Govt hate mafia don't like compitition

[@RatoCriado]

'just goofing off but it worked'

[@RatoCriado]

I'm having to stop to laugh

[@RatoCriado]

Kind of a sad story though

[@RatoCriado]

One can stoop economically

[@RatoCriado]

the car-dialogue with himself heading for Giorgio's...

[@louiscalabrese9945]

More like I was actually a serious clown. I did accomplish one goal which was learning intricate details how to arrange and produce pop rock music. Couldn't have had a better teacher than producer Keith Forsey. However it was a little too late because my only intention was to use all my knowledge producing my former partners music. We made a great team. we both enjoyed tha same styles of music especially the english bands during the new wave years from the early 80's. Then after befriendimng KF it felt like a dream because it jkust couldn't be real? But it was then my partner totaly fucked it all up royally. ( years of hard dedicated work recording our music ALL down the drain in 5 minutes after he ruined my good reputation with Keith Forsey in a major way. None the less,...fast foward some 35 years later it sure makes a GREAT story now. The lesson is I have no regrets. It is better to have siezed on the moment and fail rather than grow old looking back and saying "what if I had?" Like JL says,..."I found out". LOL

[@DungeonTV100]

Dear mike.. is this legit? Seems like johns voice is off somehow... 3 ex beatles jam to RAM by Billy. Audio only kzbin.info/www/bejne/oV6WaoGbrbOcgsUsi=CQB6eIc0thEOy7_5

[@MikeWilliamsPaulIsDeadChannel]

No, it's Stevie Riks who does Beatles impersonations.