Episode 5: James Stevenson Talks New Solo Album 40 Years In The Rock and Roll Wilderness-SLIS Podcast: veteran guitarist discusses his new double album featuring choice cuts from his impressive body of work.
This week, we have a very special guest: guitarist James Stevenson.
Stevenson has lent his guitar talents to a host of classic 80’s alternative, New Wave and punk artists, including Gene Loves Jezebel, The Alarm, Generation X, The Cult, Chelsea and a host of others.
This week we talk about his new double album 40 YearsIn The Rock and Roll Wilderness, compiling some of his greatest tracks from over the years, which in addition to many of the above acts, includes songs from Tricky, The International Swingers, Kim Wilde, Holy Holy and more.
We also discussed 2018 live dates for The Alarm and Gene Loves Jezebel (the latter being their first U.S. show in 10 years), working with famed David Bowie producer Tony Visconti, his upcoming book, and much more. And we wrap things up with ‘Big Tears,’ one of many highlights off the new album.
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*Correction: in my intro, while discussing all the acts Stevenson has played with, I mistakenly said The Cult are featured on the new album. They aren’t, for reasons he reveals in the interview!
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