John Cale - Paris 1919
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John Cale was the most musically astute member of the Velvet Underground and on this album, it shows. Soon after being fired from VU, Cale found work as a producer (The Stooges, Nico) and a collaborator (most notably with avant-garde musician, Terry Riley). But he also began crafting songs influenced by the Beach Boys, the Band, and Phil Spector.
On this episode, we discuss his third solo album, 1973’s Paris 1919. He was also enthralled by Little Feat's Dixie Chicken enough to hire three members of the band, including Lowell George, to back him up. It also includes production by Chris Thomas, who we introduced you to in previous podcasts. Find out more about this album and this fascinating musician who went from working with Aaron Copeland to becoming the godfather of punk.
THINGS WE DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE
Listen to John Cale perform some drone music with LaMonte Young and The Dream Syndicate.
April 1966 ad in the Village Voice for the "The Exploding Plastic Inevitable:" Originally this event was called "The Erupting Plastic Inevitable:"
Since we mentioned how we could see John Cale singing the Nico leads on the first Velvet Underground LP, here’s a video of him doing just that on “Femme Fatale” during the 1993 Velvet Underground reunion.
Nico and John Cale. Both were in the studio when John Cale produced the Stooges first album
