Sep 26, 2022
The Bobby Lees' "Bellevue" LP is coming out shortly on Ipecac Records . Today founder Sam Quartin shares the history of the band, stories of studio and stage, emotionally driven songwriting, having famous fans, rare vinyl and more.
Topics include:
- Intro / global location discussion
- New album "Bellevue"
- Describing the Bobby Lees
- Writing and living the lyrics
- Getting into the Zone before a show
- Getting unexpected/scary reactions from an audience
- Post-Covid touring
- Sam’s record collection
- Music of her youth
- How songs from The Bobby Lees come together
- Balancing acting career with the band
- Forming the Bobby Lees
- Recording Beauty Pageant album
- The original goals of The Bobby Lees
- Being nervous in front of a crowd
- Pressing records and selling at shows and online
- Rarity of “Beauty Pageant” vinyl
- The story of “Beauty Pageant Redeux”
- The journey of “Skin Suit”
- Learning from producers on different albums
- The connection with “Alive – Natural Sound” records
- Vinyl variants of “Skin Suit”
- Hearing of established artists being fans of The Bobby Lees
- The video for “Hollywood Junkyard”
- How did Vance Powell get involved?
- Working with Ipecac Records
- The song “Greta Van Fake”
- Performing personal/emotional songs
- Interview wrap up
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