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Solo Project including performances by Sweet Pea Atkinson, Herbie
Hancock, Merle Haggard, and Wayne Kramer.
Donald Fagenson, 13 September 1952, Detroit, Illinois, USA. Growing up
in Detroit in the 60s and 70s, the musical apprenticeship of Don Was
came on the tough local rock and blues circuit as a working musician,
where he accepted whatever work was available. However, his early
ordeals proved ultimately beneficial. Detroit's unique musical melting
pot continues to influence and inspire his work - and is particularly
evident in his ability to cross boundaries between musical genres. As
well as Fortune and Motown Records , the young Was was also exposed to
the P-funk innovations of George Clinton , a thriving jazz enclave and
the guttural rock of Iggy Pop and the MC5 . Together with high-school
friend David Weiss, he formed Was (Not Was) , later an attempt to
infuse pop music with intellectual credibility, but initially a way of
releasing frustration at their inability to attract girlfriends. When
Weiss temporarily left the area to work as a writer for The Herald
Examiner in Los Angeles, Was played with a number of local bands,
including an ill-fated folk group who attempted to support Black
Sabbath and lasted just one song before being bottled off the stage,
and gypsy group the Kallao Brothers. Eventually, however, he linked up
with Weiss once again, recording the first Was (Not Was) album in 1981.
"Out Come The Freaks" was the record that established the duo in
Detroit and the USA, but their international breakthrough came several
years later with the sublime funk of the US/UK Top 10 hit "Walk The
Dinosaur".
Much more high-profile production work followed in the mid-80s as Was
worked alongside artists such as Carly Simon , k.d. lang , the B-52's
and Roy Orbison . The latter gave Was his first Grammy Award in 1988
when "Crying', included on the soundtrack to the movie Hiding Out , was
voted Best Country Duet. A year later, he collected no less than four
Grammys, including Album Of The Year for his work on Bonnie Raitt 's
Nick Of Time . This success ensured his elevation to the status of
superstar producer. Further high-profile artists embraced his uniquely
innovative production methods in the late 80s and early 90s, including
Iggy Pop and Bob Dylan (both of whom were long-term idols of Was),
Michael McDonald , Elton John , Neil Diamond , Bob Seger , Andrew Dice
Clay, the B-52"s (who enjoyed their biggest hit with "Love Shack" under
his tutelage), Jackson Browne , Paula Abdul , Willie Nelson , Marianne
Faithfull , Michelle Shocked , Waylon Jennings , Travis Tritt and the
Rolling Stones . Indeed, his work on the latter's Voodoo Lounge set, as
well as Raitt's Lounging In Their Hearts , led to his winning the
Producer Of The Year Grammy in 1995.
Subsequently, Was invested much of his time in the production of movie
soundtracks and documentaries, including one for BBC Television on
Brian Wilson , I Just Wasn't Made For These Times , which won the 1995
Golden Gate Award at the San Francisco Film Festival. He started his
own film production company, whose work was first unveiled on a film
short included as a bonus on an enhanced CD released by his new band,
Orquestra Was. They released their debut album, Forever's A Long, Long
Time , in 1996 on Verve Records , the first time Was had worked as a
recording artist under any banner other than Was (Not Was). In keeping
with his eclectic reputation, this was a typically ambitious project,
comprising Hank Williams songs reinterpreted by long-standing Was (Not
Was) collaborator Sweat Pea Atkinson, backed by the usual stellar cast
of session musicians drawn from very different musical genres
(including Merle Haggard , Herbie Hancock and Wayne Kramer ). However,
it is as a producer that Was is undoubtedly now best known. Alongside
Phil Ramone , Was ranks as one of America's most prolific and
successful contemporary producers.
Tracks:
01. Once Upon A Time In Detroit (1:55)
02. I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time (8:27)
03. Never Again (Will I Knock On Your Door) (3:53)
04. Excuse Me, Colonel, Could I Borrow Your Newspaper? (4:56)
05. Detroit In A Time Upon Once (0:56)
06. Forever's A Long, Long Time (6:50)
07. You've Been Having A Rough Night, Huh (4:49)
08. Lost On The River (13:04)
09. A Big Poem About Hell (2:47)
10. I'm So Tired Of It All (3:36)
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