Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, November 17, 1989, Page 8 and 9, Image 8

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Tight vpua's nuke me nerwniN
M\ taste leans more toward opera
Encore!
mrtrM Phulo
I hr Ir.ulrr til I hr World's Most Dangerous Hand. Pit ill Shnflrr. t.ikrs his ,tu
iliriu r on .1 musii ,il \ rnturc tram Coast to (loast n ilh his drhut .tlhum
Paul Shaffer goes 'Coast to Coast'
to capture contemporary sounds
By Lav no lakofish
Enr ore Reporter
He's the kilty; nt keyboarding He's always
got .1 good line .mil .1 good tune and non he's got
an album his lust album
In l'lilt). (.lining a rei nrd was the last thing
on Paul Shaffer's mind He was busy w ith Loir
\ ii>ht with lLivid I .cl I cm 1,1 n. a ro< k and roll 1 uln.
show that he ran live out of New *1 01k < itv s Haul
Km k Cate. guest appearances and spetini pro
jeils He also didn't have .1 musical statement
to make, as he w as 11noted as saving in Veu ) . >1 k
magazine
Hut things have sim e 1 hanged and on Aug U
his debut album was placed on record store
shelves Alter over a year in the making < 'oust to
Const was finished and Shatter was satisfied
"Pm thrilled with it (the allium) because I
did what I set out to do Shaffer said in a tele
phone inters iew
The Hi song album is interesting in itsell
The title. Const to Const accurately des< ribes the
proc ess Shaffer went through in (Hitting the al
bum togelhei he went 1 oast to coast lie (ricked
nut' o! tile mini- tun lm ations t he tun songs re
(drill'd there were recorded Ini' unlike .ill the
lest ot (.'(),ISl It I ( s soul’s \\ e h.ld .1 slllok III
session III l hit ago." Sh. liter s.iiil Ue l\ .lilted In
<it’<tI with ( Imago s blues sounds and ue fell the
null un\ to do it was to do it live
III I Util i this five toot tall s|iei I at led ( auadi
an didn't have a inusii a! statement to make
\nu with the release of his hist allium, he doe
The album is a tribute to ditterent regional
sounds he said And the message is (pause)
Ilahv. here it is t his is what musii means to
me
Shatter first sat down at a piano when he was
six, i In didn't i hoose it I was ton ed, he said
with a laugh Looking at everything he has done
with Hie kevhoards situ e his parents made him
take those piano lessons it looks as it his parent s
force" was good tor him
Shatter who grew up in I'hunder Ha\ Ontai
io w as putt of Spun/.u Y/gli/ I n r s ongmal i ast
in lura | le played the piano w hti h i onies as no
surprise.
I le also ar led in the |<)7()s siti urn . \ ) r 11 ,il
tin■ Tup w Ini h was not a musii al show al
w hat In* t onsmrrru to hr tin
largest musical (.enters in the
I luted States and then he
went to e.ii h <:it\ in turn
and made iihisk The result
is .in album representing
eight i ities and i ompi ising
numerous musical talents
"()ne ot the best things
about making the album was
getting to work with people
and musii inns I had idolized
when I was a kid Shatfei
said
‘The album is a trib
ute to dillerent regional
sounds. And the mes
sage is. ‘Baby, here it
is. This is what music
means to me"
— Paul Shatter
iniHign w c tiid tiu a sonji
I lit1 imd ul cvci i fptsodr
Shallt'r said During thill linn
period lif mm h |iui
Ins musii nn tin* li.ii k burner
hut soon i anii1 lu regret il I
Uni realh depressed and
Ihiil's n Ihmi 1 realr/ed lust
him mm h musii meant In
mi- In- s.ml
NllW Ilf s ll.ll k .IS (hi t.i
moils hand Ifadei and mnsi
i al director toi /.ah* Xiiiht
with Ihniil I.i'llrrnuin Ills
I hr lust song h-hmsou. w nt*n inr a.jam is
On is a good cx.imple <it w Ii.il < iMSl tn ( n.isf rep
ri'si'iils The rap rui k son)' includes vm als from
such greats as Ronnie bright I lion I )iimi( i i li
st nsy rhc f resh I’rince .mil < :.irule Kiiir hvery
song on the album is ,i result of mixing main mu
sii i mi list ry talents
Although Shatter is usually one to stn\ he
him! Ins keyboards, he does something new on
this album he sings
It took a lot to gel me to sing but I did It he
i ause I uas inspired by the in us ii inns I was work
ing with." he said
Cutting a record is never oas\. espet ially i lit
ting a record like this Sometimes Shatter would
leave a cit\ having accomplished nothing Other
times the inusit seemed to make itself
"Since I wanted it to be a contemporary al
bum. the music came easiest in i it it-s with con
temporary sounds and harder in cities w ith othei
sounds Shallei said
Of all the cities he traveled to. Chicago w as
musii ii.is ( umr .• uuii^
Mine Ilf first S,|| down ill hunt nl tilt* piano So
h.is Ills rnpotation
lh.inks to Dave |l.etternian|, I've become
well known, he said
Shatter st,nlfil working mi I.eltfiman in I'lH.'
will'll In- w.is hired .IS (Ilf li.illd leader .Hid Ills
(iinti.ii I w.is inst re( i*ntIv extended tor .mother
two years ,it least
When I was hired, they wanted someone
that Dave could Ixuiik e tilings nil ot and talk lu
Shatter said
Shaltei and I.elterman are good friends liutli
on and oil i amera 'Our professional and person
al relationships are gleal Shaltei said We are
good friends hut yve don't hang out We used to
all the time, hut the show is so relentless ami yy e
just needed the time ayyay
I'he l.fllcnnun slum did make Shullei la
moils hci ause it made him very visible I'he new
aliiilin might do the same Hut. lor Shaltei it s all
musii and thal s all that really matters
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