| Am I Alone in This? Bill Bottrell in the January 2001 New Settler |
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were all the ones when I used to make records. I would always make them human and celebrate humanity, and that was going out of style in the late-Eighties. And now its way out of style and she has an up-hill go because however good, it's just ain't available to what people are used to hearing. You won a Grammy, with Sheryl Crow I'm told. What is that like, winning a Grammy? BILL: It was for Record of the Year in 1995. It was very gratifying to me because I had outcast myself - I was almost going to say I was an "outcast", but I had cast myself out. And yet, that community chose to honor this record. The record, overall, won four Grammies. It was sort of vindication, but my estrangement from LA only got worst after that. |
Did you have, at least, one night of celebration? BILL: Oh yes. I had a party at my house for everybody involved the very next night. I find you a soft-spoken host. What are you feeling Bill when every now and then hundreds of people show up at your place? You seem so shy on those occasions - not when you take the stage as the waitperson, but at the door as the authentic host. BILL: I'm not all that comfortable - I get comfortable on stage, which is new to me and great therapy. . . . Is this a penance - being the host for others, their endeavors? |