Guitarist Adam Falcon talks Rick James, bitch!

By BOB ANDELMAN
 
A few weeks ago, I didn’t know Adam Falcon from Adam West. But now I’m here to tell you that if you like jazz with a little bit of R&B, a touch of rap and maybe a twinge of Prince, you’re gonna love this guy.

The singer/songwriter/guitarist just released a new album, Bohemian 959. I don’t know to what the title refers—actually that would make a good first question.

But even if you haven’t heard of Falcon before, I can tell you he’s been a familiar face around some pretty familiar names: George Benson recorded a couple of his songs, for example. He also worked with two more of my favorites, the late great Rick James and Robert Palmer.

And Adam was discovered at age 15 when he snuck into The Fillmore East to watch Sly & The Family Stone. (I once waited outside a cheap, two-story motel in Pinellas Park, Florida, until 3 a.m. to interview Sly, but that’s another story.)

Enough of me yammering. Let’s get to Adam, and even better, spin a couple of his joyous tunes.

Adam Falcon's website or follow him on Twitter.

ADAM FALCON AUDIO EXCERPT: "I wanted to work with Rick James--and I didn't want to work with Rick James. It was a crazy scene and I didn't know if I could survive one week of that scene."  

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Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer, documentary filmmakers: Mr. Media Interview

What makes a documentary film appealing to you?

For me, it's either a subject in which I'm already invested, of course, or one in which I'm just curious enough to give it a try.

Well, I didn't know much about Anita O'Day, the jazz singer whom Robbie Cavolina and Ian McCrudden have immortalized in their new film, Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer. It would have been just as easy to take a pass on this, but I'm glad I didn't.

O'Day, whose voice could be both lilting and rusty - and I mean that in a good way - was gifted with a phenomenal instrument. And she lived a crazy life, falling into serious heroin abuse for nearly 15 years. Hers is a story natural to documentary filmmaking and I encourage you to check it out.

You can LISTEN to this Mr. Media interview with ROBBIE CAVOLINA and IAN McCRUDDEN by clicking the BlogTalkRadio.com audio player below!

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