This LaFave Is Your LaFave(Text of story from the Austin Chronicle • 1999) "Move over Billy Bragg and Wilco! Recent conversations between Jimmy LaFave and Nora Guthrie have revealed that the daughter of Woody Guthrie is interested in continuing the procedure of having current artists work with the treasure trove of lyrics by her late legendary father. Furthur, the younger Guthrie is eager to give the follow-up to Mermaid Avenue a definite Southwestern flavor. "She's had it in mind since the Billy thing," says LaFave, "but it's just in the beginning stages - we wouldn't want to rush it." LaFave says it'll most likely be sometime next year before the ball really gets rolling, but that names of some people who could potentially be involved are already being bandied about. Guthrie knows Ray Wylie Hubbard, for instance, and has recently conversed with Joe Ely, and those two, along with others of similar calibre like Butch Hancock would be likely to get a crack at working with Woody's words. LaFave, who has become close to the Guthrie family over the last few years, and who has played at festivals with Arlo Guthrie, says he has other work to get done in the meantime. Look for a 30-song live CD of bootleg material, board tapes, and radio shows, featuring "a lotta Dylan covers," from LaFave in the next couple of months." |
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