![]() ![]() "I was punctuating the hour interview with songs I grew up with," Dion said. That all changed as a result of an interview in 2000 with National Public Radio's Terry Gross ( available here) during which the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer was demonstrating rock's kinship with the blues. They've always been in my head and kind of in my guitar, and I never thought of recording this group of songs." Ever since my pre-teens, I've been listening to some of this stuff. It's a funny bit, because when I recorded this album, they were songs that were (always) in my head. "It's funny," he told me in an October 2006 telephone interview, "it's almost like what I've done (before) was a departure from who I am, you know. A casual listener might think a blues collection is a departure for the artist known for classics like "Teenager In Love," "The Wanderer," "Runaround Sue," and "Abraham, Martin and John," but nothing could be further from the truth. It should come as no surprise then, that his most recent offering is a CD of blues standards called Bronx In Blue, proving that the former teen idol-whose output runs the gamut from doo-wop, to R&B, to rock, folk, and now blues-still has what it takes to record an album that reaches out of your speakers and grabs you by the ears. Photo © Bill Bush 2005 'The Wanderer' Settles Down With the BluesĪs one of only a handful of rock artists still making music after six decades, and as someone who was in the delivery room to witness the birth of rock and roll, Dion is well acquainted with the genre's parents: country music and the blues. ![]() Perfect Sound Forever: Dion speaks of the blues ![]()
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