102: Chris Wilson (Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Hound, Open City)

The Trap Set with Joe Wong

Joe Wong

Joewong, Drums, Comedy, Performing Arts, Arts, Drummers

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2016

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Chris Wilson's exceptional drumming helped establish Ted Leo and the Pharmacists as one of the most compelling bands of their generation. Chris tells Joe about listening to "Rhiannon" on the eight track in his mom's Camaro, losing his father at a young age, learning to be less self-critical, and overcoming a guidance counselor's low expectations to realize his dreams.

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0:00.0	The Trap Set will always be available for free, but we rely on donations from our listeners.
0:05.4	Please visit our website at thetrapset.net and click Donate.
0:09.2	Subscribe to our show on iTunes, and if you enjoy what you hear, give us a review. This is Joe Wong.
0:27.7	Welcome to the Trapset, where each week we explore the lives of drummers.
0:32.5	I want to play something for you. The
0:57.0	The You're hearing Little Dawn by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, featuring my guest, Chris Wilson on drums.
1:27.2	Chris joined the pharmacists in 2001.
1:30.3	His deep, loping groove, deceptively nuanced touch,
1:34.3	and remarkable musical instincts
1:36.3	helped the band become one of its generation's most compelling acts.
1:40.3	Aside from the Pharmacists, with whom he recently recorded a new album, Chris works with
1:46.1	bands such as Hound, Open City, and Acquaintances. We recorded this conversation earlier this
1:52.4	year while Chris was on tour with acclaimed band Titus Andronicus.
2:05.2	And now my conversation with Chris Wilson.
2:24.6	Well, my mother, um, when I was born, um, when I was born, she was working at Pizza Hut in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
2:33.5	My grandparents would always give her shit for spending all of her tips on the jukebox.
2:37.1	And, you know, my... Was she living with your grandparents at the time?
2:39.1	Not at that time, but she and my father split up when I was about four or five.
2:46.3	Okay.
2:47.1	And we moved back into my grandparents' house. Okay. and my dad died when it was seven and i'm
2:56.1	honestly not sure what he did for work at all um it was when they split up i never saw him again
3:05.7	never no did you go to his funeral? No. Did they tell you when he
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