156: Michael Stuart-Ware (Love, The Sons of Adam)

The Trap Set with Joe Wong

Joe Wong

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

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2018

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Although Love never became a household name like some of its contemporaries, the band is certainly one of the most innovative and influential rock bands of all time (and one of Joe’s favorites). Joe speaks to Michael Stuart about the 1960s LA rock scene; why he prefers not to listen to Love’s classic albums; how heroin became a normal part of life; how he attained sobriety; life after Love; and why being a musician is central to his identity, even though he no longer plays professionally.

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0:00.0	I miss playing music every day because I still have a self-image of musician.
0:08.0	I mean, that's what I always did the best.
0:12.0	Oh! This is Joe Wong.
0:26.2	Welcome to the Trap Set, where each week we explore the lives of drummers.
0:30.9	I want to play something for you.
0:32.9	I want to play something for you. Yeah, said it's all right, I won't forget
1:00.0	All the times I've waited patiently for you
1:06.0	And you do just what you choose to do
1:12.5	And I will be alone again tonight, my dear.
1:18.5	You're hearing Alone Again Or by Love, featuring my guest Michael Stewart on drones.
1:25.6	Headquartered in a Los Felis mansion affectionately dubbed the castle,
1:29.3	Love ruled over the LA rock scene during the 1960s.
1:34.3	Perhaps because the band's eccentric leader Arthur Lee refused a tour,
1:38.3	or perhaps because Love was just too far ahead of its time,
1:42.3	the band never became a household name.
1:45.0	But over the past 50 years, Love's timeless body of work has influenced countless artists
1:50.0	and garnered overwhelming critical acclaim.
1:54.0	Michael grew up on a diet of big band and bebop.
1:57.0	His rhythmic agility and powerful sense of swing proved the perfect foundation for Love's classic albums DeCapo and Forever Changes.
2:05.6	I spoke to him in his adopted hometown, Las Vegas.
2:26.4	Music And now my conversation with Michael Stewart.
2:40.7	I was born in East Texas, and my dad worked for chance fought.
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