260: Billy Conway (Morphine, Jeffrey Foucault, etc.)

The Trap Set with Joe Wong

Joe Wong

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

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2020

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Billy Conway joins Joe from his home in Montana to discuss: growing up in small-town Minnesota; attending Yale on a hockey scholarship; teaching in the inner city; how deliberate limitations informed his approach to playing with Morphine; how making a solo record shaped his approach to producing other artists; and how fighting advanced cancer has put his life into perspective.

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0:00.0	This is Joe Wong.
0:15.2	Welcome to the Trap Set.
0:18.0	During the age of social distancing, we're recording remotely and releasing episodes every day.
0:23.6	Music Today's guest is Billy Conway.
0:48.8	Billy began his recording career with Boston band Treat Her Right and later achieved
0:54.0	international recognition as the drummer
0:56.2	of the band Morphine. For the past couple decades, Billy has also been active as a producer.
1:02.4	In recent years, he's collaborated extensively with songwriter Jeffrey Foucault. Billy spoke to me from
1:09.4	his home in Montana. I'm not able to say, I'm still a full of manly red,
1:15.8	oh my dine day, I'm not able to say, I'm not able to say, you know, I finally see it brings
1:25.1	all your way.
1:30.3	All your way.
1:33.3	Hi, Billy. How are you?
1:35.3	Okay.
1:36.3	Is this working?
1:37.3	Yeah, it sounds great.
1:38.3	Okay.
1:39.3	I'll try to not wander about.
1:42.3	Where did you grow up? I grew up in Southern Minnesota. I was born in Iowa, but I grew to not wander about. Where did you grow up?
1:45.0	I grew up in Southern Minnesota.
1:46.5	I was born in Iowa, but I grew up in Southern Minnesota mostly.
1:50.5	I lived up in Superior for a little bit.
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