#283 The Singers Talk w/ Jason Thomas Gordon
The Road to Now
Benjamin Sawyer
4.8 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2023
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Jason Thomas Gordon spent nearly a decade interviewing some of the greatest vocalists in modern music to find out about their earliest experiences singing, the voices that influenced them growing up, and how they learned to find their own unique voice. In his new book, The Singers Talk: The Greatest Singers of Our Time Discuss the One Thing They're Never Asked About: Their Voices, Jason shares some of the insights from his conversations with more than seventy artists from diverse genres, including Emmylou Harris, Chuck D, Lionel Ritchie, and Ozzy Osbourne, and where they fit within their generation and in the greater history of music.
Jason also shares with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, which was founded by his grandfather, Danny Thomas. 100% of the royalties from The Singers Talk will go to Music Gives to St. Jude Kids, an organization that Jason created to support St. Jude. Click here to buy the book!
This episode was edited by Gary Fletcher.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, Bob here. When I tell people I play in a band, they inevitably ask me, |
| 0:10.6 | what kind of music do we play? And I'll say Americana. And they say, what's Americana? And I'll say, |
| 0:18.9 | good question. What is Americana? It's a big word. What does it mean? |
| 0:25.8 | Well, that's the question Ben and I are going to be asking at a live road to now taping at the Riverside Revival in Nashville, Tennessee on Monday, September 18th at 7 p.m. |
| 0:38.4 | We're going to be joined by historian Jefferson Cowie and Grammy-winning artist Emmy |
| 0:43.5 | Lou Harris and Rodney Crowell. What a panel. We want you to come and be a part of the conversation. |
| 0:50.7 | So that's The Road to Now Live at the Riverside Revival on September 18th, 7 p.m. in Nashville, Tennessee. |
| 1:00.1 | Please join us. Tickets are on sale now. |
| 1:05.3 | I'm Bob Crawford. |
| 1:07.0 | I'm Ben Sawyer and this is the Road to Now. |
| 1:10.8 | Very special guests this week on the road to now, Ben. |
| 1:14.1 | Jason Thomas Gordon, who is out with a new book. And, you know, the book is really great. The topic is great. |
| 1:23.7 | I can't believe no one's done it before, which is always a good sign if you were an author |
| 1:29.4 | that the topic you picked is so unique and special. But Jason is special to me, |
| 1:36.0 | for many reasons, not the least of which, he is a founder by family. He is a board member. He is a supporter. He is a champion of St. Jude |
| 1:48.2 | Children's Hospital, where you all know my daughter, Halley, is a patient. So Jason, welcome |
| 1:55.2 | to the road to now. My God, what an honor to be on this podcast. i was saying to bob when he asked me i'm the |
| 2:03.0 | most i got to be the most unintelligent person you guys have ever had on well that it well you |
| 2:07.7 | count us and you'll be third but it is an incredible honor first time long time fellas |
| 2:14.3 | this is great thank you so much for coming here and being part of the show. |
| 2:19.6 | The book you have out now is called The Singers Talk, The Greatest Singers of Our Time, |
| 2:24.0 | discuss the one thing they're never asked about, their voices. And what I think is great about |
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