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The Treatment

Don Was

The Treatment

KCRW

Arts

4.6639 Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2014

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

As Blue Note Records celebrates its 75th anniversary, label President Don Was reflects on his own 35 years in the music business.

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0:00.0

Thanks for listening to The Treatment.

0:01.5

So I bet you're curious about what gadget you'll be using next, or maybe you're like me.

0:05.4

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0:07.9

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0:16.5

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0:19.5

From KCRW Santa Monica and KCRW.com, this is The Treatment.

0:33.3

Welcome to The Treatment. I'm Elvis Mitchell.

0:36.7

If you know music, you know my guest, Don't Was. Let's go back to the art funk band Was Not Was. Basically, God, God, 35, is it 34 years ago this year? Oh, God. Yeah. Well, yeah. Yeah, yeah. And one of my favorite songs of all time, tell me That I'm Dreaming. Thank you for Remember.

0:57.5

The great remix for that incredible bass line that's the you on their playing.

0:59.5

Then, of course, he moved on to producing,

1:03.3

doing great work for people from the Rolling Stones to Bob Dylan to,

1:08.0

oh my God, 25 years ago this year, you released Nick of Time with Bonnie Red.

1:09.7

Yeah, hard to believe.

1:15.0

But he's been keeping himself busy, still solo performer, does work on his own.

1:18.9

And as of the last few years, it's now runs the Blue Note label.

1:20.9

First of all, Don, it's a pleasure to have a year.

1:22.0

Thank you so much for doing this.

1:22.3

It's great to see, man.

1:23.2

Good to see you, too.

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