Ep354: Sam Quartin of The Bobby Lees
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2022
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
The Bobby Lees' "Bellevue" LP is coming out shortly on Ipecac Records . Today founder Sam Quartin shares the history of the band, stories of studio and stage, emotionally driven songwriting, having famous fans, rare vinyl and more.
Topics include:
- Intro / global location discussion
- New album "Bellevue"
- Describing the Bobby Lees
- Writing and living the lyrics
- Getting into the Zone before a show
- Getting unexpected/scary reactions from an audience
- Post-Covid touring
- Sam's record collection
- Music of her youth
- How songs from The Bobby Lees come together
- Balancing acting career with the band
- Forming the Bobby Lees
- Recording Beauty Pageant album
- The original goals of The Bobby Lees
- Being nervous in front of a crowd
- Pressing records and selling at shows and online
- Rarity of "Beauty Pageant" vinyl
- The story of "Beauty Pageant Redeux"
- The journey of "Skin Suit"
- Learning from producers on different albums
- The connection with "Alive – Natural Sound" records
- Vinyl variants of "Skin Suit"
- Hearing of established artists being fans of The Bobby Lees
- The video for "Hollywood Junkyard"
- How did Vance Powell get involved?
- Working with Ipecac Records
- The song "Greta Van Fake"
- Performing personal/emotional songs
- Interview wrap up
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by Groove Washer, the best record cleaners and protective sleeves |
| 0:04.3 | for your vinyl collection. Ask for the groove washer from your local shop or go to groove washer.com. |
| 0:09.7 | Discount code, Vinyl Guide 10. And now on with the show. |
| 0:16.4 | Well, hey everyone, it's Nate. Welcome to episode 35, 5, 4 of The Vinyl Guide, the podcast for record |
| 0:22.6 | collectors and music nerds. And today we've got a fantastic guest joining us from a band that |
| 0:28.6 | I've been absolutely obsessed with for the last few years. It's Sam Corton of the Bobby Lees. |
| 0:34.6 | Now, for those of you who may be new to the music of the Bobby Lees, this is a four-piece, |
| 0:40.0 | highly energetic, intensely vulnerable, they're witty, they're dramatically deep, perhaps |
| 0:46.2 | even a little bit volatile. And I've been a fan of the Bobby Lees since their last LP skin |
| 0:51.9 | suit, and I'm very happy to share that they have a new LP, Bellevue, |
| 0:56.4 | which is coming out October 7th on Ipecac Records. I absolutely love it when a great band |
| 1:02.6 | meets a great label, and today we talk to Sam about that journey of the Bobby Lee's, |
| 1:07.8 | the various records and vinyl collectibles in their short but very focused history. |
| 1:12.6 | We talk about the band coming together, the records of her youth, connecting with various producers, |
| 1:18.1 | including Vance Powell and John Spencer, what it's like having artists like Iggy Pop and Henry |
| 1:23.7 | Rollins being very vocal about the love for the Bobby Lees. Sam is gracious, she's authentic, |
| 1:29.5 | she speaks her truth, so even if you're not familiar with the Bobby Lees yet, this episode is a |
| 1:35.1 | great primer for why you may want to further explore their work. Now, just a reminder, the Bobby Lee's |
| 1:42.6 | new album, Bellevue, is out October 7th. |
| 1:46.4 | There are already a few tracks out there on streaming platforms you can listen to right now. |
| 1:51.4 | There's also some videos for a few of those songs, and perhaps most important for the record nerds like myself, |
| 1:57.7 | a limited, clear, coke bottle vinyl pressing available at the Bobby Lees.Bancamp.com. |
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