Pete Yorn

Wheels Off with Rhett Miller

Rhett Miller

Music, Performing Arts, Arts

4.9 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, singer and multi-instrumentalist Pete Yorn joins Rhett to talk about his lifelong journey as an artist. The two discuss the harsh realities behind signing a record deal, grappling with the demons that present creative obstacles, and they reminisce over the excitement of hearing their songs mixed for the first time. Pete tells Rhett about the wisdom of his grandfather and the lessons he’s learned that carry him forward. Pete Yorn has released over a dozen albums as a solo act. Yorn gained recognition around the world after releasing his debut album Musicforthemorningafter in 2001, which has gone on to sell over half a million copies. His latest release, New Rooftop EP (20 years of musicforthemorningafter) was released earlier this month in celebration of the 20th anniversary of his seminal debut LP. It includes four tracks: “Rooftop,” an unreleased outtake from the musicforthemorningafter sessions and three live versions of tracks from the album including Smiths cover “Panic”, “Life On A Chain” and “Lose You”, the latter of which is an emotionally charged performance delivered on his childhood piano. Upcoming episodes of Wheels Off include The Doors’ John Densmore, author Lily Brooks-Dalton, Lord Huron’s Ben Schneider, Liz Phair, and more. Revisit Season One of Wheels Off with Rosanne Cash, Rob Thomas, Will Forte, Lydia Loveless, Allison Moorer, Ted Leo, Paul F. Tompkins, Jen Kirkman, and more. Wheels Off is brought to you by Osiris Media. Hosted by Rhett Miller. Produced by Rhett Miller. Co-produced by Kirsten Cluthe in partnership with Nick Ruffini (Revoice Media). Editing byJustin Thomas (Revoice Media). Music by OLD 97’s. Episode artwork by Katherine Boils. Show logo by Tim Skirven. This podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you like this podcast, please leave us a rating or review on iTunes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Wheels Off, a show about the messy reality of the creative life.
0:05.2	I'm Rhett Miller.
0:06.9	That's when it got wheels off.
0:09.9	We started up and we ain't going to starve.
0:13.0	Oh, I like you.
0:14.0	I could not.
0:15.6	That's when they got wheels off.
0:30.3	Pete Yorne is someone that I've always felt weirdly close to, but I've never hung out with or spoken with until today. He is a musician. He's a songwriter. He's a great performer.
0:38.8	He's made a ton of great records.
0:41.3	I feel like I'm making this sound as if you know all of this because I'm sort of assuming that you know all of this.
0:49.6	His record music for the morning after came out 20 years ago.
0:53.3	He talks about that record and its anniversary during this conversation we have.
0:58.8	But he's continued to make music over all of those years and done lots of really cool, interesting stuff and continues to do so until this day.
1:07.1	His new album of covers that's just out is great. Some of the song selections are songs
1:16.3	that I would have liked to put on an album of covers that I'm sure eventually I'll make,
1:20.6	but now I can't. Thanks a lot, Pete. He joins us from his home in California. You can hear his daughter in the background, pre-kindergarten little kid.
1:34.0	Very sweet.
1:36.1	I'm so glad I got to connect with him.
1:38.3	I'm so glad I got to have this conversation with him.
1:40.6	This is the kind of stuff I've been missing desperately,
1:45.6	talking to creative people and hanging out with them and picking their brains. Thank God I get to do this for Wheels Off.
1:53.8	And I'm really glad that you get to hear the fruits of our conversation. I think there's a lot of good stuff in here. There were quite a few
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