First and foremost it's not my fault that life dumped me in the 1970's. I wish I could of been earlier but the parental figures had to invent a few other projects.
In the 1970's the entire school would've laughed me out of class if caught checking out The Doors, Beatles, Stones or Jefferson Airplane. Each age group had its own style and sound. If caught attempting to bust free; ID was required and it meant sitting around with a bunch of airheads locked in babysitting mode because what would a punk from the 1970's know about 65 to 69?
It wasn't like what it is today! The freedom to moisten your ears with the licks and riffs before you proved to be uncool in school. So we were stuck jamming to Jethro Tull, ZZ Top, KISS, Aerosmith and Foreigner. But it wasn't just any Foreigner. It was the band fronted by Mick Jones and Lou Graham.
Just like Don Felder returning to The Eagles...bringing the roots of these trees back together was near impossibility. Then someone said, "Felder messed up his own path. Let's give Graham and Jones another shot at playing some tuneage."
Classic Rock Magazine reports Foreigner stars Mick Jones and Lou Gramm will perform on stage together for the first time in over a decade at the Songwriters Hall of Fame awards ceremony in New York City on June 13.
In an exclusive interview, the guitarist, who has been leading a highly regarded new lineup of Foreigner since 2005, reveals that the pair will perform two songs — ‘Juke Box Hero’ and ‘I Want to Know What Love Is’ — together at the event. Apparently there wasn’t much debate in terms of song choices: “Lou suggested both of them.”
Jones goes on to explain that he’s “very much looking forward” to the event. “I’m so proud of what Lou and I achieved in those early years and throughout the time that we were together. I think it’s the first time that we’ve been recognized for our work and our writing, which was really the foundation of what we did together, as much as the performing.”
He’s particularly happy for the chance to celebrate with Gramm, who left the group because he and Jones “weren’t really communicating” back in 2003. “I think this band has always been a song-driven band and so that has its place for me and it’s very important and it’s going to be great to share that with Lou. It will help us to move along in our relationship, which has been fairly quiet in the last seven or eight years.”
For more information on the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and for ticket information about this event, visit the organization’s official website. We’ll have more from our interview with Jones in the coming days.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Lou Graham And Mick Jones Mend Their Foreigner Fence
First and foremost it's not my fault that life dumped me in the 1970's. I wish I could of been earlier but the parental figures had to invent a few other projects.
In the 1970's the entire school would've laughed me out of class if caught checking out The Doors, Beatles, Stones or Jefferson Airplane. Each age group had its own style and sound. If caught attempting to bust free; ID was required and it meant sitting around with a bunch of airheads locked in babysitting mode because what would a punk from the 1970's know about 65 to 69?
It wasn't like what it is today! The freedom to moisten your ears with the licks and riffs before you proved to be uncool in school. So we were stuck jamming to Jethro Tull, ZZ Top, KISS, Aerosmith and Foreigner. But it wasn't just any Foreigner. It was the band fronted by Mick Jones and Lou Graham.
Just like Don Felder returning to The Eagles...bringing the roots of these trees back together was near impossibility. Then someone said, "Felder messed up his own path. Let's give Graham and Jones another shot at playing some tuneage."
Classic Rock Magazine reports Foreigner stars Mick Jones and Lou Gramm will perform on stage together for the first time in over a decade at the Songwriters Hall of Fame awards ceremony in New York City on June 13.
In an exclusive interview, the guitarist, who has been leading a highly regarded new lineup of Foreigner since 2005, reveals that the pair will perform two songs — ‘Juke Box Hero’ and ‘I Want to Know What Love Is’ — together at the event. Apparently there wasn’t much debate in terms of song choices: “Lou suggested both of them.”
Jones goes on to explain that he’s “very much looking forward” to the event. “I’m so proud of what Lou and I achieved in those early years and throughout the time that we were together. I think it’s the first time that we’ve been recognized for our work and our writing, which was really the foundation of what we did together, as much as the performing.”
He’s particularly happy for the chance to celebrate with Gramm, who left the group because he and Jones “weren’t really communicating” back in 2003. “I think this band has always been a song-driven band and so that has its place for me and it’s very important and it’s going to be great to share that with Lou. It will help us to move along in our relationship, which has been fairly quiet in the last seven or eight years.”
For more information on the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and for ticket information about this event, visit the organization’s official website. We’ll have more from our interview with Jones in the coming days.
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