Dan Stuart & Chris Cacavas

Anlässlich einer Wiederveröffentlichung von ”Can O´ Worms” schreibt Stuart: ‚I’ve made two solo records in my life, separated by 15 years. My contemporaries have made dozens, separated by mere months. I can’t judge the merits of their work because I’ve heard so little of it, I can’t judge my own because how would I know? Do I nonetheless suspect that my two modest efforts are better than all of theirs combined? Well yeah… Call me old fashioned, but I think you need something to say before you make a record. It doesn’t have to be anything profound or political, but it should be about something, even if you are unsure at the time exactly what that is. My contemporaries have found all sorts of reasons to keep making records, in some cases for one of the best of reasons: money. I had a band called Green On Red and in its later years we made records for profit, to stay alive. Some of those records are even pretty good in a cynical way. They were about the hustle, desperation, exclusion. However, I don’t think what my contemporaries have been writing about this last decade and a half has anything to do with a life on the margins, instead it has been one relentless appeal for inclusion into popular culture. They even have a marketing name for it: Americana.”

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Ich unterlasse als sprachloser Überfan jetzt die holprigen Hype-Versuche, weil eh keine Sau zum Konzert kommt, die nicht schon Fan von Green On Red und ihren noch aktiven Bandmitgliedern ist. Was jammerschade ist – Stuart ist ein begnadeter Songwriter und eine äußerst charismatische Bühnenfigur. Und er hat tatsächlich etwas zu sagen.