Monsters of Folk(0)
Something unique to rock and roll bands is the very special and nearly impossible dynamic of several powerful creative artists collaborating and making it work as a group on all of the levels that the situation demands. It is fascinating in the extreme. Well, I never did get to make a cover for the Beatles… Read more
Neil Young Archives Vol. 1: Design
Neil and I first started talking about an unabridged box set of his life and music in 1989. But, as we started collecting materials we realized that we would have to break his project down into periods. There was just too much — too much music, too much history. And this archive began to take… Read more
Neil Young Archives Vol. 1: Sustainability
Neil and I are both big supporters of sustainability. We both have children and we often wonder what their world will be like, and what we can do to leave them with a habitable planet. So, keeping Neil’s Archives as environmental as possible was an important consideration from the start. From the beginning of my… Read more
My Morning Jacket
My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges It never ceases to amaze me when magical sequences of events happen, are somehow tied together and make visible shifts in one’s life. A little earlier in the same year we made the cover for Conor in Mexico we were invited to collaborate with Jim James on a cover… Read more
Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst I met Conor Oberst at Neil Young’s Bridge School Benefit a few years ago when his band, Bright Eyes, played the show. We instantly became friends and formed a bond that continues to grow stronger every day. In spite of Conor’s rigorous touring and my work schedule we have managed to spend a… Read more
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