Hello! Today I have a live film recording of Isabella at Cafe Carlyle. One of the few times I’ve ever actually performed it. mixed by me at the Struggle Hut. #strugglehut Greatest band on earth. Lacrisha Brown: vocals Anna Stumpf: piano Stuart Bogie: Sax Henderson Maroon: bass Skyler Skjelset: slide guitar Stephen Patterson: drums I hope we all break outta this quarantine soon, and I can come play my songs for you live...it’s gonna be a blast...but, in the mean time, take a load off & stay home! We’ll get through this. Love, Hamilton Leithauser
My song Isabella is about the kind of friend everyone has in New York…the kind of friend who’s parents might be paying the rent. And if you ask me, that’s precisely the reason she can’t seem to get it together. At first it may not seem like the most flattering portrayal of a friend…but to be honest, it’s not necessarily a friend’s saintliness that I find most interesting, and I mean the song as a compliment.
A lot of people have been writing in recently asking about my new record—which is great. But even more people have been writing in asking if I was thinking about getting a haircut any time soon—which is fine. So, just the other day as I was on my way to play Isabella for my writer/musician friend, it dawned on me that I might kill two birds with one stone, and hopefully get a little positive feedback…and maybe a little trim. @maggierogersmusic
All of the songs on my new record are about people. Individual, real people. Some are strangers I’ve met, but a lot are friends. The song “Here They Come” is about a friend who’s constantly running from his problems. I love him to death but when the going gets tough, he’ll always just cut and run. The song is about the specific moment when the lights are coming up in a movie theater where he’s been hiding all day. I figured including personal details in song lyrics might be kind of touchy, and I didn’t know how people might actually react if they thought they might have recognized themselves in a particular line, so I met up with my writer/actor friend to play him a song and gauge his reaction. (FULL SONG OUT NOW).
Hamilton Leithauser
Hello! Today I have a live film recording of Isabella at Cafe Carlyle. One of the few times I’ve ever actually performed it. mixed by me at the Struggle Hut. #strugglehut
Greatest band on earth.
Lacrisha Brown: vocals
Anna Stumpf: piano
Stuart Bogie: Sax
Henderson Maroon: bass
Skyler Skjelset: slide guitar
Stephen Patterson: drums
I hope we all break outta this quarantine soon, and I can come play my songs for you live...it’s gonna be a blast...but, in the mean time, take a load off & stay home! We’ll get through this.
Love, Hamilton Leithauser
6 years ago | [YT] | 11
View 0 replies
Hamilton Leithauser
6 years ago | [YT] | 47
View 1 reply
Hamilton Leithauser
My song Isabella is about the kind of friend everyone has in New York…the kind of friend who’s parents might be paying the rent. And if you ask me, that’s precisely the reason she can’t seem to get it together. At first it may not seem like the most flattering portrayal of a friend…but to be honest, it’s not necessarily a friend’s saintliness that I find most interesting, and I mean the song as a compliment.
A lot of people have been writing in recently asking about my new record—which is great. But even more people have been writing in asking if I was thinking about getting a haircut any time soon—which is fine. So, just the other day as I was on my way to play Isabella for my writer/musician friend, it dawned on me that I might kill two birds with one stone, and hopefully get a little positive feedback…and maybe a little trim.
@maggierogersmusic
6 years ago | [YT] | 6
View 0 replies
Hamilton Leithauser
All of the songs on my new record are about people. Individual, real people. Some are strangers I’ve met, but a lot are friends. The song “Here They Come” is about a friend who’s constantly running from his problems. I love him to death but when the going gets tough, he’ll always just cut and run. The song is about the specific moment when the lights are coming up in a movie theater where he’s been hiding all day. I figured including personal details in song lyrics might be kind of touchy, and I didn’t know how people might actually react if they thought they might have recognized themselves in a particular line, so I met up with my writer/actor friend to play him a song and gauge his reaction. (FULL SONG OUT NOW).
6 years ago | [YT] | 11
View 0 replies