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Sheryl Crow Discusses New Projects, New Tour ( Allstar News)
Sheryl Crow made a bit of an
effort at distancing herself from the music business between the
release of her Grammy-winning The Globe Sessions album in
September and her current tour opener in Las Vegas March 13. She
bought a house in Los Angeles, briefly considered furnishing it,
and visited a psychic who told her she would get pregnant in
February.
What Crow discovered during her time off, however,
was that domesticity wasn't really her bag. Before long, she was
back to her usual workaholic habits. She played the Campaign for
a Landmine- Free World benefit concert in Washington D.C.
alongside Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams, and
Steve Earle (allstar, Sep. 24, 1998).
She popped up at a Neil Finn show (allstar, Oct. 5, 1998).
She contributed music to the Gram Parsons tribute album (allstar, Feb. 16),
signed on to perform at the upcoming Johnny Cash tribute concert
(allstar, Mar. 17), and
even took on the producer role for Stevie Nicks' next disc.
"In comparison, being on the road is like a
vacation," Crow laughs. Most of her so-called time off,
however, was dedicated to the organization of her current tour.
Crow wanted a more elaborate show than ever to accompany her
latest material.
"It's definitely different than what we usually
do, which is basically hang a couple curtains and play
music," she explains of the new stage set. "This time,
I really wanted to do something surprising and artful and
different. We bought a bunch of film and great old stock footage
on Super 8 and edited some tasteful film stuff together, which
we've been projecting onstage. It's a nice marriage with the
music, because the music is so cinematic."
Crow says The Globe Sessions owes much of its
rich tones to her collaboration with Emmylou Harris on
"Juanita" for the forthcoming Parsons tribute.
"The most interesting thing about that was that we recorded
it while I was working on my album, and 'Juanita' became the only
track I wanted to listen to," she explains. "It wasn't
even from my album, and it became my favorite track. That was
what inspired me to go back in and write 'The Difficult Kind,'
because I felt there was just something so special and beautiful
about it."
Crow expects to be on and off the road this year,
most likely well into the fall, at which time she will begin work
on her fourth disc. "That's my plan," she says. "I
haven't even thought about it yet. I think you can go in with
great intentions of what you want to do with an album, but you
have to follow where the process takes you. I never know exactly
what is going to transpire."
In the meantime, Crow will duet with Willie Nelson
at TNT's An All-Star Tribute To Johnny Cash, although she
is not certain what song they will perform. And regarding her
plans for the Stevie Nicks album, she sighs, "I haven't even
started it yet."
-- Aidin Vaziri
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