Musician Magazine, October 1992

Issue No. 168

Cover: Elvis Presley photographed at RCA recording studios, New York City, 1956, © Alfred Wertheimer

07 Front Man
Branford Marsalis
Doing the "Tonight Show," Branford discovers the joys of a steady day job.
By Tom Moon

Departments

06 MASTHEAD
10 LETTERS
15 FACES: Juliana Hatfield leaves the Blake Babies. Also: Too Short, Toad the Wet Sprocket, John Martyn and Rory Block.
22 ON STAGE: PJ Harvey and Sophie B. Hawkins-the valedictorians of the class of '92-show New York what the buzz is about.

29 Jeff Porcaro R.I.P.
Eulogies for a great drummer, a great father, a great friend.
By Matt Resnicoff

30 Michael Penn
In the studio recording his second album, the young hotshot muses on the borders of pop.
By Paul Zollo

34 Horace Silver
Keeping a low profile, the jazz master has more ideas piled up than any musician could use in a lifetime.
By Joe Goldberg

40 Shawn Lane: Chops To Spare
Swinging down from the roofs of Memphis comes a guitar wizard/piano hero with vision so powerful he can see into music'sfuture.
By Matt Resnicoff

50 Elvis Presley, Musician
There was a time when Elvis was not an icon, a cliché, a joke or an American legend. There was a time when Elvis was a human being who sang, played piano and guitar, and worked very hard on records that changed our culture. The musicians, producers and songwriters who collaborated with Elvis get the chance to talk in depth about the musician they knew and the music he made.
By Peter Cronin, Scott Isler & Mark Rowland

68 Hole & L7: The Next Logical Step
Two rising L.A. grunge bands spin out of Nirvana's orbit and try to avoid colliding on their way to heaven. Donita Sparks gets really mad; Courtney Love gets really pregnant.
By Craig Rosen

Producers '92: The New World Order

75 Paul Fox
Notice how those new albums by XTC, Robyn Hitehcock,10,000 Maniacs and the Sugarcubes got right to the point without losing the magic? Here's the guy to thank.
By Ted Drozdowski

78 Tim Palmer
Creating the right studio environment with the man who steered Pearl Jam, Tin Machine and Tears for Fears-and produced Robert Plant without knowing Led Zeppelin.
By Richard Buskin

82 Scoring Singles
The writer/director of a new film about the Seattle scene writes about the joys and horrors of building a movie soundtrack.
By Cameron Crowe

86 Hal Willner
Taking on the mighty legacy of Charles Mingus with the producer who found the common ground between Disney, Kurt Weill and NRBQ.
By Gene Santoro

90 Hiring A Producer
Okay, so you can't afford Fox, Palmer or Willner-how does a young band go about finding a producer and/or engineer?
By Bill Stephen

94 Developments
Finding your way through the hard disk maze. Plus, AES comes to San Francisco and MESA/Boogie's Triaxis Preamp.
By The Musician Tea Boys

Departments (continued)

99 Recordings:
Tom Waits makes a raw-boned masterpiece. Also: Sinead O'Connor, R.E.M., Peter Gabriel and Bob Mould's new band.

104 Finally-the Best Unsigned Band contest winners
106 New Releases
111 Charts
113 Reader Service

114 Backside:
40 Years Of Marky Mark
Before you curse MTV and whine about how low pop has sunk, consider that there have always been guys like this.