John Hutchinson
John Hutchinson (pictured in 1983) wrote his first music article on Eric Clapton; it was followed a year or so later by an interview with him. Other pieces followed, and in the early 1980s he became a Contributing Editor to Musician magazine in New York, as well as to the short-lived Record magazine, owned by Rolling Stone. Based in Ireland, John has also written for local newspapers and magazines.
13 articles
List of articles in the library
Interview by John Hutchinson, unpublished, 1982
JH: Emmylou, were you always interested in country music? ...
Eric Clapton: Farther Up The Road
Interview by John Hutchinson, Musician, May 1982
FEW MUSICIANS have been more misunderstood, more overburdened with great expectations and more erroneously worshipped than Eric Clapton. ...
Interview by John Hutchinson, In Dublin, June 1982
WITHIN HOURS of arriving from Glasgow, Ry Cooder walked into a room in Jury's Hotel wearing a black track suit, with a towel bundled under ...
Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Kate McGarrigle (1982)
Interview by John Hutchinson, Rock's Backpages audio, October 1982
Kate McGarrigle talks about touring versus home life; about where she and sister Anna grew up and where each lives now; about their singing and the presentation of their songs; about using traditional instruments but not performing traditional material; about their relationship to the French language and their religious background; about being managed by sister Jane; their latest album Love Over and Over and the song ‘I Cried For Us’... and about not being overly concerned about their career. and not being overly concerned about their career. and not being ambitious or concerned about their career.
File format: mp3; file size: 23.6mb, interview length: 24' 37" sound quality: **½
Interview by John Hutchinson, Rock's Backpages audio, February 1983
The songwriter talks abut storytelling; how he gets the big names to play on his albums; his latest album Trouble in Paradise, and how he writes and arranges his songs; adopting personas in songs and avoiding "naked cruelty" in his lyrics; not feeling shy on stage; his ambivalence about his country; how he become a musician, his family’s musical influence, and his old friend Lenny Waronker encouraging him to write songs; why he sells so few records; ‘I Love L.A.’ and its arrangement; New Orleans music and his deep love of Fats Domino; and songs such as ‘Sail Away’ and ‘Germany Before the War’.
File format: mp3; file size: 31.2mb, interview length: 32' 28" sound quality: ***
Interview by John Hutchinson, unpublished, February 1983
JH: Was there any family influence on your decision to be a musician? Your uncles wrote movie music, didn't they? ...
Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant: Robert Plant: Into The Light
Interview by John Hutchinson, Record, September 1983
Led Zeppelin now a fond but distant memory, Robert Plant turns his attention towards a new solo album, a new band and a world tour ...
Brian Eno, Jon Hassell, U2: Brian Eno: Music Without Compromise
Interview by John Hutchinson, Mix, February 1985
BRIAN ENO IS something of a paradox. He is at once associated with the avant-garde and an artist/producer who has actually had his share of ...
Peter Gabriel: From Brideshead to Sunken Heads
Interview by John Hutchinson, Musician, July 1986
PETER AND I were at school together – at Charterhouse, an expensive private school in Surrey, of the variety the British perversely insist on calling ...
Interview by John Hutchinson, Musician, September 1986
"I DON'T REALLY see myself as a guitar player," says U2's Edge. "I'm more of a songwriter or composer. In looking for a new way ...
Ray Davies, The Kinks: Kontemplating the Kinks: Nothing's as Bad as Ray Davies Thinks
Interview by John Hutchinson, Musician, January 1987
RAY DAVIES, we've always been told, is quintessentially English. The classic Kinks songs of the '60s – 'Dedicated Follower Of Fashion', 'Sunny Afternoon', 'Waterloo Sunset' ...
Interview by John Hutchinson, Musician, May 1987
U2 Wrestle With Their Moment Of Glory ...
Interview by John Hutchinson, Rock's Backpages audio, Fall 1987
The band talk about their respect for the blues and the roots of music; working with Robbie Robertson; writing ‘When Love Comes to Town’ for B.B. King; how they write and perform their songs; making The Joshua Tree — playing live in the room, sequencing the album, and mixing it; how they are perceived across different classes and cultures, and the political power of rock music; how they're judged by the press; Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton on what they do; the nature of rock criticism... and the art of rock.
File format: mp3; file size: 112mb, total interview length: 1h 56' 41" sound quality: ***
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