Great post as usual. Hugh Laurie also plays a bit of guitar and while it’s not great it’s also not the worst you’ve ever heard.
Billy Bob Thornton is quite good himself, and his group “The Boxmasters“ have many albums out. I haven’t heard him, but Kevin Costner has a band too, and apparently plays and sings.
And then there’s the folks who are known almost exclusively as singers and pop artists but who started out with movie careers as children; Alanis Morissette and Sabrina Carpenter top that particular list with their Disney connected tv or film history.
I actually really like Robert Downey Jr.'s jazz-inflected "The Futurist", though his decent voice does have its limits and he's fond of testing them.
Alternately, there's Terrence Howard's "Shine Through It", which is like when a friend drags you to a kareoke bar and it turns out he's not awful, but he's also not great, and it's awkward because of how much effort he's actually giving.
We saw Steve Martin with the Steeps, a fantastic evening of music and comedy. 'I'm Steve Martin, the one in white pants, unless something goes terribly, terribly wrong.'
Big fan of She & Him, and agree on the comparisons between them and York/Johannsson. How do you decide which albums to choose within a category? I mean, you really could've gone down a rabbit hole with William Shatner's spoken word albums, or even Leonard Nimoy's!
No real logic. I just pick one. Then the next day my friend picks one. We just try to pick stuff we’ve never heard and want to hear. Though occasionally we pick something horrible as a stunt
No love for David MacCallum or Richard Harris?
We only had 7 days!
Great post as usual. Hugh Laurie also plays a bit of guitar and while it’s not great it’s also not the worst you’ve ever heard.
Billy Bob Thornton is quite good himself, and his group “The Boxmasters“ have many albums out. I haven’t heard him, but Kevin Costner has a band too, and apparently plays and sings.
And then there’s the folks who are known almost exclusively as singers and pop artists but who started out with movie careers as children; Alanis Morissette and Sabrina Carpenter top that particular list with their Disney connected tv or film history.
Didn’t realize Alanis acted
I was waiting for Bruce Willis and Don Johnson. Maybe in part 2? :)
Don Johnson must be #8. :)
I remember when Ewan McGregor was talking to Marius de Vries about making a record.
I actually really like Robert Downey Jr.'s jazz-inflected "The Futurist", though his decent voice does have its limits and he's fond of testing them.
Alternately, there's Terrence Howard's "Shine Through It", which is like when a friend drags you to a kareoke bar and it turns out he's not awful, but he's also not great, and it's awkward because of how much effort he's actually giving.
We saw Steve Martin with the Steeps, a fantastic evening of music and comedy. 'I'm Steve Martin, the one in white pants, unless something goes terribly, terribly wrong.'
Big fan of She & Him, and agree on the comparisons between them and York/Johannsson. How do you decide which albums to choose within a category? I mean, you really could've gone down a rabbit hole with William Shatner's spoken word albums, or even Leonard Nimoy's!
No real logic. I just pick one. Then the next day my friend picks one. We just try to pick stuff we’ve never heard and want to hear. Though occasionally we pick something horrible as a stunt