JL: I met Rosanne the first time I came to Nashville in 1990. VG: How did you meet Rosanne Cash, and end up producing The Wheel? JL has his modified Kay guitar, and Ry has his bound neck, heavily modified mid 60's Strat Ry Cooder, Rosanne Cash, and John Leventhal at the2014 Americana Music Awards.
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Plus from a relatively early point I started to play bass and piano, probably attempting to work out writing and record making ideas without necessarily being conscious of it. I could generally muster more feeling coming up with a compelling chord sequence than playing guitar licks. I love the guitar, but from a very early point in my musical life I was also looking beyond it in a lot of ways. I suspect it even comes a step before playing the guitar. I'm compelled to do it, I don't really have a choice. JL: The realization that the Beatles wrote their own tunes might have impacted me, but I think in some fundamental way I'm just wired with a need to write music. VG: Why was it important to you to write songs? JL: The initial impulse was definitely The Beatles. VG: How did you end up picking up the guitar? Vintage Guitar spoke with John after a recent William Bell show in Nashville. This ability is based on his long history of Grammy wins and nominations as a producer, a catalog of hit songs as a writer, and a musical ability that has seen him guest with artists from Donald Fagen to Dolly Parton. The album, a modern soul masterpiece, takes a mature and insightful look at the themes of love and loss, that can only be gained from Bell's 77-years of living, and Leventhal's ability to frame the work in its best context. Mid 2016, Leventhal completed his latest project, William Bell's This is Where I live for the recently revived Stax label. 2015 was a banner year for the team of Leventhal and Cash, as she won 3 Grammy's for her southern tinged, The River and the Thread with John producing and co-writing every track, and John was awarded the "Instrumentalist of the year" honor at the Americana Association Awards. The latter was based on a list of 100 essential country songs given to her by her father, and it garnered "album of the year" at the 2010 Americana Awards. In '96 Colvin and Leventhal reunited with A Few Small Repairs, which won Grammy's for both album of the year, and song of the year for "Sunny Came Home." Collaborations continued with Joan Osborne, Michelle Branch, 2 more albums with Shawn Colvin, and 3 with wife Rosanne including her 2009 album The List. Overnight, his raised status had him producing, writing, and playing for the already established Rodney Crowell & Rosanne Cash, and having a hand in Marc Cohn's debut album that spawned the huge hit “Walking in Memphis.” His work with Rosanne Cash resulted in the introspective yet pop flavored album The Wheel, and the two eventually marrying in 1995. John Leventhal was transformed from New York City sideman to in-demand songwriter, instrumentalist, and producer when Shawn Colvin's Steady On won a Grammy in 1989.
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