Back we sail to the year 2000, when Stephen Kellogg released his album South of Stephen, which featured enduring iconic tracks like Southern State of Mind and The America Song. Stephen played a private show in Massachusetts recently and before he took the stage, we sat down to talk about all the songs on the album and a whole lot more.
Featured:
South of Stephen album tracks:
Southern State of Mind
Take Me Into Town
The Way She Is
Fading In
Another Midas Story
BE
I Know Why
The America Song
Nailed Inside His Blues Again
The Dark Side of the King
Unreleased songs:
Now I’m Not So Lost
The Child and the Liar
15 Years
Worthy of Love
Improvised:
Brown (with Chris Soucy and Sally Taylor, from Club Helsinki in Great Barrington MA, 2001)
Cover songs:
Stand By Me (Ben E. King cover with Sinclair “Skip” Jennings, from Iron Horse in Northampton MA, 2000)
Pakaloa Blues (Deep Banana Blackout cover from Mollie’s Pub, Wellesley College MA, 2001)
Theme music:
The Open Heart by Stephen Kellogg
If you’d like to buy this great old album, it’s available digitally direct from the Kellogg Family Store.
Thanks to Stephen Kellogg for this interview, to Shady Katz for making the time possible on a busy day, to Jeffrey and Sarah Rothenberg for use of the recording space, and to Maggie Credeur for her feedback on the end result.
