After reading the Bad English thread below, I googled John Waite just to see if he was up to anything. Turns out, he's releasing his first album of new material in 15 years this September - at age 73! There's still not a ton of info out there other than the title, but I did find some interview bits:

“Maybe I’m making up for lost time,” he said. “I want to leave something that’s something of a testimony. I really want to go out with a bang. There’s really no choice. If you’re in the game of the music business, that’s one thing, and if you’re looking at it as art, that’s another. Very few artists can manage both things.”

“I’ve just spent the last year making a new record, which is like nothing I’ve ever made before. I’m not going to sing about my relationships,” he said. “This is something else, these are times when everyone has to come out and stand out and say what is on your mind. There is a song called, ‘Zero’ that goes straight to it, (and) other songs recognize how difficult life is now.”

Waite said he’ll step away from music and touring someday.

“I’m thinking of disappearing,” he mused. “I’m thinking of buying a one-way ticket somewhere. I certainly am. I’d be insane not to think at one point the story is complete. It really is a story of your life; it’s your own story, and you’re the hero of it, and I think the finish, well, is like to write the best novel you could ever write or make the best album you could ever make.”

“The record, it’s almost political. It’s a departure,” Waite said. “There’s a social like consciousness to it. In these times, music does tend to become more intense, and people tend to step away from the spotlight to make records... and I’m very proud of it. I feel like it’s the best thing I’ve done in my life.”

“We mastered it last week with Tom Weir, who’s like the best in the business, and it sounds really pretty epic,” he added. “From acoustic to huge sounding music, it’s got a twist on it.”

A live album also will be released this year, the singer-songwriter said.

Waite drew a near blank when asked for his secret to maintaining a strong singing voice. “I don’t even warm up, and I still smoke a couple of cigarettes a day,” he said.



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