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Steve like , “ Well , let ’ s make the 28th record now .” And it ’ s true liberation once you get to that point . I mean , the Dream Syndicate album I made in 2019 ( These Times ) was the most

single out , too , “ Strummer & Jones ,” recorded In Jamaica at a shanty-sized studio that you could rent for $ 40 an hour ? WYNN : Yeah . But the track sat around for seven years , and I kept thinking I should put it out , maybe as a B-side or something . But now was a perfect time . And Bandcamp , where it ’ s available , has just been a godsend for musicians last year . They ’ ve made it so easy to just put things up spontaneously . You can write a song on Thursday night and put it up on Friday morning .
IE : Will you be composing a conversely dark and condensed new coronavirus concept album ?

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outside , indulgent record I ’ ve ever done , and I didn ’ t care . The shortest song on the record was eight minutes , and that wasn ’ t a problem because we were doing it for ourselves . So that ’ s a real luxury that you have after you ’ ve been around for a while . And I turned 60 last year , and I looked back and said , “ This what I do and what I did , and I have no regrets . I ’ m glad I did it .”
IE : And you ’ ve got a new reggae-tinged
WYNN : Probably not . And it ’ s funny to say that because after 9 / 11 , I somehow felt the need to address what had happened and the mood , and I did it in the next record that I made . It was my 9 / 11 album , and it was a somber little number . And I felt weird about putting it out there . But at this point , after everything that ’ s happened , both politically and with COVID , I think I just wanna make a record that ’ s fun to listen to and take on tour . So just to make myself happy and
The Dream Syndicate , 2019
maybe make a few other people happy in the process would be enough at this point . Steve Wynn and Linda Pitmon livestream via
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