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June 2019 • Volume 45, Number 08 • www.illinoisentertainer.com COVER STORY: JOHN PAUL WHITE It’s a morsel of time-tested wisdom — initially put forward by Mahatma Gandhi — that just becomes more relevant with each passing day: “Be the change that you want to see in the world.” If you’re classy ex-Civil Wars crooner John Paul White, you could hide in the barstool shadows and snipe potshots at the current sorry state of country music until closing time. Or you could shut the hell up and do something about it. Like he boldly did with his latest second solo set, the retro-mind- ed The Hurting Kind. JPW went in search of Nashville’s streamlined "countrypolitan" sound; a plusher, more orchestrated take on traditional C&W, whose practitioners included Jim Reeves, Eddy Arnold, and Chet Atkins — a clean sonic approach from the cleaner late ‘60s, early '70s. "I was looking for that sound everywhere, trying to find it, wanting to hear it in a modern setting. Tom Lanham talked to White about the journey. 8 Page 22 - John Paul White HELLO MY NAME IS...YOUTH FROM KILLING JOKE There was a time in the early ‘90s, recalls Killing Joke bassist Youth –AKA British-born studio mastermind Martin Glover —when the term Renaissance Man was a dismissive putdown, implying shallow dilet- tantism in one’s various crafts. The times have changed. “From that moment on, that romantic notion that you can be a musician, a writer, a poet, and a painter? It’s become the avant-garde now,” he says. “And it’s created this resurgence of artists making all these multi-media works that no one expected.” In fact, his dizzying list of simultaneous, genre-jumping projects only starts with Killing Joke’s “Laugh at Your Peril” 40th-anniversary tour, which is currently bulldozing the globe having just played Bottom Lounge. Tom Lanham talked the legendary producer and bassist. File Music family reunion, Punk rock water, Onesti rehabs the Des Plaines. Cinemascopes Blockbusters and ballbusters. Sweet Home Blues reviews. Media Late Night Rick. Dio's Hologram Tour The wave of music's future? Calendar Over 1500 shows to see, the best bands, at the best venues. Spins The Mekons, Signal The Launch, The Zombies and more. Caught In A Mosh 6 12 14 16 20 26 28 34 Flotsam and Jetsam. Classifieds You dumped your boyfriend's drummer, now you're looking for another. Studiophile Paul from APRadio.net. Gear Lzzy's new guitar. Page 8 - Killing Joke Publisher Advertising Sales Contributors: John Vernon Scott Assmann Mike Engel Andy Argyrakis, Guy Arnston, Penelope Biver, Patrick Conlan, Deena Dasein, Jaime de'Medici, Jeff Elbel Terrence Flamm, Steve Forstneger Michael Gallucci, Michael C. Harris, Max Herman, Tom Lanham, Carter Moss, Michael Obrecki, Greg Olma Arsenio Orteza, Rodney Pawlak, Bruce Pilato, Matthew Pollock, Jason Scales, Kelley Simms, Ed Spinelli, Tim Shockley, James Turano Contributing Editors Lori Vernon Tom Lanham Curt Baran Advertising Director Design Team Website Direction Notion Pool Dragon Design Vision Design Teknigram Graphics Notion Pool Classified Advertising Rosalind Cummings-Yeates - Sweet Home Rick Kaempfer - Media David Gedge Founder John Vernon Senior Columnists Kenneth L. Voss Kelley Simms - Caught In A Mosh Publisher Emeritis David C. Eldredge - East Coast David Roberts 4 illinoisentertainer.com june 2019 SUBSCRIPTIONS: $35 per year (first class). Material for insertion must reach our office by the First Of The Month preceding publication. We cannot assume responsibility for unsolicit- ed manuscripts or photographs. Follow us online at: facebook.com/ieentertainer instagram: illinoisentertainermagazine twitter.com/ie_entertainer 50 49 54 Address All Correspondence to: Illinois Entertainer 4223 W. Lake St., Suite 201 Chicago, IL 60624 [phone] - Chicago/North Sub [phone] - West/South Suburbs [phone] - Fax email us at: Editorial: [email protected] Advertising: [email protected] The ILLINOIS ENTERTAINER is published monthly by Roberts Publishing, Inc, All materials copyright 2019 by Roberts Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced without written permission from Roberts Publishing, Inc. Current and back issues of the IE are $10.00 postpaid.