What a cool idea for an album!
Did you approach Dr. Demento
before approaching the artists
to cover these songs? What
was his initial reaction to the
project? Would you have done
a project like this if he had
turned you down?
Thanks, I’m glad you dug it! It’s
something I genuinely wanted
to hear (and see), so I decided
to make it a reality. When I ap-
proached Dr. Demento about it, I
hadn’t reached out to any artists
yet. I had a lot of artists and con-
cepts in mind from the onset, and
told the Doc what I was thinking.
He liked what he heard, agreed
to come on board, and with that, I
started working on it.
No, I don’t think I would have fol-
lowed through on it without the
Doc. From the very beginning I felt
his name belonged on the project.
He’s the curator and ringmaster of
the genre I wanted to pay homage
to. I wanted it to be an official Dr.
Demento release and connect the
project straight to the source who
had immersed me, and countless
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