Were they the ones that
brought in the other musicians
in the film - guys like Chris
Barron and Richard Barone?
Well Chris was a friend of Charles
Kirby from Princeton. Charles
knew the guys in Spin Doctors and
John Popper of Blues Traveler. He
used to play with those guys in
high school. Chris had a gig on the
lower side of Manhattan one night
and we coordinated a shoot that
night so when he was done with
his gig he’d just walk down the
street and do a cameo.
Richard Barone was a guy who
was a friend of Alex’s from the
music scene. Alex is a guy who
knows everybody in that downtown
New York music world.
That’s how we also brought in a
couple of the musicians to record
the songs. Joe Hurley is another
friend of Alex’s. We had this part
we were looking to cast and Alex
wanted as many musicians as possible
in the film. So Joe had the
right vibe and he was available
that night. He came in and did a
great job for us.
What was it like to write lyrics
for a band that was supposed to
have a back story (songs from
the 90s) and have some new
songs as well?
Well, it was kind of fun. At the
time, my kids were younger and
I would just sit while they were
in the playroom and write lyrics.
So the lyrics came from either
the point of view of my character
where he was at that point in
his life or just lyrics about some
contemporary stuff that I thought
would fit in with what those guys
were feeling. Whatever I wrote
was somewhere in The Incoherents
context.
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