1. I mean I could choose not to do an album, but when they asked me to an album that was exciting to say yes. 2. Byrne met Betty Wright through producer Joe Galdo, who had done an album for Anjelique Kidjo. 3. He said he wanted to do an album whose tracks told the Christmas story and thought the most fitting place to do it was Rome. 4. The album was done in stages, recorded in Santa Barbara, New York, and London. 5. The band originally opted to do the album, which was recorded in Miami, with separate tracking for each member. 6. We had been spurred on by meeting Ravi Shankar, and we were planning to do an album with him that never happened. 7. Wilson is planning to do an album with his daughters next year. 8. Who better to do an album about Christmas in the American Southwest? 9. Why then do an album with lyrics by William Blake? 10. You want to do an album? |