This week on WASTOIDS TV: embark on a Sonoran safari with guitarists Kid Congo Powers and Naim Amor, who join us backstage at the Valley Bar to reveal how their In The Red LP Tucson Safari unites the Arizona desert with a Parisian rockabilly/punk/jazz/blues-style…Powers has worked with a who’s who of art-rock legends, including The Cramps, Jeffrey Lee Pierce’s Gun Club, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and Alice Bag. Naim Amor likewise has worked with members of Calexico, Amor Belhom Duo, and Howe Gelb…but Tucson Safari finds this duo stretching all the way back to the beginning, when Naim saw Powers live with The Gun Club in Paris…While rooted in punky garage rock, Tucson Safari incorporates elements of French Yé-yé, jazz, blues, and psychedelia, all owing to the varied influences Powers and Amor share. Who are the guitarists who made them want to pick up an instrument and play? They explain…all this and more on WASTOIDS TV.
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