And I've got a new movie I'm trying to get off the ground, which is the Philly International story: The Philadelphia sound, Gamble and Huff kind of thing. So we're trying to work on that.
And then just get back to playing my own music. I've been living in the sixties for quite some time, so it would be nice if I could do a little bit of Allan Slutsky for a change.
But I think we have a very exciting two-year ride with this thing. It hasn't even been released in Europe and Asia yet, and I think that's where it will do way bigger there, than it will in the States.
Ed: I didn't realize it hadn't hit Europe yet.
Allan: Yeah, it'll hit Europe in the summer, and we're expecting big things there.
So that's pretty much what we've got on the map for the moment. Right now, I'm still a jobbing musician. After I get off the phone with you, I'm running into Philly to play Momma Mia, the Abba show. I'm working with the national touring company while they're in Philly. See, what they do is, they bring one guitar, and the second chair, they pick up in each city. So I'm going from "Second That Emotion" to "Dancin' Queen"!
Ed: That's got to be quite a contrast.
Allan: Oh yeah--now that's making a total 90 degree turn!
Article comments
1 - Philip Walker
I read that Allan slutsky was writing a biography of Junior Walker - is this true.
Please let me know
Regards
2 - Mac Diva
Barry Gordy did work on a car assembly line in Detroit briefly. It was sometime between his prize fighting career and when he penned his first hit for good friend Jackie Wilson.
I think the Motown assembly line myth is somewhat cliched. There is too much variation in how Motown acts sound for it to be really true. Phil Spector's wall of sound is more formulaic. As was Philadelphia International Records' sound later. What Gordy did was organize. He made acts fit a fairly rigid schedule of recording and performing. Some of the best, such as Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye, rebelled. They were not suited to regimentation.
The last word I had on the Funk Brothers was that they have fallen out with their 'discoverers,' i.e., the men who brought them out of obscurity. Litigation was in progress.