coming out of the cbgbs club, in the — sounding.e bowery, that is - club, in the bowery, that is emblematic of punk and you wouldn't call them that either.— call them that either. nonetheless the were call them that either. nonetheless they were one _ call them that either. nonetheless they were one of _ call them that either. nonetheless they were one of the _ call them that either. nonetheless they were one of the earliest i call them that either. nonetheless they were one of the earliest punkj they were one of the earliest punk bands. talking heads, you wouldn't talk about is being punk, more funk, really, but they were counted as punkin really, but they were counted as punk in that area —— era. the punk movement grew out of that and television was formed by tom verlaine with richard hell who was an anarchist. verlaine with richard hell who was an anarchist-— verlaine with richard hell who was an anarchist. with a name like that ou would an anarchist. with a name like that you would be- _ an anarchist. with a name like that you w

he was a key part of the new york underground, with the band television he formed, and the cbgbs clubluenced by his band and his sound and his approach. so without him, without his band, we might not have heard of some of the others? i would definitely think so. patti smith was his girlfriend for a long time, she wrote his first ever review, but they collaborated into the �*90s and the noughties, and they were all part of the underground scene. but also the strokes and lcd soundsystem still influenced by the work of tom verlaine in the early �*70s. so why was he not so well—known, as you would expect, given he was so influential? we were talking about it in the newsroom and anyone who had heard of him, like george was saying, "he was a genius," and other people are going to say, "i've heard of television but not tom verlaine." if people knew the band, they would know his songwriting, voice and particularly his guitar playing. together with richard lloyd, they had a unique way of intertwining the guitars, the melodies and rhythms all working together. but what was unique about them was

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for wanting that >> they do >> seth: but i kind of agree with you >> i just -- i would have gone to cbgb's's the kind of guy i am >> seth: it's interesting because that's what draws you -- that's the kind of music you'd be drawn to, right new york in the '70s george jones, you seem like a natural, but country music was not part of your growing up, huh? >> yeah. i mean i grew up in kentucky so -- yeah, thank you. it's just below the mason-dixon line >> seth: that sounded like the wind going through a holler. [ laughter ] >> that's mitch mcconnell and joe biden down there right now whoo, whoo >> seth: that was like somebody blowing it over a jug. >> yeah, yeah. whoo [ laughter ] but, um, yeah. so, you know, ostensibly, i guess everybody from the south is supposed to be tremendously familiar with country music. but, yeah, i -- my only contact with it really was seeing it on "hee haw" every now and then we'd watch "hee haw" on tv >> seth: yeah. so did that make it easier to take on playing george jones, that you didn't grow up sort of married to that music? >> yeah, i suppose so because -- yea

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