![]() You had to be playful to do a song justice in my mind and they had lost the thread in the sincerity of adult pursuits. ![]() A reserved Protestant effort that tried to walk the line between maintaining proper “appearances” and cutting loose. It was as if it was a burden and embarrassment for them to be participating and it sounded half-hearted. The singing was stiff, formal, and nobody really seemed to want to be singing. I didn’t like the melodies and the feeling. On Sundays I dreaded standing in the pews at church with a choir book and trying to follow along. I would stop till I finished everyone I knew. We learned a lot of traditional songs and I would get up early and go to my neighbor’s swing set and sing songs all morning. At school one of my favorite classes was music and I loved singing in the choir. When we came home from school and my parents were still at work we would put on show tunes, turn up the volume and dance and sing to them for hours. He played classical, jazz, pop, and musicals every night. There was never a music scene, but my father liked expensive stereo equipment and always had the latest and best. Learning an instrument was traditional in our family and everybody was expected to find one suitable for lessons, but I constantly wanted to try different ones and could never settle on one. Richard Soutar: I grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut, a New York City bedroom community for executives. Where and when did you grow up? Was music a big part of your family life? Did the local music scene influence you or inspire you to play music? For Soutar the lyrics are as important as the music and he writes a lot about social and psychological dilemmas of being on the planet. Richard Soutar is one of the first artists on the east coast to write, record, press and publish his own albums back in the 70s, he has continued to write and record since that time. This is a good rockin’ album in the vein of so-called “outlaw rock” on some tracks. ![]() Musically and lyrically a master stroke by Soutar. Richard Soutar’s third album on Void is made up of more recent material. Void Records reissued both albums and are going to release his latest release called ‘Satori Circus’. In 1976 he self-released a DIY gem of a record called ‘Lavender Daydreams,’ followed by ‘Episodes’ in 1979. Raised in Connecticut he soon started playing with bands. Richard Soutar | Interview | New Album, ‘Satori Circus’ Richard Soutar is a brilliant folk rock artist that got lost by obscurity and time, but thanks to the recent reissues found its way on the turntable again.
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