Right from the hilt of the holster, Vig and The Emperors sure know how to draw big. Here, Vig, 59, and I get down to discussing the Emperors’ recording techniques, his views of hi-res audio, Kurt Cobain’s enduring legacy, and what to expect from Sonic Highways, the new Foo Fighters record that Vig just finished producing, which is slated to come out in November. “If you listen close, Kim added a lot of great harmonies all throughout the album, which gives it an extra three-dimensionality,” Vig notes. “We just thought it was the perfect little album closer.” It’s the right call, as “Town” also features brilliant backing vocals from Kim Henry. Unlike the bulk of the record, “Town” was cut live. “It was one take, with one microphone on the guitar and the voice, and by far, it’s the rawest-sounding track on the record,” reports Vig.
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Initially released in late 2012 by Proper Records, The Emperors of Wyoming is a grainy, smoky spaghetti western come to life - pure Americana through and through, from the defiant twang of “I’m Your Man” to the harmonica-driven singalong jangle of “Cruel Love Ways.” Vig and the EOW gang decided to update the album for a 2014 Deluxe Edition released by Liaison Records (“a Super Duper Super Deluxe Edition,” Vig clarifies) by adding two covers - the Afghan Whigs’ “Rebirth of the Cool” and House of Love’s “I Don’t Know Why I Love You” - plus one original: “Drinking Man’s Town,” Davis’ ode to his hometown of Lacrosse, Wisconsin. When you listen to it, it sounds good, because we know each other so well.” I think it turned out pretty good, and we never even played in the same room! It was all done by fileshare. He put on pedal steel and banjo, and his brother Pete played bass. He called a multi-instrumentalist friend of ours, Frank Anderson, who lives in Appleton, Wisconsin. I figured out what the tempo was and I did the drum thing, and posted the file back to him. “He said he had a name for a country band, and sent me an acoustic MP3. “You know, one of the guys in this band, Phil Davis, and I have started a side project, a band called The Emperors of Wyoming,” Vig revealed.
I was sitting in the dressing room at Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas on Apwith Garbage drummer and co-producer Butch Vig before soundcheck, and we were looking at an album cover from his lesser-known ’80s band, Fire Town.
Photo by John Christian Adams.įrom the smallest of triggers come great things. From left: Frank Anderson, Pete Anderson, Phil Davis, and Butch Vig. Pickin’ and Grinnin’: The Emperors lay down the groove.
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