Ep354: Sam Quartin of The Bobby Lees

The Bobby Lees' "Bellevue" LP is coming out shortly on Ipecac Records . Today founder Sam Quartin shares the history of the band, stories of studio and stage, emotionally driven songwriting, having famous fans, rare vinyl and more.

Topics include:

• Intro / global location discussion
• New album "Bellevue"
• Describing the Bobby Lees
• Writing and living the lyrics
• Getting into the Zone before a show
• Getting unexpected/scary reactions from an audience
• Post-Covid touring
• Sam’s record collection
• Music of her youth
• How songs from The Bobby Lees come together
• Balancing acting career with the band
• Forming the Bobby Lees
• Recording Beauty Pageant album
• The original goals of The Bobby Lees
• Being nervous in front of a crowd
• Pressing records and selling at shows and online
• Rarity of “Beauty Pageant” vinyl
• The story of “Beauty Pageant Redeux”
• The journey of “Skin Suit”
• Learning from producers on different albums
• The connection with “Alive – Natural Sound” records
• Vinyl variants of “Skin Suit”
• Hearing of established artists being fans of The Bobby Lees
• The video for “Hollywood Junkyard”
• How did Vance Powell get involved?
• Working with Ipecac Records
• The song “Greta Van Fake”
• Performing personal/emotional songs
• Interview wrap up

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