Shadow Morton (1941-2013)

According to The New York Times obituary, Shadow Morton died--somewhat fittingly, given some of the songs he produced--on Valentine's Day.

This is what Paul Nelson had to say about Morton, who produced the New York Dolls' second LP, Too Much Too Soon, and the debut album by David Barretto:

"Shadow was a man who’d seen too many Montgomery Clift, Marlon Brando, and James Dean movies. He was an excellent producer—he taught the Dolls a lot—and an absolute spellbinder with a personal life so secretive and mysterious that it only added to his aura."

Where It All Began

Back in 2006 when I first began work on Everything Is an Afterthought, I began blogging about the project at LiveJournal. All that material, years' worth, is still there if you'd like to check it out: kevin-avery.livejournal.com.

What's there? My review of Neil Strauss's Everyone Loves You When You're Dead, pieces about Bruce Springsteen, Warren Zevon, Lou Reed and Andy Zwerling, Michael Seidenberg and Jonathan Lethem, Mike Seeger, David Forman, Bob Dylan (of course), Paul Nelson's White House Connection, Rod Stewart, my obituary of David Gahr, and at least one piece about  the New York Dolls. And much, much more.