We spoke with IslandRecords founder Chris Blackwell about his storied career, working with Bob Marley, U2 and Nick Drake and his fascinating new memoir
From left: U2's Larry Mullen Jr.
, which was co-written with Paul Morley. While many readers will be tempted to jump to Bob Marley- or U2-dominated chapters, doing so would be a disservice to a man who wound up becoming as influential as the acts he discovered., what Bob Marley might have done had he lived past 1981 and the simple pleasures of waking up in Jamaica every morning ..
You draw an incredible parallel between Bob Marley and Nick Drake in that in death they are so influential, but during their lifetime, it was a struggle to find their audiences. What do you remember most about Nick? Yes, for sure. I think he was interested in widening his culture, in a sense, and what his songs were — songs that make you think about things, and not just songs to go and dance to. I think he’d be around today, full of input.
But you weren’t necessarily on board at first with U2 wanting to work with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois on, but in retrospect, clearly they were onto something. How do you walk the tightrope between trusting the artist versus your own intuition?
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