A Talk with J.D. Souther

One of the architects of the famed California country-rock sound, J.D. Souther is at his home outside of Nashville, where he's lived for more than a decade, offering to send me his most recent CD of jazz tunes, "Tenderness," so I'm all caught up.

"People don't know it, but Nashville has some incredibly strong jazz musicians," he says. "We went in and played it old-style, live, and I was in the same room as the band with the vocals. So everyone is really listening to each other, which is totally different from what I'm used to."

The 74-year-old Souther, a Songwriters Hall of Fame member and occasional TV actor ("Thirtysomething," "Nashville"), talked with me about his days of flying with the Eagles, how he keeps it fresh onstage, his return to jazz, and why it took four people to compose "Heartache Tonight."

The interview is at the Richmond Magazine website. Read it right here.

And for more on the music of J.D. Souther, go here.

(Photo by the mighty Jeremy Cowart!)