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Butch Vig Interview: Part 2

The second of four excerpts from a Q&A I conducted with Butch Vig at Musicians Institute in 2008. In this part, I talk to Butch about how he gets great performances out of singers, reading and adjusting to new artists in the studio, and why the hell the drums kick so much ass on Nirvana’s Nevermind.

Leslie Hunt

Spent the last couple weeks with the incredible Leslie Hunt recording nine new tunes.  I'm usually anxious to get into the producer's chair but it was a real honor to watch veteran producer Rick Chudacoff (Smokey Robinson, Patti LaBelle) and musical genius Christian Cullen team up to produce this one with Leslie.

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