Randy Newman on why he sold his publishing and what he learned from his biography
LOS ANGELES " In 1974, Randy Newman opened his album "Good Old Boys" with "Rednecks," a song about American racism so honest and shocking " not least because Newman brandishes the N-word in the voice of his narrator " that half a century later, it still feels hot to the touch. A bluesy country-rock lope with perversely creamy backing vocals by the Eagles, "Rednecks" reveals not only the hate ...