In episode #140 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar meets Scott McCaughey from supergroup The Baseball Project to discuss their fourth studio album, Grand Salami Time!
The band is made up of Steve Wynn (The Dream Syndicate), former R.E.M. members Peter Buck and Mike Mills, Linda Pitmon (Filthy Friends, Alejandro Escovedo) and Scott McCaughey (The Minus 5/Young Fresh Fellows and R.E.M. Produced by formative R.E.M. producer Mitch Easter (Let’s Active, The dB’s) on his final album, Grand Salami Time! brought together former R.E.M. members in the studio again for the first time in over three decades, and it’s The Baseball Project’s first release in nine years.
In this interview, Scott McCaughey talks about writing and recording Grand Salami Time! We spoke about Baseball, what it was like being a member of R.E.M. for 17 years and much more. Listen to episode #140 of The XS Noize Podcast with Scott McCaughey – BELOW:
Previous XS Noize Podcast guests have been Matt Goss, Billy Nomates, Tom Meighan, Toyah Wilcox, Midge Ure, Travis, John Lydon, New Order, The Killers, Tito Jackson, Simple Minds, Divine Comedy, Shaun Ryder, Gary Numan, Sleaford Mods, and Nik Kershaw.
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The Baseball Project – 2023 Tour Dates
August 8 – Birmingham, AL – Saturn
August 9 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West
August 10 – Athens, GA – 40 Watt
August 11 – Charleston, SC – Music Farm
August 12 – St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheater *
August 13 – Myrtle Beach, SC – House of Blues *
August 15 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
August 16 – Richmond, VA – Richmond Music Hall
August 17 – Washington, D.C. – The Hamilton
August 18 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Made
August 19 – Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
August 20 – Ridgefield, CT – The Ridgefield Playhouse
August 22 – Philadelphia, PA – World Cafe Live
August 23 – Pittsburgh, PA – Thunderbird Music Hall
August 24 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom
August 25 – Kalamazoo, MI – Bell’s Beer Garden
August 26 – Indianapolis, IN – Deluxe @ Old National Centre
August 27 – Evanston, IL – Space
August 28 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall
August 31 – Evanston, IL – Space
September 1 – Louisville, KY – The Whirling Tiger
September 2 – Memphis, TN – Overton Park Shell
* with Jason Isbell
Grand Salami Time! Tracklist:
1. Grand Salami Time
2. The Yips
3. Screwball
4. Uncle Charlie
5. Journeyman
6. Erasable Man
7. New Oh In Town
8. Disco Demolition
9. Stuff
10. The All or Nothings
11. That’s Living
12. 64 and 64
13. Having Fun
14. Fantasy Baseball Widow
15. The Voice of Baseball
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