Blue Note President, Was (Not Was) bassist, and legendary producer Don Was joins us to launch the new season of Transmissions. n addition to his genre-bending work with Was (Not Was), Don has collaborated with some of the most respected artists in music history: Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt, The Rolling Stones, The B-52s, Ringo Starr, Roy Orbison…the list could go on. These days, you can find Don with his band, The Pan-Detroit Ensemble, whose latest album is called Groove in the Face of Adversity, and behind the desk at Blue Note Records—he’s been the president of the legendary jazz label since 2011.
But Don has joined us today to talk about one of his very first recording projects: Ted Lucas’ Impossible Love, an unheard album he cut with the cult Detroit songwriter in 1979, recently issued by Third Man Records.