MINNEAPOLIS — Two forward-thinking musical innovators who continue to carve out interesting new projects, Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew aren't the type to reminisce about the good ol' days. But they did keep coming back to that one day in Rome in 1980.
"We would have dinner every once in a while," recalled Harrison, "and inevitably we would get back to talking about the tour we did in 1980 and specifically that Rome concert, and just the pure joy of it."
The co-founding guitarist/keyboardist of Talking Heads was referring to his old band's performances after the release of "Remain in Light," their landmark 1980 LP with producer Brian Eno. Ranked the fourth-best album of the 1980s by Rolling Stone, it boldly infused Afrobeat and electronic music influences into rock music, most famously evidenced by the hit single "Once in a Lifetime."
