Article on Jimmy Iovine

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Originally Posted by shackin'up

If you know the people suggested, you also know that they would capture the essence of the artist they work with. BUT...she would be challenged to dig deep in her own muse. Which is necessary in my opinion.

I totally agree. I'd love to see Stevie follow someone like Johnny Cash's footsteps with the American series. What Rick Rubin did for him was strip down all the 80s cheese that had been weighing him down during that decade and get back to what the essence of Johnny Cash really is. All those albums he made with Rubin are pretty much masterpieces but they are also quintessential Johnny Cash records. And he was working with younger but worldclass musicians, who didn't change his sound, just helped him with his vision.

When Stevie works with great musicians it brings out the best in her (and I don't mean collaborators rather talented people working to bring the best out of her songs). I think that's even evident on Shangri-La. I think working with new people would inspire her, and although I agree she's may be too conservative to take the risk she did work with Deep Dish recently so perhaps she could persuaded.