Molly Sheridan: Sort of that James Dean phenomenon… Since I’m writing about music, why not focus not so much strictly on these people but what it is about our culture that so fascinates us about that.” And that’s really what the book is about. I began to look at it and I thought, “Well, here’s a topic. People that we tend to revere most are those who seem to be somewhat different, who have struck out on their own. That’s sort of the standard image of most rock musicians, but you see it in classical music too. I’d been writing about American music and what always struck was that in our culture-and this is true not just in classical music but I think in popular music as well-we, that is Americans, have some sort of fascination with the individualist, the person that tends to go his own way, and in music you see this over and over again.
Michael Broyles: This whole project started, oh, quite a few years ago. Molly Sheridan: Obviously writing a book like this consumes a lot of your life, so I’m always curious to find out what attracts an author to a particular topic. An interview with the author of Mavericks and Other Traditions in American Music.
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