Miracle Worker

"It sounds so cliché to say, but I think I've just made the best record of my life. And, to me, having just made the best record of my life at 41 means that I gotta keep doing it and get even better. I really feel like I'm learning new things and finding better and better ways to communicate this stuff. I don't want to stop.

"Fortunately, I'm in a nice place -- which wasn't planned, but it's worked out great -- where I'm popular enough to be able to sustain this as my living, but I'm not big enough that there are a lot of demands on me; people breathing down my neck telling me what kind of record to make and where I should play.

Linda Pitmon

Steve Wynn: "Most of my heroes were cult artists anyway."

Giulio Molfese

"I don't want to stop," says Wynn of his lifelong musical journey.

Details

Scheduled to perform on Wednesday, September 19, with Clem Snide. Showtime is 9 p.m.

Nita's Hideaway in Tempe

Related Content

• National Record Store Day's "Back To Black" Friday: 10 Releases Worth Leaving The House For
  November 22, 2011
• Barry Fey's Backstage Past: The Gun, Axl Rose, Lars Ulrich, and the Truth
  November 29, 2011
• Jose Garces, What Are You Listening To?
  March 2, 2012
• Help Name Relentless Beats' New EDM Night at The Monarch Theatre
  April 30, 2012
• Mike Viola on Get Him to the Greek, Breaking Bad, and Living with Kim Fowley at 13
  October 19, 2011

More About

• Steve Wynn
• Chris Cacavas
• The Rolling Stones
• Dream Syndicate
• Slash (Musician)

Like this Story?

Sign up for the Music Newsletter: Keep your thumb on the local music scene with music features, additional online music listings and show picks. We'll also send special ticket offers and music promotions available only to our Music Newsletter subscribers.

Privacy Policy Cancel Continue

"I don't even think about the age thing anymore. Last summer, in one month I went to five shows where nobody was under 70 -- Cecil Taylor, R.L. Burnside, Ornette Coleman, Max Roach, Hubert Sumlin. They were all great shows and nobody was under 70!Compared to that, I figure I'm just a kid."