Wynn, McCaughey, Pitmon, Buck on Letterman

In which our heroes smack one out of the ballpark…

By Fred Mills

Here’s a treat you don’t wanna miss: The Baseball Project, live tomorrow night (June 20) on the Late Night With David Letterman show. Who is The Baseball Project, you ask? That would be the mighty Steve Wynn (Miracle 3, Danny & Dusty, Dream Syndicate) and Scott McCaughey (Minus 5, REM, Young Fresh Fellows) along with Wynn’s M3 drummer Linda Pitmon and a chap who goes by the name of Buck — Peter Buck, to be precise. You may have heard of him…

In a nutshell, Steve and Scott decided to team up and pen an album’s worth of material about baseball, hence the ad hoc combo’s name. They had talked in the past about collaboration, and apparently they decided to move forward with the project after they ran into each other last year.

"It finally took flight at the R.E.M. pre-Hall of Fame induction party in New York," Wynn remembers. "Everyone was happy. The wine was flowing, the food was incredible and spring training had just started. Scott and I talked baseball until most of the party guests had cleared out. And we actually remembered it the next day."

You can read more about, and hear tracks by, The Baseball Project at selected web portals:

Official Steve Wynn website

The Baseball Project MySpace page

Yep Roc’s Baseball Project page

[Photo Credit: Vivian Johnson]