Going It Alone

Grant-Lee Phillips returns with a new solo album, ready to Mobilize.

A A A Comments By Kurt Brighton Thursday, Sep 6 2001

Covertly might be the only way for an artist like Phillips to get his message across. The artist who forges a trail outside the parameters laid down by those who came before will always be outshouted by dumb flash and the dim, shiny temptation of the mainstream.

"I've always turned to folks like Tom Waits and Robyn Hitchcock and a handful of others as being an example of what it means to follow your own path and to survive and to remain productive, in spite of however you might be going against the grain," he says. "I like to believe there is enough fringe for a person like me to find some elbow room. And from time to time, your genuinely creative artists do rise to the top, you know? That's why there's REM. Every once in a while, the best really does rise to the top."

Buffalo soldier: Grant-Lee Phillips has found a poetic niche as a solo artist.

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And when that happens, Phillips believes, the world itself can be changed.

"I'm a firm believer in the power of music to transform at least our interior lives," he says. "At times it can knock down real walls as well."

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