Tuesday, July 17, 2007

311 talks about Bshorty

This past spring, a whole new group of people got an education in 311 - American Idol fans, via the relatively adventurous musical tastes of Seattle's Blake Lewis. The band was contacted by the show's producers for permission to let Lewis sing its All Mixed Up. Mahoney says they agreed but didn't realize how much mileage they'd get.

"We didn't know (Lewis) was such a big 311 fan. He really kicked a— on All Mixed Up," he says. "After he sang the judges said they didn't know who we were, and he said 'They're my favorite band. They're great.' It was the best publicity ever."

And after that, 311, in turn, became big Blake Lewis fans - "Nick went a couple of times to the tapings of the show and hung out with (Lewis) and made friends with him," Mahoney reports, adding that the diminutive beat-boxer also covered their version of Love Song.

"That was cool too. We were rooting for him. We knew another guy, Brandon (Rogers), who used to sing for Christina Aguilera. He's such a bad-a— singer, but he got voted off early," he says. "Blake brings a little more current, modern hip-hop influence to the show. It's nice how it worked out. He didn't win, but either way, he's going to have a good career. Hopefully we can get him out to one of these shows."



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