Transcript: Interview: Pat Metheny discusses his musical career and performs selections from his latest CD, "The Way Up"

JOHN YDSTIE
Talk of the Nation (NPR)
03-29-2005
Interview: Pat Metheny discusses his musical career and performs selections from his latest CD, "The Way Up"

Host: JOHN YDSTIE
Time: 3:00-4:00 PM

JOHN YDSTIE, host:

This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm John Ydstie in Washington, sitting in for Neal Conan.

Virtuoso guitar player Pat Metheny has spent more than half his life writing and making music that many call eclectic, genre-bending or just plain hard to define. That doesn't seem to bother the winner of 16 Grammy Awards. While the style of music may be considered unclassifiable, the Pat Metheny sound is very distinctive; lush layers, harmonic depth, rich melodies. Metheny's new album ...

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