Sheryl Crow is going to make sure that her two sons are exposed to a variety of music, and that they also learn about the roots of different music. That’s what she says, “I’m a geeky mom who on Saturdays and Sundays plays weird music on our stereo system. They’re like, ‘Why do you have to play that band?’ Because they’re The Beatles.”
Sheryl knows her boys would probably rather listen Post Malone or Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus’ “Old Town Road,” but she says, “By golly, I run my house. I mean they’re growing up with an older mom and to a fault, I’m informing them about the history of what I do and why I’m doing it.”
Recording her new album, Threads, featuring “Prove You Wrong” with Stevie Nicks and Maren Morris, has definitely piqued Sheryl’s sons’ interest when it comes to some of the legends that she’s been recording with. “It’s not really mattered to them until last summer when I was making this record,” she says. “They came in and, Joe Walsh, they thought he was like the weirdest person they’d ever met, and now they call him Uncle Joe. But I had to explain, I was like, ‘This is what a record album is.’ So yeah they’re learning it from an older mom.”
Threads is a collaboration album that will feature is Cheryl performing songs with Sting, Johnny Cash, Chris Stapleton, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt and many others. Threads will be available on August 30th.
Sheryl Crow – music in the house :45
“I’m a geeky mom who on Saturdays and Sundays plays weird music on our stereo system. They’re like, ‘Why do you have to play that band?’ Because they’re The Beatles. They want to hear Post Malone, or right now they want to hear ‘Drove my truck to the old town road …’ but by golly, I run my house. I mean they’re growing up with an older mom and to a fault, I’m informing them about the history of what I do and why I’m doing it. It’s not really mattered to them until last summer when I was making this record. And they came in and Joe Walsh, they thought he was like the weirdest person they’d ever met, and now they call him Uncle Joe. But I had to explain, I was like, ‘This is what a record album is.’ So yeah they’re learning it from an older mom.”