Lewis Gives First Interview Ever

If you missed the Lewis saga last year, here's the short version: Last May, Light in the Attic reissued the lost 1983 album L'amour by the mysterious auteur. Lewis' story was largely unknown; other than his real name (Randall Wulff) and vague tales of bounced checks and fancy cars, he was believed to be missing or dead. Then, a second album called Romantic Times surfaced. Finally, Light in the Attic found Lewis, who was alive and well and living in Canada and had recorded more music.

One year after L'Amour's reissue, Lewis has granted his first interview. He sat down with Max Rivlin-Nadler of Maxim for an interview at a Vancouver coffee shop.

He's not too forthcoming with information. He brushes off questions about L'Amour ("Oh, that was a long time ago, a long time") and his days on Wall Street. He divulges where he got the name Lewis (it's his great-grandmother's last name) and talks about the time he hung out with George Harrison at the Chelsea Hotel. 

Most notably, he hinted that more new music might be released "in a few months."

It's also revealed why his later "Randy Duke" records sound so different from L'amour and Romantic Times—the owner of the studio where they were recorded added production and a backing band to Lewis' otherwise minimal songs. 

Read the whole thing here, and read Sasha Geffen's article on Lewis and mystery in the digital age. 

Here's "I Thought the World of You":

via Evan Minsker