She Started Singing in Bands at 40 Jody Fields Pacific Sound Company | Chicago Music Scene Hogpod

Is it ever too late to start singing in bands?Jody Fields got married at 18, raised three kids, started college at 37, and didn't set foot on a bar stage until her forties. Today she's one of the busiest vocalists in the Chicago music scene.Jody is the backing-vocal secret weapon of Pacific Sound Company (formerly Blue Bayou, Chicagoland's Linda Ronstadt tribute), a six-year veteran of Bourbon Country, and the voice behind Jazz with Jody every Thursday during dinner at Duke's Alehouse in Crystal Lake.This week on Hogpod, she tells the story of how a self-described nerd from Crystal Lake who told Mike Dermont, "You should be in choir," ended up, forty years later, surrounded by many of the same musicians she admired growing up.We also talk about the nine-piece yacht rock band COVID killed before it ever found its audience, the text message that started her Linda Ronstadt chapter, why yacht rock is deceptively hard to play, how jazz musicians actually use the Real Book, her standing offer to fly anywhere as a Karen Carpenter emergency sub, disco line dances, roller rinks, K-Tel records, singing at funerals, the Leaving on a Jet Plane moment that explains why she does any of it... plus Pete putting a Pontiac Grand Prix underwater at Poplar Creek, and of course, the Pop-Tarts question.If you've ever wondered whether it's too late to chase the thing you've always wanted to do, Jody's story might change your mind.🎯 KEY MOMENTS00:00 Cold open — "You Make Loving Fun" with Pacific Sound Company01:55 Welcome to Hogpod — tonight's guest: Jody Fields06:25 "You should be in choir" — eighth-grade shop class09:07 Married at 18, college at 37 — starting late, catching up now12:57 Bourbon Country — six years of traditional country and Americana19:56 The Real Book — how the jazz quartet works21:23 Jody's House — the nine-piece yacht rock band COVID killed22:48 The yacht rock boom — Anchors Away, Yachtley Crew & why it's hard to play29:06 The Karen Carpenter emergency-sub offer — "I'll fly across the country"30:31 Disco kid — mom hit the disco scene and brought home the hustle34:09 Jumpsuits, roller rinks & K-Tel 45s from the Kmart bin35:43 Where to see Jody — Pacific Sound Company's summer schedule38:10 Sip & Sunflower at Tom's Farm — Bourbon Country with fiddle40:22 The purse cajon & melodica jazz at Duke's44:50 Goat Village Nov. 20 — double bill with The Mosquitoes47:18 Set-time talk — what's the sweet spot for bands our age?51:58 "I love singing at funerals"53:22 I'll Fly Away & Leaving on a Jet Plane — why she does it57:38 Bongo's new cajon58:57 Rapid Fire — first concert: David Lee Roth at Poplar Creek1:00:38 Pete puts a Grand Prix underwater at Poplar Creek1:02:55 The Pop-Tarts question🎸 FEATURED LINKSPacific Sound Company  / pacificsoundcompany     / @pacificsoundcompany  Pacific Sound Company Live at On The Rocks — Fri. July 24, Waukegan  / 2020038492250818  Pacific Sound Company Yacht Rocks The Vixen — Fri. Aug. 21  / 838913329154350  Blue Bayou, A Linda Ronstadt Tributehttps://bluebayouillinois.com/❤️ Support Hogpod on Patreon  / hogpod  🎙️ Hosted by Pete Jansons and Mike "Bongo" Orfanos📧 [email protected]#Hogpod #ChicagoPodcast #MusicPodcast #ChicagoMusicScene #PacificSoundCompany #YachtRock #LindaRonstadt #CrystalLake #LiveMusic #BourbonCountry