It’s strange to think of Bart Davenport living down here in LA, even though his new record, Physical World, just sounds like a very LA kind of record. Bart Davenport had been so associated with the East Bay that many of us called him the “Mayor Of The East Bay.” Those days have now passed, but thankfully Bart still is interested in telling stories and making music. Physical World finds him in fine form, with perhaps a bit more of an influence from the 1980s than previous work that always seemed more connected to the 60s and 70s. While all the songs are pleasant to the ear, it’s this track that you’ll be likely to hear for many years to come on my show. “Fuck Fame” has a nice turn after each verse where Davenport decries the trappings of fame, he’s quick to remind the listener, “that we should talk about money,” as a reminder that the two while often equated together are not actually mutually inclusive. The vast majority of us work without any pretense of achieving fame. We do it for the love, but at the end of the day in this society, we still have to pay the bills. As anthemic as “Fuck Fame” is, apparently it wasn’t written as a statement of Davenport’s feelings on fame or celebrity. Despite the lack of intention, it does work as a fantastic anthem, for those of us who know that while we still got to make our money in this world, it doesn’t mean we have to sell our souls to do it.