Pick five words to describe yourself.
Sensitive, grumpy when hungry, funny.
What was the first record you bought? And where
did you buy it?
Hmmm…Albatross by Fleetwood Mac, I think. Or
it could have been Bridge over troubled water by Simon and Garfunkel. Got
the latter at a record shop in Exeter around 1972. Yeah, sorry not very
exciting beginning I’m afraid.
What was the last record you bought or received?
Got a brilliant CD from Brian Setzer Orchestra
called "Vavoom". Damn, that guy can play! I am not a particular fan of
his or the Rockabilly thing, although I quite liked his playing in The
Stray Cats. In the latest CD he mostly covers old songs from the 40’s.
I have 2 teenage kids that keep me up-to-date with more modern stuff. My
son is a brilliant guitar player, the little shit! * LAUGHS*
What song are you likely to sing in the shower?
Probably something from T-Rex when they were
still a Duo. Bolan’s early stuff pre-"White Swan" is fucking brilliant.
Favorite Saturday Night record?
Well, I love dancing on a Saturday night, I am
not yet too old to shake me stuff….it’s just that these days everything
else shakes too! *Laughs* So…it would probably have to be something
like DJ Jurgen, or DJ Jean.
Favorite Sunday Morning song?
Hmm….I cannot remember the last time I was conscious on a Sunday morning!
Nah, sorry, but no Sunday morning music.
Which musician (other than yourself!) have you ever wanted to be?
Difficult this one. I adore guitar players like Johnny Winter, and
a brilliant Canadian called Colin James (his solo phrasing is so spot on,
and he does these suberb 2 tone bends that send the hairs on my arm through
my sleeves!) and of course Jimi. But I think if you forced me to choose
it would have to be a singer songwriter like Tilbrook from Squeeze.
Most embarrassing moment?
Ha-ha! Well…there have been a few of those, but of the printable ones
I think the worst would be: I once overheard a conversation between my
Dad and a visitor about leprosy. Me and a mate started cracking leper jokes,
you know like: Two lepers playing cards, one through his hand in and the
other laughed his head off…that kind of thing. Anyway, after the visitor
had left, my Dad turned around and told me that the visitor was telling
him that the his sister in-law had just contracted leprosy. I could have
died right then!
Greatest Ambition
Well, my greatest ambition is really rather modest. I just want to
get a music video of Lemon-Blue-Lemon played on TV West. That’s it really.
