| 1. What are you currently up
to? |
I'm about to go out on the road for a couple of weeks with a collection
of songwriters (Abra Moore, Teitur, Vienna Teng) here in the US, doing a
sort of singers-in-the-round thing.
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| 2.
What has been the highlight(s) and lowpoints(s) of your career
to date?
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When I was at college I unexpectedly got a gig opening for Tori Amos in
front of 800 people. That was pretty fun. As for lowpoints, that's
pretty much every time I ever hauled an armload of steaks to a table in
a restaurant.
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| 3. What is the reaction you are getting to the new album, 'Edible
Darling'?
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To me it seems unbelievably positive, but then I'm pretty much excited
to know that anybody's listening at all.
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| 4. What are your own personal favorites on the album, and why? |
The title cut, 'Edible Darling' is the most recent song I wrote on the
album, so that one is pretty fresh for me.
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| 5. Who have been your main musical influences and what are your
all-time favourite artists/albums?
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Son Volt--Trace
Paul Simon--Graceland
Drive-By Truckers--Decoration Day
Pink Floyd--The Wall
Lyle Lovett--Joshua Judges Ruth
ACDC--Back in Black
Parker Paul--Wingfoot
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| 6. If you could put together a dream band, who would be the players?
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Dave Grohl--drums
Emmylou Harris--guitar, vox
Rachel Yamagata--keys, vox
John Paul Jones--bass
Tom Morello--guitar
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| 7. Name the contemporary singer-songwriters you most admire (male or
female) and why?
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I'm a huge fan of Jay Farrar's writing and offbeat production ethos.
Ditto for Lyle Lovett. Both seem to follow their own peculiar muses.
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| 8. What inspires you to write your material - personal experiences,
etc. How does the writing process take place. (eg do you come up with the music and then add lyrics, or vice versa?)
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Some is certainly personal experience, but a lot of it is just stories I
hear or imagine. As for lyrics or egg, different songs come in
different ways. You accept what you're given.
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| 9. Outside of business, what do you enjoy doing in your free time?
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Reading, writing, playing. Pretty much what I do in 'business'. Guess
that's a benefit of doing what you love.
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| 10. Message to your fans...
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More underclothes on stage, please. I have certain delusions to
maintain here people.
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