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Belangrijke invloeden zijn onder andere T.B. Bone Walker, Mississippi John Hurt, Albert King, Freddie King, BB natuurlijk, Luther Tucker, Magic Sam, Albert Collins, James Burton, Kenny Burrell, Duke Robillard, een Texaanse gitarist genaamd John McVey, om er maar een paar te noemen. Ik ben echt een beetje van alles! De twee solo's op "Greasy" zijn eerbetonen aan Magic Sam, ten eerste, en Luther Tucker, ten tweede.- Hoe schrijf je de liedjes?
Mijn vader was schrijver, dichter, dus ik heb altijd geschreven, maar het lijkt met tussenpozen te gaan. Als ik op dreef ben, vloeit het gemakkelijk; andere keren is het een hele opgave. Mijn vader noemde het 'schrijversblok'. Dus, soms makkelijk, soms moeilijk. Ik probeer te schrijven vanuit persoonlijke ervaringen; 'Midnite in the City' is geschreven over een zeer hete, vochtige nacht in New York, in Greenwich Village, in augustus 1970. De bakstenen van de appartementencomplexen namen de hitte op en mensen schreeuwden naar elkaar vanuit open ramen langs de straat. Op een hoek stond een saxofonist die precies de juiste hoek had gevonden, waardoor zijn noten een soundtrack vormden voor de algehele chaos. We noemden hem 'Blind Jake'. Zulke dingen maken het beschrijven van een scรจne een stuk makkelijker. - Hoe heb je Mike Morgan gevonden?

- Je hebt alles onafhankelijk opgenomen; was daar een doel mee?

- Hoe verliepen de opnames van het album / Hoe zou je sound omschrijven ?
- Beschrijf je muziekstijl voor de lezers van deze website die nog nooit van je hebben gehoord.

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Important influences include T.B. Bone Walker, Mississippi John Hurt, Albert King, Freddie King, BB of course, Luther Tucker, Magic Sam, Albert Collins, James Burton, Kenny Burrell, Duke Robillard, a Texan guitarist named John McVey, to name just a few. I really am a bit of everything! The two solos on "Greasy" are tributes to Magic Sam, firstly, and Luther Tucker, secondly.
How do you write the songs?
My father was a writer, a poet, so I have always written, but it seems to come in fits and starts. When I’m on a roll, it flows easily; other times it is quite a struggle. My father called it 'writer's block'. So, sometimes easy, sometimes difficult. I try to write from personal experiences; 'Midnite in the City' was written about a very hot, humid night in New York, in Greenwich Village, in August 1970. The bricks of the apartment complexes absorbed the heat and people were shouting at each other from open windows along the street. On a corner stood a saxophonist who had found exactly the right angle, causing his notes to form a soundtrack to the general chaos. We called him 'Blind Jake'. Things like that make describing a scene a lot easier.
How did you find Mike Morgan?
This isn't the Mike Morgan from "The Crawl" in Dallas. This is a friend who had (and still has) a recording studio in Austin... we wrote several songs together in the early 90s and this is a reworking of the original "'55 T-Bird". It is a fantasy based on experiences from my youth in the 50s and 60s involving ice cream parlors, jukeboxes, poodle skirts, and fast cars.
You recorded everything independently; was there a goal with that?
I recorded this because I felt I needed to have a product; it is all original because I didn't want to deal with the licensing for covers.
No record label was interested, of course, so I just rounded up a few of the best musicians I knew, went to a highly recommended local studio, and recorded it. 3 days of recording; they couldn't have been an easier 3 days. Great musicians, great sound engineer, good equipment... look! A CD!!
How did the album recording go?
"How would you describe my sound?" I take all the aforementioned influences, plus others, and try to process them in my own way. I only copy if I want a specific sound... There is a quote from "willow weep for me" in the first part of the guitar solo on "Midnite..." simply because I thought it fit so beautifully. So I would say: a mix of Texas Blues with a swing, a touch of classic Chicago blues, and a dose of rockabilly. I have never been asked that question!
Describe your musical style for the readers of this website who have never heard of you.
"The LIX" is actually a concept. A group of musicians who all know the same material, which I largely selected. We all have different, more frequent gigs, so when we play together, it makes for great performances, especially when Frank Bauer is available to play saxophone! As for "future plans," I focus on keeping the group working and presenting an unusual selection of classic blues, interspersed with quirky songs and compositions, and trying to sell enough CDs to be able to make a new series. That is about the furthest I can think of at the moment!
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