Occupation: Musician Birth: January 17, 1949
Blues music is becoming more and more popular than it ever was. I'm always meeting people on the road that are really young, and are guitar players..….
The most important thing is to follow your instinct and get involved with some friends who have similar taste and aspirations and like music as much ….
The Blues scene now is international. In the '50s it was purely something that you would hear in black clubs, played by black musicians, especially i….
I do remember actually learning chords to Beatles songs. I thought they were great songwriters..
It's not rubbish to say that I was a bit peeved about not getting credit for a couple of songs, but that wasn't the whole reason. I guess I just felt….
The Stones are a different kind of group. I realized that when I joined them. It's not really so much their musical ability, it's just they have a ce….
I've written lots of songs on the piano. My mother had a piano and it was the first instrument I played.
The Stones don't really need to do it for money, so they must get some kind of pleasure out of it. They're not like a group that's disbanded and gone….
I've never stopped learning..
I was very influenced by Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix. ...both of whom I had the pleasure of playing with and becoming friends with..
I play the piano a lot at home, I write songs on the piano and guitar. I would like to actually play piano on stage... I don't think I'll get the ch….
Maybe if I go far enough back into my ancestry, I have African roots or something. I've got no idea.
I certainly want to get back to the US to play. It's such a big country. I've always liked playing there, and enjoyed living there. I lived in Ne….
It's frustrating actually, the time involved in getting something released these days. My new CD has actually been finished for a year. It's only now….
I had to learn chord shapes... I bought books with chord charts. I used to listen to all kinds of pop music..
The Beatles and The Stones were basically inspired by American Rhythm and Blues.
I suppose because I have a good ear, I could pick out harmonies and learn by ear... I still think that you have to have an ear for music to really be….
If you've been playing for a few years...especially in a group context... you'll see if you have the ability ... or the passion to want to carry on. ….
What I've always lacked is a really strong band to back me up..
These days there's so much technology and ways you can learn. There are videos and CD roms..
I do to keep things sounding fresh. Sometimes just changing the running order of the show is a good idea..