Define your genre in five words or less: Country, blues, boys and booze.
If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why? I would love to play our album for Tom Waits, mostly because I would just like to be in the same room as that man. He’s such a beautifully sentimental writer and is able to borrow sounds from different styles and genres and make them his own. Our album Poor Virginia takes a lot of influence from that.
What part of making music excites you the most? The most exciting part about playing music for me is the interaction with people. Wee bit cheesy I know but the healthiest relationships in my life have a musical connection and that’s a lovely thing. Whether it’s the people on stage with me or the people I get to meet because I play music, I feel very lucky to be doing this thing. Oh, and holding our album in my hands for the first time was pretty special.
If you could go on tour with any musician or band, who would it be? I would absolutely love to tour with Neko Case. Not only do I want sing back up on her songs so badly it hurts but I reckon that tour bus would be a whole lot of fun.
When’s the gig and with who? We are launching Poor Virginia on the Sunday August 25 at The Toff In Town and we have the lovely Jemma & Her Wise Young Ambitious Men and Strine Singers supporting us.
