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"Steve really is probably my best friend," Thomas says. "From the beginning, we roomed together and when we went on adventures and things it was always me and him. We've been arrested together, several times, and we've been together so long now that we've got a natural friendship." | "Steve really is probably my best friend," Thomas says. "From the beginning, we roomed together and when we went on adventures and things it was always me and him. We've been arrested together, several times, and we've been together so long now that we've got a natural friendship." | ||
Not just friends but admirers of what each brings to his work with the forever changing Costello, who is usually — and incorrectly — described as the former punk rocker who made a country album at the height of his pop fame, learnt classical scoring to work with the Brodsky Quartet and later symphony orchestras, has written for jazz ensembles and former pop stars, co-written with | Not just friends but admirers of what each brings to his work with the forever changing Costello, who is usually — and incorrectly — described as the former punk rocker who made a country album at the height of his pop fame, learnt classical scoring to work with the Brodsky Quartet and later symphony orchestras, has written for jazz ensembles and former pop stars, co-written with Burt Bacharach and Paul McCartney, and recorded Americana, folk, rock and soul. | ||
"If you are in LA doing sessions there are various people who come in and they will play some generic blues or boogie woogie. Steve doesn't think like that," Thomas says. "He'll go and listen to some blues or some country but he'll incorporate that into his own style, because he's classically trained and he's got this melodic library, this catalogue that he can draw on. | "If you are in LA doing sessions there are various people who come in and they will play some generic blues or boogie woogie. Steve doesn't think like that," Thomas says. "He'll go and listen to some blues or some country but he'll incorporate that into his own style, because he's classically trained and he's got this melodic library, this catalogue that he can draw on. |
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Elvis Costello and the Imposters play on April 23 at the State Theatre. Also, on April 21 at Bluesfest, Byron Bay; and April 19 at Deni Blues & Roots Festival, Deniliquin.
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