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The following interview with Dave Edmunds is meant as a follow-up to the Edmunds history which appeared in ''TP'' 12 and subsequently in ''TPP'' 3 (The Greatest Hits). At the time the interview was done, late May, Edmunds was happily in the midst of his first American tour with Rockpile (Edmunds, guitar/vocals; Nick Lowe, bass/vocals; Billy Bremner, guitar/vocals; Terry Williams, drums), going down extremely well as the support band for Bad Company. They had played just a few dates of what was to be a three-month tour with Bad Co, and Edmunds, extremely shy and nervous by nature, seemed to be bristling with enthusiasm almost in spite of himself. He couldn't believe how well things were going. | |||
Well, it didn't take long for things to foul themselves up. Within a week of the interview came the announcement that Edmunds and Rockpile had been cancelled from the tour. The reason? Apparently tickets hadn't been selling as well as expected for the tour and a "stronger" opening act was needed to bolster sales. So the Outlaws were called in and Edmunds and crew departed for England leaving lots of (but not enough) disappointed fans. After Edmunds had finally been coaxed out on the road, the cancellation was really a crusher both to Edmunds and those who had been hoping finally to see him perform. Here's hoping he'll be back in the States shortly. Hang in there, Dave. | |||
TP: ''How's the tour going and why did you decide to put together a band right now? | |||
DE: It's going really well. Couldn't ask for better. We were told that support bands often get a lot of stick and rarely encores, but we've been getting encores and really good receptions. | |||
TP: ''What you're doing live is more or less the stuff from Get It? | |||
DE: Yeah, we're doing about five from the record. The ones that we can do and make them work. | |||
TP: ''The rest of the set is in a similar vein? | |||
DE: Well Billy Bremner, the guitarist does a couple of numbers and we do a few Nick Lowe songs and one Nick and I wrote together. There's no old chestnuts in it like "Blue Suede Shoes" or "Hound Dog" — no revivals. | |||
TP: ''But lots of rock 'n roll... | |||
DE: Oh yeah. Smelly rock 'n' roll. It stinks. | |||
TP: ''Was the album a conscious attempt to touch on all different 'fifties rock 'n' roll styles? A ballad, a Chuck Berry-ish number | |||
DE: It was a conscious effort to make it one type of music as opposed to my other two albums where it was like a various artists compilation. It didn't sound like the same artist sometimes. I can't remember | |||
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