![]() ![]() They gave me that sound with those custom pickups for sure." I’m really heavily into Gary Moore when it comes to the hard blues rock sound, so I wanted a guitar that could emulate that sound and Fender delivered on what I wanted. "It’s definitely the pickups because that’s what gives me the sound. Which features of that guitar do you enjoy most? We toured Europe and the UK for about five weeks and I used it the entire time over there." I used it on the entire Live In London record, so yeah, it’s definitely my main guitar. "Oh, most definitely! It’s been my main guitar ever since they sent me a proto last year. You know, it’s not crazy sounding and fast!"ĭo you always use your Fender Kingfish Signature Telecaster Deluxe as your main live guitar these days? That’s kind of what my vibrato comes out as: it’s slow, chilled, mellow. "It’s definitely chilled, for sure! When it comes to a vibrato sound with singers and guitar players, I like a slow, heavy vibrato and that’s what I got from Otis Rush. So, what do you think your vibrato style says about you? People say that a player’s personality comes across in their vibrato. I like a slow, heavy vibrato and that’s what I got from Otis Rush There may be certain parts of certain songs where I feel like certain licks go good there, but most of the time, it’s 100% improv. Is what you do always 100% improvised every night? On the subject of solos, you really didn’t hold back during this particular show. ![]() It has to have hills and stuff like that." "Yeah, you can’t make it a straight line. It sounds almost like a guitar solo in that sense: you have to build a story with a beginning, middle and a knock-em-dead ending… You have to scale it back with some smoothness and then come out the woodwork with more hardness and just keep high energy up until the end." I want to come out hard, but also not so hard that you give them everything you’ve got. "Well, it’s kind of an up and down thing. ![]() What does your thought process tend to be like when you’re crafting a set list and thinking about the journey you want to take the audience on? "Over here, they kind of look at it as 'yesteryear music.' You guys regard it as modern for sure." There are places in the States that we love and know that they love us back and everything, but as far as really deep appreciation for the music, it’s definitely on that side of the pond. We just seem to connect better over there because blues – and different variations of blues–- are more accepted and more well-liked on that side of the pond. "I would say anywhere overseas is definitely a favourite. Where’s your favourite place in the world to perform, and do you find that audiences react or connect differently to your music in different countries? For me, the stage is more like a canvas than the studio is." "For me, it’s definitely on stage because if you listen and compare it to the studio records, I’m more restrained in the studio. Where do you tend to find the greatest freedom of expression, live on stage or in the studio? That was the particular show we found and it came out beautiful!" I came up with the idea early this year and all we needed to do was find a show. I just felt like this was the proper time because I already had two studio albums under my belt that did exceptionally well. I" had been wanting to do one for a minute, and my fans had been asking for one for a while. How long have you been planning to make a live album, and what made you choose this moment in your career as the right time to do so? (Image credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Crossroads Guitar Festival) ![]()
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