RORY S ability to fuse the traditional with the contemporary. I always find the first song you write after new year is an important one and Ghost Blues was no exception. The melancholy you feel that time of year brings on good songs though, which was one consolation. I was listening to a lot of Reverend Robert Wilkins and Robert Pete Williams at the time, that sort of redemption song cum Gospel feel.
Blues always comes from situations of strong emotion.
You can't sing the Blues without a little pain to spur you on. I used a line from a Blind Willie Johnson track, ' I Tear That Building Down ', in Ghost Blues albeit unknowingly, but to me that's all part of the Blues culture, the handing down of lyrics and tradition through the Blues. It's good to know that the same sentiments are still universal. The track really happened on the night. There was no point in doing too much to it because it was a really primitive feel and that was exactly what I wanted.