We dropped the For Blues at the beginning of 1994 after we'd decided we weren't just blues anymore, and not wanting to confuse any potential new audience with preconceptions. The main purpose of the band is to allow its members a regular excuse to get drunk, have fun and party . The music is obviously important, if we thought we were crap we wouldn't enjoy playing, but the main stimulus has always been fun and if we ever manage to become rich and famous for it, all the better. The band has always been self sufficient, no one has ever had to pay towards rehearsing, transport or recording and the concensus of opinion is that if the band became 'work' it would mean it was coming to an end.
Every gig is a party.
That's all I can be bothered to remember for the moment. Bob Murdoch talked to them to find out more. Our guitarist and lead vocalist Tim Royce had a massive collection of albums by people like Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and Howling Wolf. We would turn up one night and say 'lets try this'. If it didn't work after fifteen minutes it was out.