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This is as interview conducted by the Editor of Jazz Blues News, who coerces his subjects to take out advertising on his website in exchange for editorial coverage. After a quick search we discovered he not only blackmails the interviewees, he had plagiarized all his questions from Michael Limnios’ reputable blues music editorial website blues.gr.
Interview with keyboardist Carol Band and guitarist Conrad Warre of Bees Deluxe
1. First, let’s start out with where you grew up, and what got you interested in music. How exactly did your adventure take off? When did you realize that this was a passion you could make a living out of?
CONRAD: I went to a Quaker Boarding School in Letchworth, England, and one end-of-the-year High School Dance, the band that had been hired to play had lost their bass-player on the way to the show, and asked the audience: “Can anyone here play bass?” I put my hand up and pretended I knew how to play and got the gig, and was immediately hooked.
CAROL: I grew up in Connecticut and played the piano at the local Baptist Church.
2. How has your sound evolved over time? What have you been doing to find and develop your own sound?
CONRAD: I’ve always preferred transparent instrumentation — as opposed to opaque, where all the instruments and voices can be…
