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Q: What happened with Herring, Rogers and Sipe? A: I joined Widespread Panic, Bobby had the Codetalkers and Jeff got the gig with Trey. Hopefully is can be continued at a later time. Q: How is the Panic gig going? A: It’s going great. It is pushing me in the direction of songwriting and developing musical themes. Q: With Panic having such a large catalog of music what was your approach to learning so many songs? And how long did you have? A: I had two weeks after the HRSF tour to try to learn the bulk of the catalog. So I spent 10-13 hours a day for those two weeks listening and making rough outlines of songs. Then, when the tour began I used non show days to continue that same process. At this point I mostly need to work on the numerous cover tunes and continue to explore the original tunes. Q: What is your favorite guitar to play and what guitars do you own? A: I don’t have a favorite. I like different guitars for different sounds and feels. It has taken a long time for me to understand the subtle differences in scale length between Fenders, Paul Reed Smiths and Gibsons. I like them for different reasons. Fender-25 ½ inches PRS-25 inches Gibson-24 ¾ inches
A: Numerous Paul Reed Smith guitars, 2-3 Gibsons, several Fenders, 3 Modulus guitars, a couple of one-off customs, a Baker Guitar, Taylor and Alvarez acoustics
A: As far as starting a band it has taken some time but it is
finally going to happen. Bobby Lee Rodgers is the principle songwriter.
He has a lot of songs covering many genres of music. My favorite
drummer, Jeff Sipe, is finally available. The great bassist from
Macon, Neal Fountain and an incredible pedal steel player, Mark
Van Allan, will be joining us. The steel will be the special ingredient
that will keep us from sounding like everyone else. The main focus
of this band will be original music. |
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