Did financial hardship come into play?
Obviously that comes into it as well. As everyone knows, running a band isn’t a sensible route to good fortune. When your equipment gets stolen and held for ransom, that doesn’t help either. We had that experience back in the ’70s. Happily, we’ve managed to stay in touch and still be friends. Talk about your style of playing guitar a bit. You’ve never been really keen on guitar solos. Why is that? I’m not a guitar soloist — it’s as simple as that. Guitar solos are alien to my fingers. I liked the idea of being a rhythm guitarist. I like a riff and being able to play one here and there. With our trio, that’s quite interesting because Guy [Evans] the drummer is very fluid and very expressive. We’ve got Hugh Banton on organ and playing bass on his feet. They’re both virtuoso musicians. My role is to stick some spine in there that’s going to be stable. The last thing they need is my going off on a wobbly. I like the whammy bar and doing a bit of improv. But don’t expect any shredding from
