How was the American Troubadour tour?
That was great. It was everything I needed. I hopped on trains and showed up at gigs with just my guitar. I was a troubadour in every sense of the word. I was riding the rails and if I knew people in the town I’d crash on their couch. If I didn’t know anyone, I’d drop two hundred quid on a very fancy hotel and take care of myself. It worked both ways. How did you decide which songs you’d cover on the American Troubadour tour? A lot of the songs I’d covered were my favorite songs by my favorite bands, like the Devo song and the Camper Van Beethoven song. Those are bands that never really got their due in the UK and it was an opportunity to give those songs an audience. Does the phone number quoted in Telephone Conversation hold any significance for you? Instead of saying 867-5309, I changed it to a two to get it to rhyme. Is there a chance of any solo shows in America? Probably. Maybe I’ll do one in the city in August. I definitely got it out of my system. A month in the UK like that wa
