What was it like working with (off-kilter psychedelic rock musician) Roky Erickson on The Hawk is Howling?
SB: It was good. I mean, originally we just sent him the song and he sang it, but I was going to Austin anyway and there was some things we wanted to change, so I went over and went into the studio with him. He’s a really nice guy, a really nice old guy. How did you guys end up collaborating? SB: We tracked him down. We saw a picture of him in a magazine and had a friend who worked there, so we got the number of the photographer who took the picture. She put me in touch with his brother, and we sent him some CDs. Was he agreeable to all that? Heard he’s a bit…crazy. SB: Aye, he was totally agreeable. It was kind of complicated, because he hadn’t been out of hospital for a long while and his brother, who was managing at him at the time, was being really careful about stuff. I’m not criticising him or anything, but it was totally understandable. DA: It took a long time to sort it out. You guys listen to metal at all? DA: Oh, I used to listen to it a lot. I used to do some heavy metal DJi
