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Adam talks about Shaman & The Monkey

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On the eve of the release of the new Mustangs album Shaman & The Monkey, Mustangs’ website guru Kirsty Mitchell chats to Adam about the making of the band’s sixth album.

 

Q: How did the name Shaman & The Monkey come about?

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The Blues Session's Martin Clarke

Martin Clarke's the Blues Session on Radio Wey has become a popular stop for blues players from all over the world. To listen in visit www.thebluessesssion.co.uk at 9pm on Friday nights!

Q: Martin, thanks for being our guest this month. Your Blues Session is now well known and loved amongst blues fans, but how did you get into radio initially?

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Adam answers your questions..on anything!

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For some festive fun, we have asked website readers and friends to pose one question each to Adam, on any topic. Enjoy..!

 

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Derek reveals band nerves before Blues Awards!

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With Jon and Ben already waiting anxiously to hear if they have won Best Drummer and Bass Player at the British Blues Awards on September 10th, we speak to Derek about the Mustangs' nomination for Best Band.
 
Q: So Derek..the Mustangs have been nominated for Best Band...a surprise?
A. Yes, but of the nicest kind.  To be nominated tells us that what the band delivers, not the run of the mill traditional blues, is nevertheless appreciated by the blues fans we play to.  I think it may also be a sign that we are reaching a wider audience enthusiastic to hear something different. 
 
Q: What do you honestly think the chances of winning are?
A. Slim, but to be in with a chance is exciting!
 
Q: What do you think it is about the Mustangs that makes you one of the 'best bands'?
A. It's for those who voted for us to say.  Of course I think The Mustangs are fantastic, but more seriously I'd say it was the originality of the songs and the hooks around which they are built.  We have recorded some 60 original tracks and they are all distinctive, I don't think there are too many bands on the blues circuit that can make a similar claim.
 
Q: What would winning mean to you and the boys? 
A. When we recovered from the shock, one hell of a reason to celebrate the result of what must number in the order of 600 gigs over the last 8 years or so.  A sense of 'onward and upward'!
 
Q: Ben has said you will all be there as the winners are announced at Newark - will you be nervous?
A. Passing a brick I imagine.
 
Q: If you won, who would give the acceptance speech?
A. Those that know me would suggest I am never short of a word or simply 'opinionated' but I reckon for onceI would  be speechless.  
 
Q: Have you ever won anything before?
A. I've had my fair share of sporting success, but never ever thought for one instance that I might find myself associated with a music award. I would firmly attribute it to hanging onto the shirt tails of the other three band members who have more musical talent than I possess in the smallest extremities of their bodies!. For the avoidance of doubt, I of course, refer to their fingertips!
 
Q: It's been 10 years now since you and Adam formed the band. Could you ever have envisaged accolades such as this when you first started?
A. No (see previous answer)
 
Q: Were you and Adam upset at not being nominated for individual awards as Ben and Jon were?
A.  Devastated!
Q: Post Awards, can you shed any light on what the next projects for the band are?
A. World domination.  To take flying lessons, buy a plane and fly to all the festivals around the UK, Europe and the States, oh and of course break into the blues scene in China.  But in the short term, play bigger venues and continue having a great time!
 
Q:Finally, if you could make up a special award for within the band, what would it be and who would you give it to?
A. Adam.  It would be the Key Award - for letting me know what key we are playing in when my memory fails me, as it increasingly does.
 
Thanks Derek, good luck!

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Jon talks about his British Blues Award Nomination

Jon Bartley

Only months after being told by a surgeon he may never drum again, Jon is now up for a prestigious British Blues Award. In the first of our trilogy of exclusive  'Blues Award' interviews, Jon talks about his nomination. 

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Barry Middleton, Nottingham Blues Society

Barry Middleton

This month's interview is with Barry Middleton, one of the founder members of the Nottingham Blues Society and Chairperson of the new British Blues Awards. Barry took some time out to talk to us about the Awards, and what he hopes they will achieve for British Blues.

Q: So, Barry, finally a British Blues Awards. How did the idea come about?

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Derek Kingaby

Derek Kingaby

This month we talk again to The Mustangs' blues harp player Derek Kingaby. He gives us tantalising snippets of info on the new album and talks about The Band’s Summer ahead...

Q: Derek, it's been almost 3 years since your last interview on this site - can you possibly sum up those last 3 years in a sentence?

Hard labour, but a labour of love!

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Otis Mack, Tubby's Blues Club

Otis Mack

This month our interviewee is Otis Mack, who runs the fabulous Tubby’s Blues Club in Cheltenham, one of the essential stops on the circuit for blues bands in the UK.

Q: Hi Otis, Tubby's is well-established stop on the west country blues route now, how and when did it begin?

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Jon Bartley

Jon Bartley

In this month’s exclusive Mustangs interview, we need little introduction to The Mustangs' drummer Jon Bartley. A chat in which he reveals the possibility of TWO Mustangs albums coming out this year, and what 2009 has in store for The Band.

Q: Hi Jon, first of all, how was Christmas?!

Fattening! I put on the best part of a stone.

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