It's a real uphill challenge to battle the white-guyness.

There's not a single genre that is hard to find or hard to get.

Water doesn't hurt a vinyl record. Put it into a dishwasher and you're fine.

Experience is definitely the high road once driven. It actually enhances the songwriting and song sourcing process.

Having a visual element to your band is a good thing.

My discussion with Keith Richards about the creative process led me to believe that there's an invisible presence of a stream of ever-flowing creativity that we overhear-all you have to do is pull up the antenna and dial it in. This presence allows you to maintain your sense of origin and move forward.

A blown-out tube ripped some of the grind from the amplifier, throwing us into a momentary tizzy. The unusual sound led me to play unusually, and the recorded take turned out to be a keeper. Insriration can come from the most unlikely places ... keep your head on and your ears open.