As a solo artist, I just felt cemented in front of the mike stand. There was very little time to play with the audience and be a band member
Tommy ShawAround '75 when the recession hit, club owners started going to disco because it was cheaper for them to just buy a sound system than it was to hire a band.
Tommy ShawWe were playing popular music, but we were doing our own arrangements because we were too lazy to sit down and figure out the originals
Tommy Shaw