What excited me when I first came into it was the performing aspect and doing blues-oriented material, rock/blues oriented stuff, basic stuff, basic what they call rock 'n' roll.

The whole trip that happened in the late 60s and 70s was kind of a throwback to a lot of folk styles. I got into it as well 'cause I started with the folk styles.

Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat.

There's quite a few people getting into that - new acts coming along that are using a lot of stuff that happened in the 50s and 60s. They're completely ignoring the 70s which is kind of a turn on because to me nothing has really gone down in the 70s.

If you want to put your rock 'n' roll into mythology, [A Period of Transition] is from the Daddy Cool school.

Hearing the blues changed my life.

My ambition when I started out was to play two or three gigs a week. And that's what I'm doing.