![]() I specifically remember grabbing my guitar and “Boom Boppa Boom” just happened and the same with “Out There”… they just kind of came out. You never know… I don’t know what’s going to happen. I’ve had times where I’ve had a really good feeling and sat down on the floor and just wrote the whole song. I don’t know if it’s because I don’t want to or I’m lazy or I don’t know what. I go through spells where I write a bunch of songs and then I won’t write a song for 5 years. Sometimes you can’t make all that happen when you want, so you have to keep trying and it’s the same with songwriting. Then we just go to a studio to do the final mixing. I made “Strange Pleasure” & “Do You Get The Blues” in my living room. You do anything you can to get anything you can. Or maybe even fifth take magic…(laughter) I’ll do anything I can to get a good sound… within reason. You’re just spinning your wheels trying to recreate it later on. I have some amps at home and I just plug in and go to town in the living room.ĭo you have any kind of home recording studio that you record your demos in when you are getting ready to record an album?ĭo some of those actual home recorded tracks actually make it on the Final Cut? Or do you re-record parts in the studio?Ībsolutely, because if you accidentally stumble on to something and it sounds magic to you… you can’t go create that again. I have a couple old guitars at home that are acoustics…like an old Kay and another archtop I like to use, but I basically just play a Stratocaster… my signature guitar, and that’s just what I play. Do you ever write on acoustic or do you primarily write on electric when you write? When you’re picking up a guitar to write a new song or our write a new track. I was thankful for the opportunity to spend some quality time with them. Enjoy my one on one interview with Legendary Texas Bluesman Jimmie Vaughan. Simply put.Jimmy and his team are a total class act all the way around. Sean pulled up a chair at the end and we all spoke for a few minutes together after the interview was over. Jimmie was generous with his time and spoke candidly to me like we were old friends. We sat down at a nearby table, I turned on my audio recorder and we proceeded to have our impromptu interview. Once Jimmie was done, Sean walked him over and we introduced ourselves. I quickly solidified some notes I had taken into real questions all while soaking up some great tunes during JV’s soundcheck. The entire team was courteous, extremely professional and on point.Īfter getting a full detailed run down of Jimmie’s entire live rig, I was pleasantly surprised when Sean told me the Jimmie had some time to sit down one on one and talk if I liked. He had given us last minute access to sound check to meet up with Jimmie’s guitar tech, shoot some photos and get a quick overview of Jimmie’s rig for the night. My partner Breck Philip had been in contact with Jimmie Vaughan’s Manager (Sean McCarthy) just the night before. It kind of takes you back to a time when high quality live music venues seemed to mean just a little bit more to the average person. I’m talking about a real nightclub, complete with organized table seating, food & drink service & one other thing… a touch of class. One half is a high end Sushi Restaurant and the other half is a full blown nightclub. ![]() ![]() It was a warm spring day as I packed up my photo gear, loaded it in the car and headed down i80 to Yoshi’s in Jack London Square – Oakland, CA.įor those of you who don’t know Yoshi’s… it’s a legendary venue that has hosted some seriously talented blues & jazz players over the years.
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