The idea of doing a blues album as such came around because 'Spinal Apples' took me way out into the land of modal music and I couldn't even tell you what the key centre was in some of the songs in that set. Some of the suspended chords and dissonant juxtapositions were just too hard to describe- and this in turn left me with the feeling that I would really like to get back to doing something a bit more standard. That is to say i could see the appeal of building songs around I-IV-V chord changes and tried and tested formulae of the blue genre.
The only problem is, I'm not that much of a blues head. So not all of this stuff is going to sound like Chicago Blues or some regurgitated Eric Clapton/SRV/Allman Brothers sort of thing. I do draw a little bit on Hendrix and Zeppelin because one can't really shake off one's roots completely, but in most part this series of songs is my take on the blues as a complete outsider to the traditions.
The only problem is, I'm not that much of a blues head. So not all of this stuff is going to sound like Chicago Blues or some regurgitated Eric Clapton/SRV/Allman Brothers sort of thing. I do draw a little bit on Hendrix and Zeppelin because one can't really shake off one's roots completely, but in most part this series of songs is my take on the blues as a complete outsider to the traditions.
That's all by-the-by.
The important bit for this song is that it's about being stuck on a bus, Now, a wise man somewhere said in a Manhattan lift, "nothing like riding the bus makes you reassess your life."
He's absolutely right. There's nothing like being on a bus stuck gridlock that makes you reassess existence itself. Now I could bend your ear about all the ills of the under-funding of public transportation in Australian cities and what have you but ultimately the blues is a music that comes from a very personal headspace. The main thing is the feeling of sitting in a bus, stuck in traffic, with you by yourself with your thoughts, reassessing the entirety of existence, the universe and everything.
When you find yourself in that moment, you've got Gridlock Blues.
The important bit for this song is that it's about being stuck on a bus, Now, a wise man somewhere said in a Manhattan lift, "nothing like riding the bus makes you reassess your life."
He's absolutely right. There's nothing like being on a bus stuck gridlock that makes you reassess existence itself. Now I could bend your ear about all the ills of the under-funding of public transportation in Australian cities and what have you but ultimately the blues is a music that comes from a very personal headspace. The main thing is the feeling of sitting in a bus, stuck in traffic, with you by yourself with your thoughts, reassessing the entirety of existence, the universe and everything.
When you find yourself in that moment, you've got Gridlock Blues.
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