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FP: Maybe you could find them... MA: I don't have to. They're living in their own hell. The inevitable question you're going to ask is, what's next after these shows. FP: Well, yeah. A lot of people enjoyed your records and thought y'all were something special. Those four records covered so much ground... MA: We were pretty schizophrenic. FP: For example, John had those amazingly guitar-heavy songs on Flip-Flop, which I didn't really expect. MA: We got those by dragging them kicking and screaming out of him. He was so pathologically shy about those songs. There was actually a point where I said, "John, I know you have songs." Jeff was really busy, as was Rhett, and I told him, "I have all these songs, what have you got?" I remember the night exactly, I told him, "I've got a guitar; you've got a guitar; show me. This is your last chance to show someone besides yourself." And they were great. My jaw dropped when I heard "Pretty Is As Pretty Does" FP:..."Happy Home" was great... MA:... and that song about the devil, "The Likes Of You." He was shy about showing me that stuff? Are you kidding me? We also wrote "Fade Out" together. I love that record. It was definitely weird. John always surprises me with his writing. Not that I don't expect him to be good, it's just his versatility that surprises me. And Rhett. We wrote "Vista" together, "Get Over It," and she's working on something right now. Everybody in Guadalcanal could write. Jeff's real funny because he more than anyone else has a real specific direction he goes in with his writing. I can't think like that. Jeff actually understands these exotic directions that he goes in. Ever since I went solo I've had the opportunity to play with some world-class guitarists, none of which were any better than Jeff Walls. |
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