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If you don’t have something dark or you don’t have something lighter, something loud then something soft, I mean, even in the sequence of the record we’re considering that. I think that the dynamics and the diversity is so important to give the different things their color and light. The songs on the CD, they’re all different, they all have different flavors to them. The timekeeper shares his time with me (laughs) The fact that they would consider me does wonders for my self-esteem, the fact that they would consider me worthy of sharing their time with (laughs). It’s really a blessing and I’m super grateful to have those guys to play with. Yeah, they’re about as good a rhythm section a guy can get.
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Well, you’re in an amazing band with one of the hottest rhythm sections with Duff and Barrett. I don’t know, I can see the guys hanging-over the next day and that doesn’t seem to me they’re giving the most they could have at a show, in my opinion. I try to stay healthy and exercise if I can to have the energy to put on a good show. That eventually wore off and got pretty dark over time and I really don’t partake in any of all that. I’ve definitely had some great times in my excesses, my nutty periods, but I don’t know if I was really having a great time or if it was the chemicals that made me feel like I was. I mean, nursing hangovers and all that stuff gets to be a drag. I’m a sober dude so I’ve already dabbled with all my rock & roll excess and all that. So I’m pretty satisfied with the whole thing. But then I feel like I’m happier with the music that I listen to that we’ve created than the music I listened to when I was twelve. That’s been the best part of it, which I never really thought about that.Īnd I don’t know, some of the bands that I listened to as a kid, I always thought, man, I’d like to be in a band that was at least that cool or something. But I never had a swimming pool or a sportscar or all those kinds of things so it’s like the validation is by playing with some people I really looked up to as well as having a few of my heroes come out and watch me play. When you’re really passionate about the music, all that other stuff kind of falls by the wayside. But I think if that’s what people are fantasizing about, either maybe that happens to them really young but it isn’t enough to sustain your interest in it, I don’t think. That’s a good question, though, because I’m on a tour bus for the first time and that’s pretty exciting for me. When you were a kid dreaming about being a rock star, how similar was that fantasy back then to the actual reality that you’re going through now? It’s hard to get things done because we’re so not serious most of the time (laughs) I like to have a good laugh and so does everybody in our band. It’s good medicine for all this kind of stuff, you know. And what’s the other one, a comedy is a tragedy with a little time. What do they say, take the music seriously but don’t take yourself too seriously. (laughs) Well, that’s good, as long as you like bad jokes.ĭoes that help keep you grounded in this crazy business?
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Known for his joviality, and serious lyrics, the singer with the versatile voice has been winning over festival goers since the Uproar tour started in September. Having known McKagan and Martin from his younger days running around watching and playing with bands in Seattle, Angell also released an album last year with his band The Missionary Position. With a mouthwatering collection of songs, and a live kinetic energy, tunes like the British blues smokin’ “Whole World’s Watching” and “Capital T,” the scabby grunge of “Two Tickets & A Room,” the almost Jazzy slink of “A Place Like This” and the hypnotic “Your Secret’s Safe With Me,” Walking Papers are the highlight of a traveling festival already toppling over with fantastic bands. Currently riding a wave of rave reviews for their self-titled debut album, the band – which also includes bass player Duff McKagan, former Mad Season/Screaming Trees drummer Barrett Martin and keys player Ben Anderson – are enjoying a tornadic second wind with the CD, which was actually released last October, after hooking up with Loud & Proud Records earlier this year. It’s a day off for the band, who are tearing up their headlining slot on the Ernie Ball Powered Zippo Encore Stage on the Rockstar Energy Uproar tour, and relaxing in the sun is a top priority. The frontman/guitar player for the Walking Papers is in Lubbock, Texas, and looking for a swimming pool.