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Great Western Valkyrie
How’d you first join the band? I know half years, and I just happened to harder to get your ... It’s hard to say.
you joined it in 2013? know these guys. They’re my buddies. There are pluses and minuses to
Once Robin left, they gave me a ring. both sides. It’s the world we’re in. We
I did. Yeah. I’ve been in the band navigate it the best we can.
about two and a half years. Robin, We talked about the classic bands.
the original bass player, from what Do you think there’s any advantage You recently released a tour edition to
I understand, I think he just didn’t to being a band in the digital age, as your Great Western Valkyrie album.
want to tour anymore. I think that opposed to the twentieth century? What made you re-release it?
he had put a lot of years in, and was
ready just to get home and have I think there are both. I think that We were going back out with Deep
a normal life, which I completely the style of band that we are is more Purple, and we think that there
understand. We all do. It’s a grueling of an old school concept. We go in. were just a lot of people that hadn’t
thing, all this touring. Once he We make records in a short period of had the opportunity to hear it or to
decided to leave, I had known Jay, and time, and we don’t have 19 producers, purchase it. We thought, “Let’s put it
I’d known Miley for a long time, for and 75 writers, and this kind of out again. Let’s add a few songs on
many years, so, those guys ... I think thing. It’s just the band writing, and there that people haven’t heard.” On
they were intending to keep going, of we’ve got one guy, Dave Cobb, who the tour we did with Deep Purple, we
course. They wanted to get somebody is in the studio with us, and we make did, the majority of that tour was in
else to come along, and hop on board, our records in a month. From that Germany, which we don’t get to play
and they had a few shows that were perspective, I guess it’s weird because nearly often enough. There are a lot of
still booked, and some festivals in people don’t understand it. Maybe rock and roll fans in Germany, so we
Norway. they don’t even acknowledge it, a lot thought, “Here’s an opportunity to get
of people, because it’s not how things introduced to a lot of new people with
They asked me if I would fill in, are done anymore. Deep Purple, and for them to hear
thinking that if it worked out, then our record, that they haven’t heard,
they’d have a new bass player. Of At the same time, there’s definitely a even though it’s a year old, at this
course, I said yes. That just happened. plus side to it because you get to reach point.” We just decided to re-release
I started ... I went ahead and made a lot more people that you wouldn’t it. Why not? Those fans don’t get the
Great Western Valkyrie with them, ordinarily be able to, I think. With recognition they deserve because
and of course, we just wrapped up a the Internet, iTunes, Pandora, etc, Germany’s more thought of as a pop
new record, too, which won’t be out there are a lot of new avenues, but, or electronic fans.
until probably late spring, or early again, that can also be a disadvantage
summer. It’s been about two and a because it’s so saturated. So, it’s almost
