7/2/2023 0 Comments Ipanic escape charlestown![]() ![]() Same goes for your Bandmates – collaboration, forgiveness, sharing the experience with a sense of equality goes a long way also with Managers, Agents, Promoters, and Record company folk – find ones you can trust, and give ‘em reason to trust you. Clubs will be more willing to have you back if you’re nice to the staff and the town. Nick: What’s a good lesson you have learned from your years of touring? Any advice for younger touring bands wanting a long career in the music industry? ![]() I try to stay out of the way and let the songs evolve if they want to – new images might pop in, so the lyrics themselves might change too – maybe for a long time, or for just one show. Coleman Barks’ translations of Rumi’s poetry is cool stuff too. Comedians have a great sense of word awareness and timing that sucks me in. Van Morrison is what I listen to most these days, and for the last 35 years. I lived in Cleveland, Ohio and could tune into CKLW from Windsor, Ontario, which is close to Detroit – so, Motown was there for us too. When the sun went down, distant AM radio stations would come through clearer. So, that was a lot of Beatles, Stones, Doors, Creedence, the Who, Zeppelin… Also, there were songwriters like Carol King and Neil Diamond who were seeping in even if their songs were being performed by other acts. JB: I was born in ’62, so top 40 rock and roll was being fed to us by the radio. Were you inspired lyrically by any other songwriters or writers in particular? Who are some of your favorites if so? Are there any lyrics that you find yourself singing now that have taken on new meaning for you or that resonate with you a little more over time as you sing them? I was three, and I realized I had recalled something from memory I didn’t know I’d filed away. ![]() JB: I don’t think I’ve said this to anyone before, but I remember hanging in my parents’ room and singing “Do(e) a Deer…” all the way through, without guidance. Nick: What was one of your favorite first experiences with music as a kid? The audience is a lot of other people to account for, But I have had the feeling they are in tune at these moments as well. Time seems to slow down, intuition is trusted – and there’s an undeniable “sure feeling” of the other Bandmates’ being in that same space of awareness at the same moment (hopefully, an elongated moment). JB: Probably can’t pin down a particular show, but there is a heightened awareness when you find yourself in that place. Are there any specific shows from your history that stand out in your mind where you felt the band and the audience were really in sync and firing on all cylinders together? Nick: The connection between the band and the audience seems to really make the atmosphere at Widespread Panic shows unique and special. I try to keep things honest, hope for insight, and politely dance around questions based on what I might believe are false premises. So much more fun than school was, because I get to be the source of a “correct” answer. Mostly answers just pop in my head in reaction to the question – kind of just riffing off the interviewer. John Bell: Well, I have been asked that particular question, and usually go blank when it comes around. ![]() Is there anything you’ve ever wanted to talk about in an interview that you haven’t been asked about before? Artist Spotlight: Q&A Widespread Panic’s John Bell and Big Something’s Nick MacDaniels Interview Each Other Ahead of Trondossa next month, Widespread Panic’s John Bell and Big Something’s Nick MacDaniels talked shop with each other touching on touring life, first experiences with music, and life lessons learned along the way. ![]()
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