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SW: There’s a few songs I do enjoy. One of them is called “Too Damn Cute” and it’s a bit of a faster
blues boogie song. Harpdog Brown plays harmonica on that and it’s just about a cute boy in the
neighbourhood [laughing].

BiTS: You may be physically old, but you’re not that old.

SW: No, I’m 51.

BiTS: Still thinking about
boys in the neighbourhood?

SW: [Laughing] Not really. I
wrote a song about it. One of

the other songs I think is
important for people to hear
too, Ian, is a song called
“Peace For Everyone”. It’s a
little bit more like gospel blues
and has a jazz clarinet on it.
It’s just about trying to give

some peace to people when
they listen to it. That’s an
important song for me too. Sunday with Reno Jack
There’s a few of them that I
like.

BiTS: Did you enjoy the process of making this album?

SW: Very much so. There’s no drums and no guitar on this album, so I enjoyed it because my piano
skills are getting a little bit better as I’ve gone on. You’ve known me for a while, and I just barely
knew the piano when I started doing this.

BiTS: I remember when we first talked, you talked about yourself not being a very good piano
player and that you were practising. You obviously had a lot of time to practice in lockdown.

SW: Yeah, yeah yeah. All the musicians I’ve ever met they say you keep learning, and you keep

getting better, so no matter how long they’ve been doing it, they still get better as they go, so I’m
having fun with that. The process of doing this album was quite fun but also the artwork, I don’t
know if you had a chance to check out that cover yet, but I did a special Facebook live event with the
visual artist while we listened to the tracks of the album and watched him paint the cover at the
same time.

BiTS: Wow, that must have been an experience.

SW: I’m telling you it was so fun. I sent him the tracks before anybody else heard it and then he
listened to it and he came up with some concepts. Then we had a special Facebook live virtual event
for an hour in January, where people could listen to the music ahead of time and watch him design
the artwork.

BiTS: That’s terrific.