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seven years now, in Sunderland and gets packed every week and that’s been on hold. We also do
larger gigs in Sunderland every two or three months, a big gig in a big venue, all of that. There’s a

lot to get started again and I’m also conscious of the fact that there are a lot of performers who are
full—time. They really should be getting the priority in terms of when gigs start to re—emerge. I
don’t need to play the music to survive. A lot of people do.
BiTS: There are clearly a lot of people who are in severe financial difficulty who have no other
source of income.
GS: Yes, so my heart goes out to them. It’s important that I try and get the gigs up and running
that we organise but also, we want to get back playing again. I’ve been in lockdown and I still am

until August 1st. We haven’t even been able to, George Lamb and I, get together and play through a
few things, try some things, we haven’t been able to do that, but it will not take long for us to be up
and ready as a band, or of course, George and I go out as a duo as well, so it won’t take long, but I
would like to see the full—time fellas get to work first.
BiTS: George, tell me something about your future plans. Have you got any plans to go back into

the studio again and make another
album?
Archie Brown
GS: Yes, I mean, I’ve never been a
songwriter. I would love to have those
skills. I haven’t, but I’ve also never
been a copyist. There are some
wonderful blues players and you can

see them and they’re playing note—
perfect what Robert Johnson played.
I’ve never been good enough to do
that, so what I’ve always tried to do is
to take blues that I’m aware of, blues

that I like and then change it, so that it
becomes something which is different,
because you can’t improve on
perfection, and nothing to lose if they’re all our own songs. I think the first step in getting back up
and running is to start looking; And then maybe the next time we go into the studio, rather than
just being a duo, or rather than just being ‘the band’, it might be that the next album is a mix of
different styles and approaches. There’s a big band up here, Archie Brown & the Young Bucks, been

going since the mid—seventies, but they’ve got an accordion player. Wonderful accordion player
and we’re doing some live gigs with them. I’m wondering what that can do.
BiTS: Well, I do love a bit of Cajun music, I must say. Perhaps…
GS: Oh, he’s fabulous. You should hear him, my God, wonderful stuff. The problem is I can’t speak
French.

BiTS: Okay, well listen, I won’t take any more of your time. Thank you very much for talking to
me.
Dallas, Texas, Night skyline.
GS: Ian, thank you very much for showing me interest in asking me to speak with you.
BiTS: You underestimate yourself. You shouldn’t put yourself down.
GS: Alright. Thanks very much. I very much appreciate it, Ian. Good luck as well, okay.
BiTS: Look after yourself. Bye.
GS: Bye.