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BiTS: The band sounds amazing. Tell me something about the band.

EB: Well, they are amazing. They're truly phenomenal players and Jonny Henderson on
Hammond, Matthew Waer on bass, Matthew Jones on drums, Joe Wilkins, and they all played on
my album “Shining in the Half Light”. So I basically toured with the same musicians that played

on the record, and that's actually the first time that I've done that because I'd made two earlier
albums in Nashville. So although they featured, you know, Joe on guitar or Jonny on organ, I
hadn't done a record with my touring
band, and we did that in 2020. And
then going out with the band that you
made the record with is just such an
amazing thing to do. We added Demi
in 2022 and she brought so much to
the show as well, and it's really great
having another female vocalist
because we all sing but having that
sort of high-top vocalist has just
added so much, and she plays guitar
and tambourine. And yeah, it's great.

BiTS: Was there stuff that went
wrong? Did you have to abandon
some tracks? I guess you've already
said that you didn't.

EB: I actually did. I abandoned one
track, which was a cover, which I just
wasn't happy with my vocal
performance on it. So that was the
only one I abandoned. And I do

actually have another version of it
from another gig, but I decided not to
put it on the album, so we've just dropped one. It was one of the encore songs. So yeah, there
was one that got canned, but other than that, it's as the show rolled [laughs].

BiTS: Absolutely terrific. I love it. I love it. I’m to be playing some stuff on my radio show before
very long.

EB: Oh, thank you for the support. I'm so glad you enjoy it.

BiTS: I think actually, to be honest with you, I think it's one of the better things that you've done.
I mean, I liked the “Shining in the Half Light” album, but I think it's even better than that.

EB: Well, bless you. Well, thank you very much.

BiTS: Tell me what the future holds for you. You suggested to me that you're working on another
album at the moment. What’s that?

EB: Yeah, that's my new studio album, which is going to be announced very, very soon and I've
just signed a deal. So that's really exciting. I've been fully independent up until now and I've
finally relented the control and thought it's just got a little bit too big for me to do by myself. And
I'm really excited to be working with Cooking Vinyl on this new album and I'm excited about the
album. We're in the final stages of mixing and it's all set to be mastered next week, so it's really,