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lineup actually, I've realised that the time was right to record an album, and here we

are. We've got this album.

BiTS: Tell me about the lineup, Pat, please.

PF: Right, so for the record, we settled on a really great young guitarist called Jacob
Beckwith. He's 28 years old and he's from Leeds. He's got an awful lot in his locker,
fantastic guitarist. There's Rory Wells on bass and Zebedee Sylvester on drums.

BiTS: That's a name and a half, isn’t it, Zebedee Sylvester?

PF: Oh yeah, and a shout out to his brother, Zachary Sylvester. Rory and Zebedee
were referred to as the Sly and Robbie of blues at a recent Buxton Blues Festival slot,

and I think they were both really happy with that description. And last but by no
means least, my friend Sam Bolt on piano, who's a fantastic pianist. I always hear
influences ranging from Thelonious Monk to Debussy in his playing. He's got a real,

real nice touch. So that's basically the five piece.

BiTS: What I hear in the record is an awful lot of jazz. People have clearly listened
to quite a lot of jazz.

PF: Yeah, there is a bit of jazz. There's a bit of funk. There's a bit of blues. To be honest,
I've always liked it slightly funkier. You know, I was introduced to the blues by Jimi

Hendrix and Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson
and people like that. I've always kind of
liked it slightly funkier. So yeah, there's
slightly more to it than a blues rock

record, let's say.

BiTS: Yeah. Yeah. Tell me about making
the album. Did you do it in the studio,

and did you do it all in one go?

PF: Well, we didn't really have a
budget, to be honest. So I got a day in a

studio in Leeds, called ATA, to do the
basic tracking, so that all went down

live. Then about six months later, when
we had the funds, I mixed it at a studio
called Trapdoor Studios, which is run
by a friend of mine who has been in a

blues band for many years, called Crosscut Saw. I don't know if you've come across
them.

BiTS: Yes, indeed, I love Crosscut Saw.