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DB: But, yes, they’re great musicians and great players. Wonderful blues players and some

fantastic harmonica players here.

BiTS: Dik, have you been badly affected by COVID? I don’t mean personally. I mean as far as
getting out and playing is concerned.

DB: Yes. There were two confinements here and all the gigs disappeared. I lost a little tour of
Spain as well. That must have been 2020. We kind of lose track of time because of it all as well. It

was the 17th of March, 2020, that we got locked down through to, I can’t remember. June or July,
but then the gigs picked up in the summer. We had gigs in the summer, so that wasn’t too bad. Or
was it just August, September and the beginning of October. Then we were locked down again, I

think.

BiTS: What are your plans for the immediate future. Are you getting gigs that are coming in now?

DB: Yes, I’m playing at Blues sur Seine, which is just outside of Paris. It’s a big blues festival. I’m
playing there next week. I’ve got three gigs at that one and then I’ve got a local gig here in Brittany
and I’m pretty well alright until the middle of December - I think it’s the 20th or something like
that. Most weekends down to Loire-Atlantique by Nantes, La Roche Bernard, which is on the west

coast. South of Vannes. I don’t know if you know Brittany but south of Vannes. Brest as well and
quite a few other places and then nothing really until the middle of March and I’m playing the
Terri 'Thouars Blues Festival.

BiTS: What are the chances of you coming and doing some gigs in England?

DB: I haven’t been to England for 20 years.

BiTS: [Laughing] Probably very wise of you, actually.