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BK: It’s a really well-rounded album. The songs are well written and chock-full of great playing.
The performances are good; very understated actually. It reminds me of the great early albums of
Tinsley Ellis.

SE: Thank you, I really appreciate that compliment. Tinsley’s great and I love his older stuff — my
favourite stuff is his early and middle period. Guys like that make you better. There’s great talent
out there and we all got to dig in and keep this blues world alive man. He’s one of them that does it
very well.

I’m glad to be having a shot with this Skyline Drive and working with Frank [Roszak]. It’s a great
time. It’s gonna be exciting to see what happens.

BK: The album drops May 8th. With the Coronavirus preventing and /or restricting live shows,
there’s a lot of folks online now, especially on Facebook, because I have friends that can’t work —
they’re in the same boat you are. I mean, nobody has been able to work because you can’t play live.
So, what they are doing is hour-long live performances on Facebook. A lot of artists are doing this.

Do you have any plans for doing something like that if
we are still under lockdown as time goes on? Maybe
Scott Ellison
doing a virtual, online release party?

SE: Yeah. You know, it’s funny you say that. If we’re
still on lockdown, I’m thinking of somehow getting my
trio, and I’ll probably add Hank on keyboards — he

played all over the record, and maybe do a CD release
party on-air.

It’s funny you said it because I’ve been thinking like
“What’s my B-Plan Scott?” I mean, if we can’t get out

and play it.

BK: So what folks are doing is playing these live
shows and they put their PayPal links up as a Tip Jar
and they’re not making what they would on the road
but they’re making something.

SE: Yeah, that’s it. I’m such a workaholic: I’ve just
always got to be moving and playing music. My agent said, “You’re probably like a caged animal in
a puppy cage right now.” I’ve turned into my home-studio hound. Keep the energy going. I’ve got a
lot of new tunes, so that’s one good thing that came out of all this downtime.

BK: Are you considering putting out a video single?

SE: I thought about doing “Breathe Underwater.”

BK: “Lonely In Love” is another great one for a single.