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CC: I’m sure everybody says this, but I do quite like ‘Revelator’ and I like ‘Lee Shelton’. I like ‘No
Time To Bleed’, which is one that was written by Paul, our bass guitar player. I like ‘Abandon Hope’.
I like ‘Black Dog Moan’ as well. I’m conscious I’m naming all my own songs here. I do like ‘No Time

To Bleed.’ I think that’s a good one.

BiTS: Which do you enjoy performing best in
public?

CC: We haven't played any of them in public
yet, so I don’t know.

BiTS: Oh, really?

CC: Yes.

BiTS: When’s that going to start then?

CC: Hopefully, the album’s doing quite well
over in England. People are interested, but we
haven't managed to get an awful lot of interest
here in Ireland. We sort of tentatively booked a

gig in August over here, but that’s too far. I’m
trying my best at the minute to get people to
book us. We’ve got to get out and play these
songs, but I enjoy singing ‘Diamond in the
Dust’, which is another one of Paul’s. I guess it

allows me to channel Mick Jagger on that one.

BiTS: I guess from what you say, reading between the lines, you’ve been badly affected by COVID.

CC: Yes, well Northern Ireland is maybe a little bit behind the rest of the UK when it came to
opening back up again. The passport thing was only done away with a couple of weeks ago over
here, and even then, I think a lot of venues are reluctant to put gigs on because they don’t know
what’s around the corner, so there’s been very little happening over here with regards to live music
for the last two years. I think it’s back up and running a bit more over in England. I have friends

here who have been over to England recently and they've told me it’s like a different world over
there compared to over here. I think over here, we’re still being very cautious.

BiTS: It’s actually a dreadful two years the last two years. Are you planning any touring, getting
away from Northern Ireland and going somewhere else?

CC: It has been talked about because due to the kindness of the Blues Broadcasters Association, we

have got a lot of interest over in England, particularly in the North East, so it has been talked about.
A few people have reached out and asked us to come over and play, over in the North of England.
We have talked about it, so possibly yes, I would hope to get over at some stage. There are six of us
in the band and we all have wives and children and day jobs, so it would take a bit of planning, but
hopefully, we’ll get over one of these days, yes.

BiTS: Have you done some travelling around Northern Ireland?

CC: With the band?

BiTS: Yes.