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recording. Then the drummer is Dick Cordes, and he's played with a lot of people.
He's played with a lot of people around town and also just bigger acts too. I can't
remember who, but he's been around a long time too. Both of these guys are a little

older than I am.

BiTS: Where did you make the album, in the studio?

AB: Yeah, the studio. A studio in Arlington. It's called, what is it called? Zig

Productions is the name. The guy’s
name is Billy Herzig.

BiTS: When you went to the

studio were all the songs written,
or did you do stuff while you were
there?

AB: Oh no, they were all written.
I basically put this together
because I hardly ever get a chance

to play with the trio, with the band
anymore because most places
don’t want to pay for it, so I mostly

play solo. But we had a gig for a
couple of years, that ended about
a year ago because they just

decided to downsize and I've been
doing it solo and duo lately. It was
a barbecue joint in Deep Ellum,

and they had us as a band. We'd be
there at least like once a month. So

I've been writing songs for just
what I do around solo and stuff,
but we’re playing together right now, and I like this with the drums and the harmonica.

BiTS: Apart from a couple of tracks, which are covers, Blind Lemon and Robert
Johnson, you wrote all the rest of the stuff yourself?

AB: Yes. Yes, I wrote all the stuff except for the last three songs. Yeah.

BiTS: Tell me how you go about writing a song, Aaron.

AB: Well, let's see here. I'm usually just playing around. I usually start with the
guitar part and then I go back in and find lyrics to fit with a lick I've messed in with
on the guitar. So I'm a music first guy usually.

BiTS: And does lyric writing come naturally to you? Are you a poetry writer?